Income Inequality and Happiness

This activity has been designed to follow Equal Pay and needs approximately 2 lessons. It explores world income inequality, UK income inequality, the Gini coefficient and the possible links with happiness. Students are also invited to consider solutions to these problems. It is aimed at 14+ and could be used in L3 Core Maths, Citizenship, Social Science etc. Inspiration for this has come from: Thanks to David Kaye for his Desmos task which has been adapted. The brilliant resources created by the Equality Trust: https://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/equalpay50/schools-resources The work done by Pete Wright and others on Teaching Maths for Social Justice: https://www.atm.org.uk/shop/Teaching-Mathematics-for-Social-Justice-Book-Download/act099pk

By Catherine van Saarloos