Appendix A: Options for Additional Activities or Sessions
From Facilitator's Guide for
Teaching "Taxes: Where Does the Money Go? Federal, State and Local
Government"
by Scott Loveridge, Liz Templin, Carole Yoho,
and Nancy Lenhart.
|
A.
|
Present all sections up through Federal, State, and Local Linkages. Let them do the Property Taxes section on their own.
|
|
B.
|
Suggest that participants attend local "Truth-in-Taxation" hearings, and report/discuss what they heard. (The facilitator may want to know these dates in advance so they may be announced. These local public budget hearings are held once a year.)
|
|
C.
|
Try a session with role playing. Some learners could play the role of the angry taxpayers while others could try to justify expenditure levels.
|
|
D.
|
Another role playing option could involve learners taking the role of advocates for various local groups (school board, road commission, correctional system, social services, county commissioners, etc.). Each learner would come to the table with a list of budget "wants." Learners would then reconcile their wants with the total operating budget for the county, which would be well below the total budget "wants."
|
|
E.
|
Invite a local official (i.e., county commissioner, county administrator, county auditor) to give a presentation on the local tax situation, and answer questions about local issues.
|
|
F.
|
Offer
The Federal Deficit: Our Problem, Our Solution
workshop. Contact Claudia Parliament, extension economist, Minnesota Extension Service, University of Minnesota, and director of Minnesota Council on Economic Education for further details: 218 Classroom Office Building, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108 or (612) 625-3727.
|
Produced by Communication and Educational Technology Services, University of
Minnesota Extension.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, this material is available in alternative formats upon request. Please contact your University of Minnesota Extension office or the Extension Store at (800) 876-8636.
University of Minnesota Extension is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
|
