Minimum wage debate (Spring 2014)
Students will research and debate the question: Should the U.S. Congress raise the federal minimum wage?
Students will read articles, analyze maps, charts, and graphs, and watch videos to learn about different perspectives on this issue. Then they will participate in small-group debates in class.
Students will read articles, analyze maps, charts, and graphs, and watch videos to learn about different perspectives on this issue. Then they will participate in small-group debates in class.
The debate is based on CSPAN's Classroom Deliberations on the Minimum Wage.
The project description can be found here:
The project description can be found here:
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For an interactive map showing the rates in each state, click here:
http://money.cnn.com/interactive/pf/state-minimum-wage/
http://money.cnn.com/interactive/pf/state-minimum-wage/
Background Information:
Birth of the Minimum Wage (Planet Money)
State of the Union: Minimum Wage 101 (Wall Street Journal)
Time for a Raise? What you need to know about the minimum wage (KQED)
U.S. Department of Labor's Site on the Minimum Wage
Birth of the Minimum Wage (Planet Money)
State of the Union: Minimum Wage 101 (Wall Street Journal)
Time for a Raise? What you need to know about the minimum wage (KQED)
U.S. Department of Labor's Site on the Minimum Wage
Living on the Minimum Wage
Can you live on the minimum wage? (New York Times interactive)
The real budgets of McDonald's workers
Spent: A Game created by the Urban Ministries of Durham
Can you live on the minimum wage? (New York Times interactive)
The real budgets of McDonald's workers
Spent: A Game created by the Urban Ministries of Durham
Articles about the minimum wage:
Showing both sides:
Should the Minimum Wage be Raised? Two economists' arguments
In minimum wage debate both sides make valid points (Chicago Tribune)
State of the Union Speech Brings Out Pros and Cons of Minimum Wage (Fox News Latino)
For raising the minimum wage:
How a $10.10 minimum wage could raise 46 million Americans out of poverty (The Week)
17 million reasons to raise the minimum wage (Wall Street Journal Marketwatch)
Biden: Raising minimum wage is good for business (Washington Post)
All of the Arguments against Raising the Minimum Wage have Fallen Apart (Bill Moyers)
Against raising the minimum wage:
Study: 38 percent of private employers will cut workers if minimum wage is raised (Fox News)
Raising the Minimum Wage is no Free Lunch (US News)
The costs of a minimum wage hike (US News)
Raising the minimum wage is still a bad idea (Blooomberg View)
Additional Articles (more complicated):
Raising the Floor (The Economist)
The Business of the Minimum Wage (New York Times)
The Moral Case Against Raising the Minimum Wage (Forbes)
Should we raise the minimum wage? 11 questions and answers (The Atlantic)
Minimum wage increase would have mixed effects, C.B.O. Report says (The New York Times)
What a higher minimum wage does for workers and the economy (Businessweek)
Recent News:
Connecticut approves highest state minimum wage (MyFoxNY)
Gap to raise minimum hourly pay (New York Times)
Showing both sides:
Should the Minimum Wage be Raised? Two economists' arguments
In minimum wage debate both sides make valid points (Chicago Tribune)
State of the Union Speech Brings Out Pros and Cons of Minimum Wage (Fox News Latino)
For raising the minimum wage:
How a $10.10 minimum wage could raise 46 million Americans out of poverty (The Week)
17 million reasons to raise the minimum wage (Wall Street Journal Marketwatch)
Biden: Raising minimum wage is good for business (Washington Post)
All of the Arguments against Raising the Minimum Wage have Fallen Apart (Bill Moyers)
Against raising the minimum wage:
Study: 38 percent of private employers will cut workers if minimum wage is raised (Fox News)
Raising the Minimum Wage is no Free Lunch (US News)
The costs of a minimum wage hike (US News)
Raising the minimum wage is still a bad idea (Blooomberg View)
Additional Articles (more complicated):
Raising the Floor (The Economist)
The Business of the Minimum Wage (New York Times)
The Moral Case Against Raising the Minimum Wage (Forbes)
Should we raise the minimum wage? 11 questions and answers (The Atlantic)
Minimum wage increase would have mixed effects, C.B.O. Report says (The New York Times)
What a higher minimum wage does for workers and the economy (Businessweek)
Recent News:
Connecticut approves highest state minimum wage (MyFoxNY)
Gap to raise minimum hourly pay (New York Times)
Organizations:
For raising the minimum wage:
RaisetheMinimumWage.com - a project of the National Employment Law Project
Time for a Raise
Against raising the minimum wage:
Employment Policies Institute: Minimum Wage
For raising the minimum wage:
RaisetheMinimumWage.com - a project of the National Employment Law Project
Time for a Raise
Against raising the minimum wage:
Employment Policies Institute: Minimum Wage
Government:
The Economic Case for Raising the Minimum Wage (White House / Council of Economic Advisors)
Republican Party statement on Minimum Wage
The Economic Case for Raising the Minimum Wage (White House / Council of Economic Advisors)
Republican Party statement on Minimum Wage
Video clips about the minimum wage:
Education Portal video: The Minimum Wage and Its Effects on Employment (shows the economic model of the minimum wage through supply and demand graphs)
Khan Academy video explaining minimum wage (shows the economics of the minimum wage - a bit more complicated version than the video above)
The pros and cons of raising the minimum wage (MSNBC)
CBO report fuels debate on costs and benefits of boosting the minimum wage (PBS)
One NYC family's struggle to survive on a fast food salary (PBS)
Education Portal video: The Minimum Wage and Its Effects on Employment (shows the economic model of the minimum wage through supply and demand graphs)
Khan Academy video explaining minimum wage (shows the economics of the minimum wage - a bit more complicated version than the video above)
The pros and cons of raising the minimum wage (MSNBC)
CBO report fuels debate on costs and benefits of boosting the minimum wage (PBS)
One NYC family's struggle to survive on a fast food salary (PBS)
Podcasts:
Does Raising the Minimum Wage Cost Jobs? (Planet Money)
Does the minimum wage hurt the poor? (Marketplace)
Does Raising the Minimum Wage Cost Jobs? (Planet Money)
Does the minimum wage hurt the poor? (Marketplace)
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Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers (Department of Labor)
Here's Who Earns the Minimum Wage (Planet Money)
Here's Who Earns the Minimum Wage (Planet Money)
Vocabulary:
inflation
purchasing power
unemployment
cost of living
poverty line
inflation
purchasing power
unemployment
cost of living
poverty line