Current Events - What's Going On!
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| | izzit.org | | izzit.org provides daily current events articles and classroom discussion questions. |
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| | U.S. Census Bureau | The next census will be in 2010:
• The census is a count of everyone living in the United States every 10 years.
• The census is mandated by the U.S. Constitution.
• The next census is in 2010.
• Your participation in the census is required by law.
• It takes less than 10 minutes to complete.
• Federal law protects the personal information you share during the census.
• Census data are used to distribute Congressional seats to states, to make decisions about what community services to provide, and to distribute $300 billion in federal funds to local, state and tribal governments each year.
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| | The Penny Game | | The Penny Game provides a good introduction to the elements and amounts in the federal budget and works well for all ages, especially elementary, middle, and high schools. This link goes to the full exercise with paper game boards. Players will work in teams of 4 or 5 players per team to learn how much the federal government collected in revenues and borrowed in fiscal year 2008 and how those funds were spent. (FY 2008: 10/1/07 - 9/30/08.) |
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