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

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.)