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Public Finance, Taxation, and Government Budgets

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

10 lessons

Goal

Explain how governments generate revenue, allocate public expenditures, evaluate economic philosophies, and make fiscal trade-offs.

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  3. Income Taxes, Sales Taxes, and Property TaxesNot started yet
  4. Government Fees, Fines, and Municipal BondingNot started yet
  5. Economic Philosophies Guiding Fiscal DecisionsYou are here
  6. Analyzing Federal Budget Priorities and SpendingNot started yet
  7. Budget Deficits, Surpluses, and the National DebtNot started yet
  8. State and Local Budget Balancing RequirementsNot started yet
  9. Evaluating Competing Community Budget PrioritiesNot started yet
  10. Proposing and Defending a Public Budget PlanNot started yet
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Learning standards covered

us-utU.S. GOV Standard 4.1Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Students will examine the fiscal decisions governmental agencies must make and the economic philosophies that guide those decisions.