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Work and Wages Lesson Plan 1 - What Was Work Like?
This lesson plan explores the history of children and work.
Connect the Learning
This is the first careers lesson in the Year 9 programme.
The Big Picture
This is lesson 1 of 4 about work and wages. Students understand about starting work, what work is available to them before school leaving age, and what their rights are.
Learning Outcomes
As part of the key stage 3 programme of study for work-related
learning:
Key concepts:
- Understanding the way business and the economy operates
- Knowing and understanding the nature of money, and having an
insight into its functions and uses.
Key processes:
- Pupils should be able to manage their money
- Explain some financial terms likely to be important in their
personal and working lives.
Introduction
Teacher input:Establish how many of the students already work (whether it is babysitting or a paper round) or if they have friends or siblings who work.
What hours do they work? How much do they get paid?
This exercise is to find out how much the class knows about
work at the moment, and as a basis for comparison with children working in the past.