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Lesson On Minimum Wage

This lesson plan focuses on teaching students about minimum wage. The lesson will have students split into two groups to research and argue for either raising or keeping the minimum wage the same. Students will then share their own opinions on the issue. The goal is for students to form a complete argument based on their personal views. Formative assessment will include observing student discussions. Students will complete an exit slip summarizing their view as a summative assessment to check understanding. The teacher will reflect on student understanding, engagement, and needed adjustments to improve future lessons.

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Lesson On Minimum Wage

This lesson plan focuses on teaching students about minimum wage. The lesson will have students split into two groups to research and argue for either raising or keeping the minimum wage the same. Students will then share their own opinions on the issue. The goal is for students to form a complete argument based on their personal views. Formative assessment will include observing student discussions. Students will complete an exit slip summarizing their view as a summative assessment to check understanding. The teacher will reflect on student understanding, engagement, and needed adjustments to improve future lessons.

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Ashland University, Dwight Schar College of Education, Standard

Lesson Plan (2/15)


Candidate ____Alli Cudworth_________________________
12/2/15_______
General
Information

Learning Goals

Subject

Advanced Economics

Grad
e
Learner Profile

11-12

Academic Learning
Standard(s)

11. Income is determined by many factors including individual


skills and abilities, work ethic and market conditions. 12.
Employee earning statements include information about gross
wages, benefits, taxes and other deductions.

Central Focus

Students will focus on learning about minimum wage, and whether to raise it,
or keep it the same.
Students, at the end of the lesson, will be able to form a complete argument,
based on personal opinion if they wish to raise minimum wage or keep it the
same.

SMART Goal

Instruction
Delivery

Date _____Lesson on

10 students in the class, 4 male and 6 female, all come from a low economic
standing, most have jobs outside of school that pay minimum wage.

Academic language
Prior Learning

Minimum wage
Students have learned about taxes most recently while also learning about
other factors related to minimum wage.

Introduction

Students will discuss what the minimum wage is currently for Ohio. They will
also explore what some of the wages are in other states.

Activities /
Procedures

Students will be split into two opposing groups. Each group will be given an
article on minimum wage. Based on what their goal is, either raise min. wage
or keep it the same (assigned at the time of the split), and they will read

Ashland University, Dwight Schar College of Education, Standard


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through their article and find points to discuss. Once the students have finished
reading their articles, we will form a circle and they will argue their sides with
the other group. At the end of discussion (about 15 minutes), the students will
then voice their own opinion on the subject. Before they leave class they will
write 3-4 sentences on what their personal view is, and whether they want to
raise of keep min. wage the same.
Differentiation
Learning Conditions

None.
Will have whole class discussion, small group discussion, arguing a point of
view, and then individual work at the end of class.
Materials
Copies of Articles and computer and smart Board.
Closure
Exit slip with their personal opinion and why, they will also be given one final
article to read over.
Closure: Describe how you will end your lesson by restating or reinforcing your lesson goals and
encourage students to use this new learning in other contexts.
Assessment

Formative

Students will be asked for understanding, and their discussion during the
lesson will be observed.
Summative
Exit slip for 10 points to understand if they comprehended the information on
minimum wage.
Formative: Describe how you will informally assess your students throughout the lesson e.g.
questioning, whole class responses. Keep in mind that you may need to adjust your plans based upon
student feedback you receive.
Summative: Be very specific about the formal assessment you will use at the end of the lesson to
measure whether you have meet your lesson goals. Attach the actual assessment if appropriate. This
assessment may need to be modified for individual students. The information gained from your
assessment should be used to provide feedback to your students and to guide your future lessons.

Reflections
(Completed after
the lesson)

Content
Delivery
Changes to improve
this lesson
Next steps

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Collect and record any assessment data from this lesson and use it to respond to these
questions:
Content: Write a reflection on whether the students understood the content of your lesson and if you
achieved the goals of your lesson. Use your assessment data as evidence for this. What patterns of
strengths and needs of the students do you see?
Delivery: Write a reflection of the way you delivered your instruction. Were the students engaged in
learning? Did you need to change your plans based upon the students responses? What went well in
the lesson? Could you have done things differently?
Changes to improve the lesson: If you taught this lesson again, what would you do differently?
Next steps: Based on the results of this lesson, what should be the central focus of your next lesson?

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