Economics

Unit 2 | Topic 8.3 | Federal Spending

How does the federal government spend its income?

Objectives

• Analyze categories of expenditures in the U.S. federal budget.

• Describe major entitlement programs.

• Identify major types of discretionary spending in the federal budget.

Procedure

1. Review the Aim and notes from your initial text read.

2. Participate in the corresponding lesson topic presentation, revising notes.

3. Watch corresponding video(s); further revising notes.

4. Complete teacher instructed assignments.

Extension

• Prepare for your next class session by reading the next topic section in your text, recording alphanumeric/Cornell notes.

• Complete the next topic's Interactive Reading Notepad.