Activity: Should We Raise the Minimum Wage?
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Activity: Should We Raise the Minimum Wage?
Directions: Students will research the effects of raising the minimum wage. Provide between 4-6 Effects for each category. Then, answer the question on the following page.
Helpful websites are below. Also, visit links within sites for more information.
- Forbes Magazine’s Article: The Facts on Increasing the Minimum Wage
- Four Reasons Not to Raise the Minimum Wage (Cato Institute)
- Slate Magazine’s The Fight Against 15
- Fight for $15 Website
- The Guardian’s Website on Economic Inequality
- The Huffington Post’s Multiple Articles on The Fight for $15
Raising the Minimum Wage & Its Effects
Positive Effects
Negative Effects
Unsure Effects
Please state your Opinion, now that you’ve done some research. Should we raise the Minimum Wage? Why or Why not? (Provide 2-3 reasons.)