How does the government raise money to fund government agencies like the EPA? Through taxes. This lesson looks at the different taxes that are paid by US citizens and how the money is used for things such as cleaning up the environment.

Problem based accounting learning activity for notes and interest payable, sales tax payable, and payroll.

Tnis 4-minute video lesson provides an overview of what the Alternative Minimum Tax is and its purpose. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 149 of 184]

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This 4-minute video lessob sovers the basics of the alternative minimum tax. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 121 of 184]

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This 4-minute video provides the understanding that a marginal tax rate does not apply to all of income. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 180 of 184]

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This 11-minute video lesson provides an overview of the estate tax. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 155 of 184]

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This 3-minute video lesson provides an introduction to futures. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 89 of 184]

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This 10-minute video lesson considers whether limited liability or double taxation is fair. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 125 of 184]

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This 3-minute video lesson explains what a tax deduction is. [Core Finance playlist: Lesson 120 of 184]

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This financial literacy content package is a collection of educator-curated instructional materials to support the planning and money management strand of the Ohio Financial Literacy Learning Standards for the middle grades 7-8. Click View Resource to explore the package or Remix to make a copy for your own use. 

This resource gives a comprehensive account of the Intolerable Acts, why they were passed, colonists' reactions, and particulars surrounding the Massachusetts Government Act and other Coercive Acts with text links and references.

This lesson plan reviews how the government spends money. It shows how the government's needs have changed over the years. To learn more about this area of economics use this informative website.

This is a full unit of study from iCivics, featuring multiple lesson plans with presentations, downloadable documents, and more. In this unit, students learn about the relationship between the government and the economy. Starting with the basics of the market economy, students learn about government regulations on our market economy, where the government gets its money and what the government spends it on, and how banks and lending influence our economic system. Each lesson is a basic overview of a very broad topic and includes activities designed to show students how these topics impact their own lives.

This is a JiTT exercise in which students apply introductory-level macroeconomic analysis to the question of how large the stimulus package put forward to Congress in early 2009 needed to be to close the recessionary gap facing the U.S. economy at that time. In particular, this exercise asks students to bring together the concepts of potential and actual GDP, recessionary gaps, fiscal policy, spending and taxing multipliers, and effects of changes in aggregate spending on employment and output.

Rome's great strength was her brilliance in governing. Read how she organized and governed her provinces. The "law of nations", ius gentium, evolved into consistent justice throughout Roman lands.

In this section of a chapter in William Morey's 1901 textbook, you will find out about Marius and his reorganization of the Roman army.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the events that led up to the American Revolutionary War. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.

This collection uses primary sources to explore Shays' Rebellion. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.

The link between a set of taxes and income distribution is an important, but difficult, concept taught in economics principles courses. The Tax Game simulation requires a student to set tax rates for an income tax, a property tax, a wealth tax, a payroll tax, a corporate income tax, a sales tax,and an excise tax. The student can choose any rates he or she wishes, but must achieve a given revenue target.

This resource contains a detailed biography on Herbert Hoover. From the left-hand toolbar, select information on his life before the presidency, campaigns and elections, domestic affairs, foreign affairs, and life after the presidency. Also includes links to his cabinet and staff members, key events that happened during his tenure, and a page dedicated to the first lady, Lou Henry Hoover.