Financial Literacy

5-Minute Film Festival: Death and Taxes

With April 15th right around the corner, here’s a collection of fun short videos — a few to learn about income tax, but mostly to indulge in some tax-time humor.

April 13, 2012

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No matter what your political leanings are, most people get a little stressed during tax season, and teachers are no exception. Since April 15th is tax day in the U.S., I've put together a collection of fun short videos -- a few to learn about income tax, but mostly to indulge in some much-needed tax-time humor.

Death and Taxes

Watch the first video below, or watch the whole playlist on YouTube.

More Resources for Teaching at Tax Time

Tax time can also be an opportunity for teaching about financial literacy. Edutopia offers a great resource page, "Money Lessons: A Guide to Financial-Literacy Resources," and we've just published a package about a school in Chicago that uses teaching about finance as the backbone of their curriculum, "Financial Literacy Makes School Relevant." If you're looking for resources specifically for teaching about income taxes, the IRS offers a comprehensive website for teachers, "Understanding Taxes Teacher Site," which provides lesson plans, links to state and national standards, and plentiful resources and downloads to support the lessons. On the same site, you can also connect with a program called VITA e3 (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance), a full curriculum for training high school students how to prepare taxes for the community (hint: it's the same one used by the school in video #5, above).

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