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"SOCIAL SECURITY AND YOU"
TEACHERS KIT

Social Security affects everyone, directly or indirectly. Virtually every working American pays Social Security taxes. And one in six Americans receives monthly Social Security benefits.
Yet, Social Security is probably one of the least understood programs in the country. Most people, including students, tend to think of it in terms of retirement, something for the distant future. They are unaware that the program pays important survivors and disability benefits to workers and their families.

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To order copies of SSA's Teacher's Kit, write to:

Social Security Administration
Office of Supply and
Warehouse Management
Attn: Requisition and Quality Control Team
239 Supply Building
6301 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21235

You can also get the kit via:
Phone at (410) 965-2039,
Fax at (410) 965-2037 or
Email at:oplm.oswm.rqct.orders@ssa.gov

Publication number: 05-10040
Inventory control number: 457505

What is Social Security and You?

Social Security and You is a set of materials for high school students that explains the Social Security system. It consists of five lessons plus an overview lesson that may be taught as a separate session. To support the lessons, factsheets and student handouts, and quizzes are included. The handouts are in large print suitable for use as blackline masters for transparencies or overhead projectors. There is a 25 minute videotape. Click here for a more detailed explanation of the kit.

Who Can Use Social Security and You?

Social Security and You is designed to be used in secondary schools (grades 9 through 12) and is geared to the interest level of young people about to enter the workforce. It may also be useful for adult education classes. It is designed to help students develop a base of knowledge essential for decision-making in today's society and to acquire the skills necessary for successful living. At the same time, because Social Security is such an integral part of the social, economic, and political development of contemporary America, the course becomes a useful vehicle for study in a broad range of areas. Teachers of social studies, caosa, government, economics, civics, consumer education, home economics, and vocational/technical education will find Social Security and You relevant to these curriculums.

The Social Security Administration is now offering the Teachers Kit forms for download:

A Zipped file containing 30 PDF files. (1 file, 500k)

You can download the Adobe Acrobat Reader version suitable for your system (DOS, Windows, SunOS(TM) 4.1.3 and Solaris(R) 2.3, Apple) from the Adobe Home Page . Remember to enable the "Load to Disk" capability of your WWW browser prior to downloading the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Read the Electronic End User License Agreement and any other instructions prior to installing the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your system.

Social Security has a toll-free number that operates from 7AM to 7PM, Monday to Friday: 1-800-772-1213 If you have a touch-tone phone, recorded information and services are available 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays. People who are deaf or hard of hearing may call our toll-free "TTY" number, 1-800-325-0778, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Monday through Friday. Please have your Social Security number handy when you call us.

Or you could visit us: click here to find your Social Security office address.


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