Poverty and Inequality Education Resources

About Anti-Poverty Week

For more than 20 years Anti-Poverty Week has operated in Australia around the 17th of October, the UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Our purpose is to help Australians understand poverty and to take action collectively to end it. Anti-Poverty Week 2024 will run from Sunday 13 October to Saturday 19 October.

About the resources

These lessons, designed for teachers of both Primary and Secondary students, will explore who is affected and what needs to be changed to reduce poverty. Students examine real-life stories and analyse and interpret current data to discover the realities of those experiencing poverty.

Primary lessons

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Poverty and Inequality in Australia - Who is Affected by Poverty in Australia?

  • Primary
  • Year 5 - 6
  • Mathematics
  • Numbers
  • Graphs and data
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Homelessness
  • Human Rights
  • Social Action
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Poverty and Inequality in Australia - What is Poverty and Why Does It Matter?

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • English
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Homelessness
  • Human Rights
  • Social Action
  • Lesson
  • Free
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Poverty and Inequality in Australia - Fair Share

  • Primary
  • Year 3 - 4
  • Mathematics
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Civics and Citizenship
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Homelessness
  • Human Rights
  • Social Action
  • Lesson
  • Free
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Poverty and Inequality in Australia - Poverty - In Sickness or in Health

  • Primary
  • Year 5 - 6
  • Mathematics
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Homelessness
  • Human Rights
  • Social Action
  • Lesson
  • Free
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Poverty and Inequality in Australia - Making Ends Meet

  • Primary
  • Year 5 - 6
  • Mathematics
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Homelessness
  • Human Rights
  • Social Action

Secondary lessons

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Poverty and Inequality in Australia - What Are the Chances?

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 8
  • Mathematics
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Homelessness
  • Human Rights
  • Social Action
  • Lesson
  • Free
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Poverty and Inequality in Australia - Understanding Poverty and Inequality in Australia

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 8
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Homelessness
  • Human Rights
  • Social Action
  • Lesson
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Poverty and Inequality in Australia - Poverty and the Social Determinants of Health

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 8
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Homelessness
  • Human Rights
  • Social Action
  • Lesson
  • Free
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Poverty and Inequality in Australia - People Behind the Statistics

  • Secondary
  • Year 9 - 10
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Homelessness
  • Human Rights
  • Social Action
  • Lesson
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Poverty and Inequality in Australia - What Are the Facts?

  • Secondary
  • Year 9 - 10
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • Physical Education
  • Social
  • Equality
  • Homelessness
  • Human Rights
  • Social Action

With thanks to our partners

These lessons were developed in partnership with Anti-Poverty Week and ACOSS/UNSW Poverty and Inequality Partnership.