Federal Reserve Civics Special Education Levels of Government Intro to Economics

This Civics unit on the US Economy takes a closer look at the Federal Reserve. It contains material specifically designed for students with special learning needs, especially autism in middle and high school.

This unit addresses:

• Main branches of the Federal Reserve
• Primary functions of each branch
• Other federal organizations that distribute money like:
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Social Security, and more
• How it is the same and different from your local bank
• How inflation changes as the economy changes

Students have many opportunities to engage in repeated information on how the Federal Reserve manages our country’s economy. This repetition helps students make connections to this important and often abstract information. In addition, many of the activities and assessments include more than one version, suggestions for differentiation, and options for presentation.

✩✩✩ There are digital versions of the activities. There are 48 google slides and a movie version of the book.

See the preview for a more detailed look at the contents.

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US Economy and the Federal Reserve Unit Includes:

⭐ This unit comes in 2 complete files. One is in color and one is in black and white.

In the zipped folder you will find:

• 15 days of lesson plans
• Color version of activities
• Black and white version of activities
• US Economy and the Federal Reserve book (PowerPoint) to use with activities
• Digital versions of activities

US Economy and the Federal Reserve Activities:

• Vocabulary board
• 16 Vocabulary cards and cut/paste activities (includes digital version)
• Circle map (includes digital version)
• Labeling components and functions of the Federal Reserve (includes digital version)
• Venn Diagram (comparing the Federal Reserve and local banks) (includes digital version)
• Matching various government organizations and their functions (includes digital version)
• Inflation flow charts (includes digital version)
• Vocabulary Word Search
• Symbol Sudoku Puzzles (2 levels) (includes digital version)
• 3 Cut and paste close worksheets (includes digital version)
• Assessments (3 versions) (includes digital version)

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Much of what I have learned about curriculum development is incorporated in these units. For example, do not be afraid of repetition. It is critical that students with significant disabilities get to experience material over several days to be able to fully assimilate what is being taught. Also, adding visual supports to your printables and class activities helps students be able to pay more attention to the content you are presenting rather than the mechanics of what is expected. Finally, ask questions. Good questions!! Regardless of the material, if we can ask students good questions it will push them to think more deeply than before.