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Division of Labor: Good or Bad?
In this cooperative economics activity, students learn about the division of labor in a real way. Students will be able to see first hand the advantages and disadvantages of the division of labor.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to determine the advantages and disadvantages of division of labor.
Introduction
(5 minutes)
- Ask your students to think about their favorite restaurant. Have students identify what the different jobs are that people have there.
- Ask students to think of what would happen if one person had to do all of those jobs.
- Tell students that there is something called division of labor, where people specialize in one particular job. To specialize means to receive training and become very good at a job or skill.
- Explain that students will be seeing the idea of division of labor in action today.