Government+&+Fiscal+Policy

**Unit 5: Government and Fiscal Policy**
**2.5 weeks (approximately 6-7 blocks)**

**How do governments use fiscal policy to influence the economy?**
__**Suggested Pacing:** __ 80 minutes || 80 minutes ||
 * **Instructional Day** || **Learning Objectives** || **Time Allotted** ||
 * 1 || Objective 1 || 80 minutes ||
 * 2 || Objective 3 || 80 minutes ||
 * 3 || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Objective 1 || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">80 minutes ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">4 and 5 || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Objective 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">80 minutes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">6 and 7 || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Objectives 1 and 4 || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">80 minutes

__<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**INITIAL Draft - Sample Unit Plan** __ <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">

__<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">**Learning Objectives and Lesson Ideas:** __ <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">-Fiscal; define the word fiscal/fiscal year || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">-60 minutes clip on state approved gambling <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">-Access and information regarding the 1040 tax form(s) || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">-Keyensian during Depression <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">-Reaganomics; adviser Milton Freedman || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">-National Debt Clock sites ||
 * · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Define fiscal policy || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">-Document analysis with the US Constitution to examine founders’ intent
 * · <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Evaluate different forms of taxation || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">-progressive, regressive, proportional
 * · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Analyze the effects of expansionary and contractionary policies and recommend measures to promote economic health || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">-PPT/Lecture and historical examples
 * · <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Distinguish between annual budget deficits and total debt and analyze the implications of these concepts || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">-Film: IOUsa + Solutions

PowerPoint Lecture - Government and Fiscal Policy
 * __Lesson Ideas and Activities__**

Film and Dicussion - Frontline "10 Trillion and Counting" (more like 13 . . .)

Budget Hero Game: Lesson Structure and Support Direct Link to Game: []

Assessment for Learning - Group Assessment