Today’s Vote: The Minimum Wage

In this lesson, students take on the role of senators to craft, discuss, debate, and vote ona. new bill to raise the federal minimum wage in the United States.

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Resource provided by Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

Grades

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Subjects

Legislative Branch/Congress, Federal Government

Issues

Economy, Fiscal Responsibility, Poverty

Resource Types

Lesson Plans, Primary Sources, Simulation

Teaching Strategies

Primary Source, Whole Class, Small Group, Individual Work, Debate, Simulation/Role-play