I like the Application of the Digital Skills Project on “Evaluate Credibility of Online Resources”. We have a lesson we discuss tax rates and our current progressive system. This is an EXCELLENT opportunity to put this project into motion. I typically have the students do 3 examples where we look at how much is collected in a fictitious government where all workers pay the same rate in taxes, then a progressive and a regressive example. We then see how much money is collected and also have a discussion on what they believe are the positives and potential drawbacks on each system. Modifying this includes an explanation of the three systems and an illustrated example. From here, the students are told do a search on the three tax systems and their effects created by imposing them. They will be told to copy the article into a Google Doc and Box of the five “w’s. I think this could be combined with the project idea of giving a presentation on an article you found.
