Poverty and Inequality Education Resources

  • Poverty and Inequality Education Resources

    These resources for Primary and Secondary students cover Maths, English and HPE. Students will learn about the effects of poverty and what constitutes as living in poverty in Australia.

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 2025 will run from Sunday 12 October to Saturday 18 October.

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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

            Secondary lessons