This document discusses taxation and provides links to various online resources about taxes, including videos, interactive timelines, and group activities. Readers are asked to test their knowledge about taxes using online quizzes. The document guides students through exploring the concepts of what taxes are, how they work, whether they are useful or can be avoided, and differences between tax evasion and avoidance. Students also learn about tax havens and the history of taxation. They complete group projects where they research topics, make posters and quizzes, and share information with each other.

1. TAX BURDEN
“The New Literacy Set” Project
2015-2017

2. What are taxes?
• Let’s test our knowledge!
1. Go on:
https://b.socrative.com/login/student/
2. Type room name and you nickname!

3. So how taxation works?
 Here is clip about how taxation works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TusAcP3Zmx4
 Are taxes useful?

4.  Can taxes be avoided?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClOenRSdPQA
 What’s the difference beetween tax evasion and tax
avoidance?

5.  There are countries that provide low or no tax liability.They
are called “tax havens”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyDupx9g584

6.  Read short text about history of
taxation.Then, make timeline with basic
facts using ReadWriteThink online
time line maker:
https://cloud.smartdraw.com/editor.asp
x?templateId=c5f87982-5d73-462e-b500-
1b0fe9d057b9
 Time: 30 minutes

7.  It’s time for group work!
1. Go on https://padlet.com/zrinka25/5gqqx53xfifs.
• read your text and view short clip on your topic,
• make poster using https://www.canva.com/create-a-design
make Kahoot quiz about your topic,
• chooses representative that will present poster.
 Time: 75 minutes

8.  Now, each group passes their clip and and Kahoot quiz to
their neighbor group.After watching the clip each grup is
testing their knowledge with associated Kahoot quiz.
 Time: 15 minutes

9. • In pairs read list of ten fun facts
about taxes!
• Using online tool
https://www.canva.com/create/inf
ographics/ they make info graphic
about those facts.
• What are three most weird
facts about taxes?

10. What have you learned?
 Go on: https://b.socrative.com/login/student/
 Are you satisfied with the results?