Grades 6-8, 9-12, Higher Education
Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues: Should I Join the Sweatshop Boycott?
In this lesson, students study primary sources to learn about the choices of young women who are considering working in...
Objective:
After completing this lesson teachers will be able to:
- Analyze changes in living standards in different regions over time.
- Create and support an argument for or against a sweatshop boycott using primary and secondary sources.
Key Concepts: Comparative Advantage, Consumers, Decision Making/Cost-Benefit Analysis, Division of Labor/Specialization, Economic Institutions, Employment and Unemployment, Goods and Services, Human Capital, Incentives, Income, Markets and Prices, Opportunity Cost, Producers, Productive Resources, Productivity, Scarcity, Trade, Exchange and Interdependence