Teaching Tools
Four lesson plans have been developed by CIVIX to guide teachers through the 2021 Student Budget Consultation. This year’s consultation focuses on the impacts of COVID-19 and the post-pandemic economic recovery.
The lessons are designed to increase knowledge about budgeting and priorities, improve understanding about Canadian government, encourage political discourse, and develop critical thinking and decision making skills.
Using the suggested activities and teaching tools, teachers are encouraged to spend 2 to 4 classes covering the content and participating in the Student Budget Consultation.
Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 1: Introduction [PDF]
- Activity 1.1: Space Survival – Ranking Chart [PDF] [Word] [Google Doc] [Google Sheet]
- Handout 1.2: Space Survival – Ranking of Items by Experts [PDF]
Lesson 2: The Federal Government’s Budget
- Lesson 2: The Federal Government’s Budget [PDF]
- Video: ‘Introduction to the 2020 Student Budget Consultation’ [YouTube]
- Videos: ‘Budget Basics’ series [Budget Basics]
- Slide Deck A: Budget Basics [PowerPoint] [Google Slides]
- Slide Deck B: Expenditures [PowerPoint] [Google Slides]
- Slide Deck C: Revenues [PowerPoint] [Google Slides]
- Activity 2.1: The Economy [PDF] [Word] [Google Doc] [Google Form] [Microsoft Form]
- Handout 2.2: Federal Budget Terminology [PDF]
- Activity 2.3: ‘Budget Basics’ Video Assignments [PDF] [Word] [Google Doc] [Google Form] [Microsoft Form]
- Handout 2.4: 2020 Fall Economic Update [PDF]
- Activity 2.5: Analyzing Articles about the Fall Economic Statement [PDF] [Word] [Google Doc] [Google Form] [Microsoft Form]
Lesson 3: The Post-Pandemic Recovery
- Lesson 3: The Post-Pandemic Recovery [PDF]
- Videos: ‘Key Issues’ series [Key Issues]
- Slide Deck D: Economic Downturns [PowerPoint] [Google Slides]
- Handout 3.1: ‘Key Issues’ video summaries [PDF]
- Activity 3.2: Priorities for the Post-Pandemic Recovery [PDF] [Word] [Google Doc] [Google Form] [Microsoft Form]
Lesson 4: Political Perspectives
- Lesson 4: Political Perspectives [PDF]
- Videos: ‘Party Perspectives’ series [Party Perspectives]
- Slide Deck E: The Political Spectrum [PowerPoint] [Google Slides]
- 2021 Student Budget Consultation survey [Survey]
- Activity 4.1: Political Perspectives [PDF] [Word] [Google Doc] [Google Form] [Microsoft Form]
- Activity 4.2: Reflection Card [PDF] [Word] [Google Doc] [Google Form] [Microsoft Form]
- Appendix I: 2021 Student Budget Consultation survey questions [PDF]
- Appendix II: Survey Background Information [PDF]
