December 02, 2009

INTRODUCTION:
Instructions : After knowing the persons involved in the budget preparation, let us now try to fit in their shoes.

INTERACTION:

Students will be given the chance to make their own budget using an interactive site.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/electiongame/game.asp

1. How did you allocate your budget? ( List down the percentage share)
2. Who among the advisers /persons have you chosen and why?
3. Is there really a need for a President to have an adviser? Why?

4. What have you felt upon reading the newspaper?

B. A follow-up activity: Students will access the site below:

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/budget_hero/

This site will show the effect of budgeting to the people.

Instructions:
- Click “Get briefed” – listen to the narrator.
- Click “play game”, then ok
- Choose three badges then I-click ang START
- Choose three “ yellow Card” – this would help you
- Click – “ See how your budget stacks up”
- If you encountered problems : “ click for more taxes”
- After few tries, find out the result of your budget

Answer the following questions and send answers in MSWord to aslev05@yahoo.com.

1. Who has a direct control over the budget?
2. Why is it important for one official to have priorities?
3. What problems arise when the budget is not properly allocated?
4. When the country is incurring more debts, what do you think will happen?
5. What do you think is the weakness of the Philippine system of budgeting?

INTEGRATION:

How could we improve the process of preparation and allocation of the National Budget?