In this learning activity you'll establish your budget by determining your earnings, expenses, and goals.

Learners follow the step-by-step process the U.S. Government uses for creating the federal budget. The topics of budget surpluses and deficits and the federal deficit are covered.

Learners read an extensive explanation of the types of budgets most frequently used by farm operators, whole farm, partial, and enterprise, and complete a brief quiz to test their knowledge. Farm financial standards and ratio calculations are provided. Exercises complete the activity.

In this interactive object, learners change the amount of money received from tax revenue and the amount spent on federal programs as they calculate how fiscal policy affects the gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment, inflation, the annual deficit, the national debt, and interest on the national debt.

Learners examine how the National Debt occurs and trace its history from the time of the Revolutionary War through the present.

In this learning activity you'll complete your own budget to understand the concept of needs and wants relating to building a personal budget.

In this learning activity you'll review the basics of budgeting, income, and spending. Using an on-line form, you can create your own monthly budgets and a pie chart of your spending habits.

In this learning activity you'll identify the difference between needs and wants related to building a personal budget.

Students are provided with a Monthly Expenses Worksheet to help them understand the basics of budgeting, income, and spending.