Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Objective: Students will collaboratively research the budget of one of the 15 executive
agencies, and present the information they found to the class during “Expert Roation”
12.3 Students analyze the influence of the federal government on the American
economy.
3.Describe the aims of government fiscal policies (taxation, borrowing, spending) and their
influence on production, employment, and price levels.
What is the Federal Budget and How does the Federal Budget influence the economy?
Students will be looking at primary source documents to investigate the essential question
in the contemporary era. They will work in pairs to read an collect information from the
three sources. Each source is about 2-3 pages per group. Students will have to collaborate
to share the responsibility of getting all of the information and will be recommended to
divided and conquer.
The students have experienced nearly two weeks of material on fiscal and monetary policy
in preparation for this assignment. They have been assessed, and the class has
demonstrated meeting standards at a level high enough to succeed in this activity. The
instructor will inform students as to what the goals are, what information is needed, where
to find the documents, how to use the assisting materials to answer the questions, etc. The
students will be self-directed for the majority of the activity.
The students will be close reading in pairs, using annotation as a strategy for success with
this task.
The teacher will provide the information about the source, and the context of these
documents. The students will use the information to corroborate or deny common
conceptions about government spending.
3) Expert Rotation
Accommodations for English Learners, Striving Readers and Students with Special Needs
Annotation Guide
Annotating Session
Google Chromebooks
Info Sheets on Departments
Spreadsheet
Direct Questions in Work packet