Activity #6: Branches of Government - What Do You Know? :: Curriculum

Accounting Model

Units:

Accounting Cycle for a Service Business/Sole Proprietorship
Accounting for a Payroll System
Income Tax Preparation (VITA)
- Why Pay Taxes?
  - Activity #1 - Pre-Lesson Walk-In Hook
  - Activity #2 Pre-Lesson Launch
  - Activity #3: As A Taxpayer
  - Activity #4: Importance of Paying Taxes
  - Activity #5: Public Goods & Services - What Do You Know?
  - Activity #6: Branches of Government - What Do You Know?
  - Activity #7: Assessment
  - Extra Credit - Tax Trivia
- Taxpayer Responsibilities
Accounting for a Merchandising Business/Corporation
- Lights Out!
Personal Business in Quickbooks
Banking and Internal/External Cash Controls
- Bank on It
Personal Finance
Employment Portfolio

Activity #6: Branches of Government - What Do You Know?

Part of Lesson Plan: Why Pay Taxes?

Activity Overview / Details

On-Line self-check for understanding regarding: Branches of Government - What do you know? From the IRS (Link included). Direct the students to follow the directions and check their answers. This is a quick check only, so only allow a few minutes for this activity.

Initial Statement on the site:

The federal budget outlines how the government gets and spends its money. Visit the Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget Web site to learn more about the Federal Budget. Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget Web site provides information on the budget up to 2009. For more information, you can also review the pie charts at the bottom of this page.