When 3 o’clock strikes.
In this clip by the Inspired Unemployed, full-time tradies stop work as soon as the clock hits 3pm and start to dance. The assumption is they are in full time work, and it has finished for the day. A good clip to introduce types of employment and discuss labour force productivity.
ACARA Alignment: ACHEK020
Clip Length: 0:56 minutes
Year: 2022
URL: https://youtube.com/shorts/H5lPKVH2Uxg?si=YEKFTADrp-htdDhJ
Economics Concepts: Employment, types of work, full time work, labour force productivity
- Show students the clip
- Ask students what type of work they think the tradies are employed in?
- Discuss with students why they think the tradies stop work and dance at 3pm? Is it because it’s almost school pick-up time and they’re excited to see their kids?
- Next show students this 1-minute TikTok clip on working at Macca’s https://www.tiktok.com/@anythingiscontent/video/7327515814553193746?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc
- Invite students to share what they think is the difference between a job working a couple of shifts a week at Macca’s and the full-time job? Which one do students this is most likely to be casual work
- Now get students into groups and get them to classify jobs as casual, part time or full time, this can be done by creating printed cards or by displaying the jobs on the whiteboard e.g.
- Students should be able to identify
