WRL Lesson Plans / KS3 - Work and wages - 4 lessons / Work and Wages Lesson Plan 3 - Minimum Wage

Connect the Learning

Introduce the students to the concept of earning a wage. At key stage 3 they may be too young to have any experience of waged work, but this is the time to introduce them to the concept . Connect the subject to any previous careers or work-related learning topics covered to date.

The Big Picture

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.

Learning outcomes

In this lesson students will learn about wages including the national minimum wage.

Introduction

Distribute a copy of the “How much do they earn?” student sheet to pairs of students in the class. Ask them to cut out the boxes so that they are left with 12. They have to match the correct job to the correct salary. Answers are – salesperson £13,000 per year; Prime Minister £187,000 per year; Doctor (GP) £80,000 per year; social worker £23,000 per year; Premiership footballer £676,000 per year; trainee lawyer £25,000 per year.