Crash Course Government Episode | 48 - Monetary and Fiscal Policy

- Grades
- Grades 7–10, Middle School, High School
- File type
- Microsoft Word
- Editable
- Yes
- Subject
- Social Studies, Government
- Topic
- Crash Course Videos, Monetary Policy
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Editable
- Yes
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Explain how Federal Reserve actions influence the money supply
Distinguish monetary policy from federal fiscal policy
Describe why Social Security and Medicare remain major mandatory spending programs
Teaching tips
Complete the five Federal Reserve prompts as one block before beginning the taxation and budget section.
Build a two-column comparison from the worksheet: central-bank actions on one side and congressional tax or spending choices on the other.
Skills covered
Economic-policy comparison — learners distinguish central-bank tools from taxing and spending decisions.
Cause-and-effect reasoning — responses connect reserve rules, rates, or bond transactions with money circulation.
Budget analysis — students interpret mandatory spending through Social Security, Medicare, and other uncontrollable items.
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Core concepts
Monetary policy
Fiscal policy
Federal Reserve
Mandatory spending
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