Objective: Students will learn the 4 different types of unemployment. WARM-UP ► Is all unemployment bad? Explain your answer. ► Also, can you consider any specific examples of when unemployment can be a good thing?
Announcements: ► ALL Seniors: Come to school by 9:00 tomorrow. If you want to go to Magic Mountain, you must be present on ALL SENIOR ACTIVITY DAYS. ► Pull our a blank sheet of paper and title it: CHAPTER 8 NOTES
UNEMPLOYMENT IS… ► SOMEONE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR A JOB!!! ► And must be 16 years old or older ► And now, we’re going to go a little more in depth and learn about the four different types of unemployment!!!
Four Different Types of Unemployment: ► Frictional Unemployment ► Structural Unemployment ► Cyclical Unemployment ► Seasonal Unemployment
FRICTIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT ► People looking for their very first job ► OR people that voluntarily choose to quit their jobs Moving to another city, state, or country Looking for better pay or benefits ► Least serious type of unemployment out of the four
Question to Answer: Why is frictional unemployment the least serious???? What about its definition makes it not too serious?
STRUCTUAL UNEMPLOYMENT ► People that lose their jobs because they are unskilled laborers ► Easily replaceable by better technology or machines ► MOST SERIOUS type of unemployment because they get discouraged and eventually give up looking for a job
CYCLICAL UNEMPLOYMENT ► People that lose a job because of a downturn in the economy ► They are skilled, but due to slow business, some people are fired during times of recession ► When the economy picks up, the can easily find a job.
SEASONAL UNEMPLOYMENT ► People that are unemployed during certain times of the year ► These are jobs that are not in demand 365 days of the year
► A computer technician gets fired during a recession.
► A teacher quits her job because she is moving to another state.
► A high school student is looking for her very first job.
► A ski instructor is out of a job after the snow season is over.
► A supermarket cashier gets fired after the store adopts self-check out machine stands.
► Assignment: You will need to create a comic strip that illustrates the four different types of unemployment. So let’s set up your comic strip storyboard. ► Use pictures, stick figures and captions to illustrate the meaning of each type of unemployment. ► Remember, it is a storyboard that illustrates the definition of each type of unemployment. ► Finishing details…it has to be neat and colored!!! ► DUE DATE: Monday, May 14 th !!! ► 3o points!!!
POINT BREAKDOWN ► 5 POINTS EACH FOR THE STORYBOARD OF FRICTIONAL, STRUCTURAL, CYCLICAL AND SEASONAL UNEMPLOYMENT ► 10 POINTS FOR NEATNESS, CREATIVITY, COLOR, ETC…
Come Up With Your Sketch ► Have a rough draft idea of how you will illustrate the four different types of unemployment. (must finish before the bell) ► Come up and after I check it, you can receive your BIG WHITE PAPER for your final draft!!!