SS.912.E.2.9

Analyze how changes in federal spending and taxation affect budget deficits and surpluses and the national debt.
General Information
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: Economics
Status: State Board Approved

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
2102310: Economics (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2019, 2019 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
2102320: Economics Honors (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2019, 2019 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
2102380: The American Economic Experience: Scarcity and Choice (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2020 (course terminated))
2102390: The American Economic Experience: Scarcity and Choice Honors (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
2102800: Florida’s Preinternational Baccalaureate Comparative Economics With Financial Literacy (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
7921020: Access Economics (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2019, 2019 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
2102315: Economics for Credit Recovery (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2019, 2019 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
2102335: Economics with Financial Literacy (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 - 2024 (course terminated))
2102340: Economics with Financial Literacy for Credit Recovery (Specifically in versions: 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
2102345: Economics with Financial Literacy Honors (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 - 2024 (course terminated))
7921040: Fundamental Economics (Specifically in versions: 2013 - 2015, 2015 - 2017 (course terminated))
7921042: Fundamental Economics with Financial Literacy (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2017 (course terminated))
7921022: Access Economics with Financial Literacy (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
2102300: Economics and Personal Finance (Specifically in versions: 2023 and beyond (current))
2102305: Economics and Personal Finance Honors (Specifically in versions: 2023 and beyond (current))
2102306: Economics and Personal Finance for Credit Recovery (Specifically in versions: 2024 and beyond (current))

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Alternate version of this benchmark for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
SS.912.E.2.AP.9: Recognize the relationship between federal government spending and taxation on the economy.

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Lesson Plan

Budgets in the Government and at Home:

In this lesson, students will identify how income and changes in spending and taxes affect budgets and spending in the government and in individual households and identify and describe the enumerated powers delegates to Congress to create a federal budget. Students will also identify an amendment related to the federal budget and create a personal one-year budget plan for a specific career path.

 

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