Minimum Wage Laws Part 2

EQ - How do current minimum wage laws impact an individuals personal finances?

1. Activator - Homework Recap
1. Know -  Write a short explanation (140 characters or less) of what you now know about minimum wage.
2. Discussion - How has your understanding of minimum wage changed as a result of the reading and discussion?
3. Muddy Points - What elements of minimum wage are you still working to understand?
2. Developmental Activity - Can You Survive?
1. TPS - Before you begin
1. Explain your opinion of a job that will pay your $9/hr.
2. Would you be able to provide for yourself at this hourly rate?
2. The Experience - Can You Survive?
3. TPS - What was this experience like for you?
4. Has your perception changed?  Why or why not?
3.  Additional Reading - Federal Minimum Wage Laws
4. Assessment - Compose a letter to your state representative
1. Identify your state rep.
2. Discuss the minimum wage debate
3. Propose a recommendation for how your rep should vote on minimum wage law changes
4. Provide evidence to support your recommendation

Minimum Wage Laws

EQ - How do current minimum wage laws affect your pay?

1. Activator: LINK
1. List - TPS- What do you know about minimum wage?
2. Inquire - TPS - What questions can be formed from this list?
3. Read "The Impact of $9 Minimum Wage"
2. Collaborative Groups - Discussion - What's the big deal about minimum wage?
1. Note - Make Notes about your discussion.  Look for answers to our inquiry questions, connections to what you already know or heard about in our discussion, and new questions that arose as you read.
2. Know -  Write a short explanation (140 characters or less) of what you now know about minimum wage.
3. Discussion - How has your understanding of minimum wage changed as a result of the reading and discussion?
4. Muddy Points - What elements of minimum wage are you still working to understand?

Where Do My Federal Tax Dollars Go?

EQ - Where do my federal tax dollars go?

1. Activator - KWL:  What do you know about your federal tax dollars?
2. How are these taxes used? - Where Did My Tax Dollars Go 
3. Partnership Activity
1. Choose one category where tax dollars are allocated
2. Create a poster to illustrate the components of your category
3. Share with the class
4. Assignment
1. Compose a response to answer the EQs
1. Access Google Drive
2. Create a new document
3. Describe your opinion on how our federal income taxes are dispersed.
4. Do you think the allocation is appropriate? Why or why not?
5. If you could change anything regarding how tax dollars are spent, what would you change?  Explain.
6. Submit to Schoology
5. Extension Activity - Federal Budget Challenge
1. Can you reduce the federal deficit?
2. Explain the rationale of your choices.
6. Extension Activity - Federal Budget Archives
1. Explore the budget and identify 2 items that you believe are in your best interests.
2. Explore and identify 2 items that you would change.  Explain how.
7. TOD - How can exploring the Federal Budget help you understand your payroll deductions?