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标题：Teaching the Federal Budget, Debt, and Deficit Through Civics Courses
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作者：Anand R. Marri ; Scott Wylie ; Robert Shand 等
期刊名称：Social Studies Research and Practice
印刷版ISSN：1933-5415
出版年度：2013
卷号：8
期号：2
出版社：The Office of Research on Teaching in the Disciplines, the University of Alabama
摘要：This project presents an opportunity for high school social studies teachers to infuse content on the federal budget, national debt, and budget deficit into civics-courses. The federal budget influences countries' decisions about domestic and foreign policy, making the study of the topic a necessity for understanding economic interdependence, as well as active and engaged citizenship. The national debt plays an important role in efforts to balance competing interests concerning taxes, entitlement programs, and government spending. Social studies teachers have the opportunity to create connections between economic and public policies about the federal budget, national debt, budget deficit, and the content commonly taught in high school civics classes across the United States. Our two-day lesson, Examining the role of citizens in the U.S. budgetary process: A case study, can be infused into the civics curriculum to help high school students begin to understand the federal budget, national debt, and budget deficit. We model an inquiry-oriented approach for citizen participation about these topics in high school civics classes
关键词：Federal budget; national debt; budget deficit; high school; civics; ;civic education