Activity+Procedure


 * 1) ====**First 5 minutes** - Introduce activity and explain procedures and student roles. ====
 * 2) ====**Next 5 minute**s - Students will work to figure out how much money they have after paying monthly bills for luxuries. ====
 * 3) ====**At 10 minutes in** - Teachers tell students that the major local employer is leaving town and all Tier 1 (lower class) and Tier 3 (middle management) workers immediately lose their jobs. They will now be given unemployment compensation (Tier 1 will receive $225/week or $1012.50/month and tier 3 will receive $325/week or $1462.50/month). They will need to look at their monthly bills to find out how much money they will need each month. They will either have to get rid of some luxuries or look for extra work on the Help Wanted Ads. ====
 * 4) ====**At 12 minutes in** - Teachers tell students that because of the loss of jobs in the local economy, the Tier 2 (middle class) and Tier 3 (upper class) workers will lose 10% of their income. They too will need to look at their monthly bills to find out how much money they will need each month. They will either have to get rid of some luxuries or look for extra work on the Help Wanted Ads. ====
 * 5) ====**At 20 minutes in** - Teachers tell students that there is now a state-wide economic crisis. As a result, there is an across the board increase in the cost of their bills. All bills will now go up by 10%. Adjustments will again need to be made. ====
 * 6) ====**At 25 minutes in** - Teachers will stop the activity and discuss with students how the activity made them feel. Have a discussion about how the students dealt with the loss in income and the increase in monthly bills. Who chose to reduce monthly bills by getting rid of luxuries? Who chose to pursue additional work/income? Were there enough opportunities for additional income for everyone who wanted them? Etc... ====

__**Materials needed: **__

 * ====Colored Expo markers ====
 * ====Strips of paper with job title, job description, monthly salary ====
 * ====Help-Wanted posters with stickies ====