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Unit 9: Unit Plan & Assessments

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Lesson 1: Taxes and Your Pay Stub

Students will be able to:

  • Read and understand a pay stub
  • Compare mandatory and discretionary government spending
  • Explain the difference between gross and net pay
  • Analyze the different categories of discretionary government spending

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Lesson 2: The Tax Cycle and Job Paperwork

Students will be able to:

  • Identify important dates within the tax cycle
  • Compare tax forms and their purpose
  • Analyze a W-4 form

LESSON

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Lesson 3: Teens and Taxes

Students will be able to:

  • Identify key facts about taxes and the tax cycle
  • Explain who qualifies to be claimed as a dependent for tax purposes
  • Determine whether or not a person is required to file taxes

LESSON

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Lesson 4: How to File Your Taxes

Students will be able to:

  • Identify the different forms needed to prepare their taxes
  • Compare different methods of preparing federal and state taxes
  • Analyze a W-2 form
  • Describe the difference between a flat and progressive tax rate

LESSON

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Lesson 5: Time to File

Students will be able to:

  • Complete a 1040 form to file their taxes

LESSON

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NEARPOD

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Unit 9: Unit Plan & Assessments

UNIT PLAN

View Google Doc

UNIT ASSESSMENT

View Google Doc View Google Form View Answer Key

Lesson 1: Taxes and Your Pay Stub

Students will be able to:

  • Read and understand a pay stub
  • Compare mandatory and discretionary government spending
  • Explain the difference between gross and net pay
  • Analyze the different categories of discretionary government spending

LESSON

View Google Doc
View Answer Key

NEARPOD

View Nearpod Lesson

Lesson 2: The Tax Cycle and Job Paperwork

Students will be able to:

  • Identify important dates within the tax cycle
  • Compare tax forms and their purpose
  • Analyze a W-4 form

LESSON

View Google Doc
View Answer Key

NEARPOD

View Nearpod Lesson

Lesson 3: Teens and Taxes

Students will be able to:

  • Identify key facts about taxes and the tax cycle
  • Explain who qualifies to be claimed as a dependent for tax purposes
  • Determine whether or not a person is required to file taxes

LESSON

View Google Doc
View Answer Key

NEARPOD

View Nearpod Lesson

Lesson 4: How to File Your Taxes

Students will be able to:

  • Identify the different forms needed to prepare their taxes
  • Compare different methods of preparing federal and state taxes
  • Analyze a W-2 form
  • Describe the difference between a flat and progressive tax rate

LESSON

View Google Doc
View Answer Key

NEARPOD

View Nearpod Lesson

Lesson 5: Time to File

Students will be able to:

  • Complete a 1040 form to file their taxes

LESSON

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View Answer Key

NEARPOD

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Unit 9: Unit Plan & Assessments

UNIT PLAN

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UNIT ASSESSMENT

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Lesson 1: Intro to Taxes

In this lesson, students will be able to:

  • Compare the three main types of tax systems
  • Explain how marginal tax brackets differ from effective tax rates
  • Differentiate between gross income and taxable income
  • Summarize the different types of taxes paid in the U.S.

LESSON

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NEARPOD

View Nearpod Lesson

Lesson 2: Taxes and Your Pay Stub

Students will be able to:

  • Read and understand a pay stub
  • Compare mandatory and discretionary government spending
  • Explain the difference between gross and net pay
  • Analyze the different categories of discretionary government spending

LESSON

View Google Doc
View Answer Key

NEARPOD

View Nearpod Lesson

Lesson 3: The Tax Cycle and Job Paperwork

Students will be able to:

  • Identify important dates within the tax cycle
  • Compare tax forms and their purpose
  • Analyze a W-4 form

LESSON

View Google Doc
View Answer Key

NEARPOD

View Nearpod Lesson

Lesson 4: Teens and Taxes

Students will be able to:

  • Identify key facts about taxes and the tax cycle
  • Explain who qualifies to be claimed as a dependent for tax purposes
  • Determine whether or not a person is required to file taxes

LESSON

View Google Doc
View Answer Key

NEARPOD

View Nearpod Lesson

Lesson 5: How to File Your Taxes

Students will be able to:

  • Identify the different forms needed to prepare their taxes
  • Compare different methods of preparing federal and state taxes
  • Analyze a W-2 form
  • Describe the difference between a flat and progressive tax rate

LESSON

View Google Doc
View Answer Key

NEARPOD

View Nearpod Lesson

Lesson 6: Time to File

Students will be able to:

  • Complete a 1040 form to file their taxes

LESSON

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View Answer Key

NEARPOD

View Nearpod Lesson

Lesson 7: Understanding Tax Savings

In this lesson, students will be able to:

  • Determine when it’s appropriate to use the standard deduction or to itemize deductions
  • Explain the difference between tax credits and tax deductions
  • Differentiate between tax avoidance and tax evasion

LESSON

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NEARPOD

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ACTIVITIES

  • ANALYZE: Should They File a Tax Return?
  • CALCULATE: Completing a 1040
  • CALCULATE: The Math Behind Your Federal Taxes
  • CALCULATE: Your Salary, State, and Taxes
  • COMPARE: Tax Forms and their Purpose
  • FINE PRINT: W-2 Form
  • FINE PRINT: W-4 Form
  • MOVE: Paycheck Scavenger Hunt
  • MOVE: Your Tax Dollar in Action
  • PLAY: Tax Avoidance or Evasion?
  • RESEARCH: The Tax Cycle
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QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

  • How many math errors did taxpayers make on tax returns last year?
  • How many states do not have state income taxes?
  • How much does the average tax payer spend to file a return using tax software or a tax preparer?
  • How much tax refund money went unclaimed by 1.5 million Americans who didn’t file their taxes?
  • If a single person taking the standard deduction makes $40,000, how much will they pay in federal income taxes?
  • Order these countries from highest to lowest tax rates - United States, Germany, Mexico
  • What are the top three expenses the government paid for with our tax dollars in the most recent tax year?
  • What is the deadline for filing your tax return?

DATA CRUNCH + MATH

  • DATA CRUNCH: How Do Sales Taxes Compare Among States?
  • DATA CRUNCH: What Are The Current Federal Tax Brackets?
  • MATH: Income Tax Brackets

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