Current Event Friday December 5th: Making Low Wages Livable
For the past year, fast-food and retail workers have made it clear that lousy pay should not be the cost for cheap meals and products. Many full-time workers receive food stamps. Thursday’s planned demonstrations are the latest in their drive for better pay and a doubling of the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. President Obamahas also pressed for a higher minimum wage.
Should the minimum wage be raised? What’s the best way to improve the living standards of workers at the bottom of the pay scale?
Read article below:
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/12/04/making-low-wages-liveable
For the past year, fast-food and retail workers have made it clear that lousy pay should not be the cost for cheap meals and products. Many full-time workers receive food stamps. Thursday’s planned demonstrations are the latest in their drive for better pay and a doubling of the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. President Obamahas also pressed for a higher minimum wage.
Should the minimum wage be raised? What’s the best way to improve the living standards of workers at the bottom of the pay scale?
Read article below:
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/12/04/making-low-wages-liveable
Current Event Friday November 15th: The Rise or Fall of the American Empire
BEFORE CLASS:
- 5 discussion questions based on the article
- Paragraph summary about whether or not you agree or disagree and why, using points made by the authors.
BEFORE CLASS:
- 5 discussion questions based on the article
- Paragraph summary about whether or not you agree or disagree and why, using points made by the authors.
Current Event Week 6: Why is it important to educate girls? How to address the gender gap globally?
Read:
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Current Event Week 5: Obamacare / Affordable Health Care
Read: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/09/26/is-obamacare-working
Watch:
Read: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/09/26/is-obamacare-working
Watch:
Current Event Week 5: Egypt in Crisis / Has the Arab Spring Failed?Watch: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/egypt-in-crisis/
Read: http://upfront.scholastic.com/News/Is-the-Arab-Spring-Dead
Read: http://upfront.scholastic.com/News/Is-the-Arab-Spring-Dead
Current Event Week 4: NO SCHOOL
Current Event Week 3: Library - No Current Event (Rain Day)
Current Event Week 2: Syria
Read: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/09/11/can-syrias-chemical-arsenal-be-destroyed
Read: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/09/11/can-syrias-chemical-arsenal-be-destroyed