Stossel Goes To Washington

tax brackettax returntax sheltertax refundtax deductionSocial Security numberThey might use the following books asresources:• Paying Taxes by Sarah De Capua (Children’sPress, 2002)• Taxes by Norman L. Macht (Chelsea House,2001)• Taxes for Dummies 2004 by Eric Tyson andDavid J. Silverman (John Wiley & Sons, 2003)Activities to accompany Chapter 2: TheDepartment of the Interior.9. Have students visit the Interior Department’swebsite and read some of the department’scurrent news releases at. Then theymight pick one topic to research on the Internetsearch. Tell them to find out how newspapers’and environmental or conservation groups’versions of the news story differ from that of theInterior Department. Ask students to write essaysthat contrast different sources’ versions. Ifstudents have difficulty locating news articles,tell them that some search engines, such asgoogle.com, have news search functions.10. Some Native American groups, including theChoctaw people of Mississippi, have establishedlegal gambling casinos and used these as amethod of fighting poverty in their communities.Yet many people oppose gambling onmoral, religious, or other grounds. For example,some people believe that gambling establishmentsencourage crime. Have teams of studentsresearch this topic and hold a debate on thisquestion: Is legal Indian gaming more beneficialthan it is harmful, or vice versa? One Internetsource might be the following (created by a UCBerkeley researcher):.11. Have pairs or individual students each choose aNative American group to research. They shouldfind out where the group’s reservation(s) arelocated, where the people originally lived, howthey lived before European soldiers and settlersarrived, how Europeans affected their history,who their heroes were and are, what the tribe’seconomic state is today, and what its futureprospects are. Researchers can share theirfindings by creating bulletin board displays.Native American tribes include the following:Apache Comanche Miami Nez Perce PotowatomiArapahoe Havasupai Mission Omaha PuebloCayuga Hopi Miwok Oneida PuyallupCherokee Kickapoo Modoc Osage SeminoleCheyenne Klamath Mono Paiute ShawneeChippewa Lakota Sioux Narrangansett Pawnee ShoshoneChoctaw Menominee Navajo Pomo Zuni~8~©Disney