1. Bellringer (half sheet)
Today’s objective: Students will identify direct and indirect effects of price floors as
related to minimum wage.
Think back to your letter to Congressman Grijalva..
1. Are you for or for or against raising minimum
wage?
2. How might 3 different people be affected by
raising minimum wage (positively or negatively)?
04/29/14

2. Price Floor – Minimum Wage Graph
For Unskilled
Labor Market
Subway
$21/hr
$15/hr
$11/hr
$7/hr
$5/hr

3. Voting for or against an increase
Based off of this
chart answer the
two questions
below.
1. What has the
trend been for the
last several years?
2. In what year
was the minimum
wage the highest?

4. Voting for or against an increase
Discuss with a
partner based
upon what you see
in the chart…
3. Is an increase in
the minimum
wage justified?
Explain.
4. How would you
vote if you were a
Senator?

6. Closure
In at least three sentences, how might
minimum wage affect you now or in the
future?