Federal Reserve Bank
Unintended Consequences
What would your class members say to the opportunity to take two years off of school between grades 10 and 11? Examine the economic concepts of costs, benefits, and unintended consequences with this unique and engaging approach.
Federal Reserve Bank
Prices: The Marketplace’s Communication System
Explore the dual role of prices as signals and incentives, and discover how prices are determined by buyers and sellers in the United States economy.
Federal Reserve Bank
Would Increasing the Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty?
Here is a fantastic and relevant question to discuss with your class members. Using detailed reading material and a related worksheet, your learners will learn about labor markets, equilibrium wages, price floors, and who exactly would...
Curated OER
Chapter 28: Wage Determination
Answer questions on minimum wage and labor models with this economics presentation. Thorough and precise, these slides make a great accompaniment to a lecture on labor and wages. A list of key terms allows viewers to readdress and...
Curated OER
Income and Expenses
Students discuss income and expenses. In this lesson on money, students define income and expenses, after whith they keep track of their income and expense transactions on a basic ledger.
Curated OER
The Minimum Wage and Unemployment
Have your class discuss the pros and cons of minimum wage laws using this resource. First, they read quotes from the perspective of those in favor of, and against, minimum wage laws. Then, they answer six questions about it.
Curated OER
Waging A Living
Students view a video clip about minimum wage. They discover the history of wage policy in the United States and the difference between the minimum wage and living wage. They write a paper on how to increase the wages.
Curated OER
Creating Line Graphs
Learners draw line graphs. For this math lesson, students interpret minimum wage data and graph the data in a line graph. Learners predict the next minimum wage and figure the earnings for a 40 hour work week for someone earning the...
Curated OER
Wages, Salaries, and Such
Students investigate the economics of a job by computing wages based on days, weeks and years. In this vocational lesson plan, students complete hourly wage worksheets based on employment information. Students utilize average income...
Curated OER
Labor Matters
Young scholars examine the labor movement. In this labor issues lesson, students discuss the role of labor organizations and research their beginnings in order to better understand the debate over the Employee Free Choice Act.
Curated OER
Problems on Factor Markets
For this Problems on Factor Markets worksheet, students answer questions about various economic problems or injustices. Some answers require diagrams.
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Social Science Education Consortium
Ssec: Minimum Wage: Does Raising the Rate Help Young Workers? [Pdf]
This investigation will help students examine issues related to the minimum wage, including: What does economic theory suggest will result in minimum-wage earnings and employment if the minimum wage is increased? Does an increase in the...
Other
U.s. Department of Labor: Youth Rules!
The Department of Labor's Youth Rules! site looks at issues surrounding teen safety on the job, child labor, minimum wage, sweatshops, and more.
Other
Eeoc: Equal Pay Act of 1963: Full Text
This is the full text of the 1963 Equal Pay Act which ensured equal pay for women.
C-SPAN
C Span Classroom: Teaching About Minimum Wage
Resource material for students and teachers on the minimum wage in the U.S. and whether or not Congress and the President should act to raise the minimum wage. Students examine pros and cons by watching C-SPAN videos for background...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Deal to Raise California's Minimum Wage to $15
Article reports on a recent deal that will raise California's minimum wage to $15 per hour.
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PBS
Pov: Living Wage v. Minimum Wage: What's the Difference [Pdf]
A great lesson plan based on a 2006 POV documentary that examined the problems the minimum wage worker had in trying to get ahead economically. Good information that compares the difference between a living wage and the minimum wage of...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Chapter 4: Demand and Supply at Work in Labor Markets
By the end of this section, you will be able to predict shifts in the demand and supply curves of the labor market, explain the impact of new technology on the demand and supply curves of the labor market, and explain price floors in the...
Digital History
Digital History: National Recovery Administration
Resource provides an overview of the codes set by the National Recovery Administration that helped industry and labor in the 1930s and their positive and negative affects.
Tutor2u
Tutor2u: Monopsony Power in Markets
A description and example of a monopsony with respect to the minimum wage.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Fdr's Alphabet Soup
Amazing number of agencies formed as a result of New Deal legislation. Read about the agencies and legislation whose acronyms have become part of governmental history.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Truman Announced a Fair Deal
Health insurance, minimum wage, and equal rights are things we take for granted. But it was not always so. These are some of the things President Truman fought for in what he called the "Fair Deal."
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Awesome Library: Wage Considerations
This resource page links to articles and calculators for understanding the minimum wage and other salary considerations in economy that affect how much people are paid.
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Pine Tree Legal Assistance: Immigrants: Work Permits
English and Spanish information about getting a job and the kinds of work permits that are available to immigrants.