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Poverty and Inequality in Australia - What Are the Chances?
Lesson5 of 5 in this unit
SecondaryYear 7 - 8MathematicsSocialEqualityHomelessnessHuman RightsSocial Action
Lesson Summary
What are the chances of a person in Australia experiencing poverty? It might be higher than you think, with a range of factors potentially contributing to their income being less than half of the Australian median income.
This lesson will introduce students to the data of people living below the poverty line in Australia. Students will consider a range of factors that increase people’s and family’s likelihood of living below the poverty line and why these factors may contribute to poverty. Students will then perform some simple calculations to determine a person’s or family’s likelihood of experiencing living below the poverty line during their lifetime. Students will reflect on the results, and how these statistics shape or change their perception of poverty and people living below the poverty line in Australia.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- develop an understanding of the risk of poverty among different groups in the community and some of the barriers they face in overcoming it.
Success criteria
Students can:
- calculate and interpret the median of a range of numbers
- interpret basic percentages as an expression of part of a population of 100
- interpret data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics in terms of their real-world impact
- perform basic calculations and present data visually to determine rates of poverty in Australian populations.
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