Unit Plan: Global Inequality (6-8)

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• Student worksheets and answer guides for individual lessons 
• Inquiry activities (support materials are provided as needed) 
• Numeracy activity/answer guide

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Global Inequality (6-8) lessons and links to resources are listed below.

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• Lesson 1:  What is Global Inequality?
  • Activity: What Is Global Inequality? (5 minutes)
  • Literacy Builder-Vocab Worksheet (15 minutes)
  • Video Worksheet: If The World Was 100 People (5 minutes)

• Lesson 2: Inequality in Healthcare
  • Inquiry Activity Inequality in Healthcare (40 minutes)

• Lesson 3: Lack of Funding & Poverty
  • Literacy Builder - Vocab Worksheet
  • Activity: Escaping the Poverty Trap (10 minutes)
  • Video Worksheet: Tale of 2 Mothers (5 minutes)

• Lesson 4: Misinformation and Polio
  • Inquiry Activity: Misinformation (15 minutes)
  • Video Worksheet: The Last Few Polio Survivors (10 minutes)

• Lesson 5: War & Violence
  • Inquiry Activity War & Violence (15 minutes)
  • Video Worksheet: Syrian Kids Explain the War (5 minutes)

• Lesson 6: Solving Inequalities in Childhood Immunization
  • Inquiry Activity Important Organizations (30 minutes)
  • Video Worksheet: WHO UNICEF GAVI (5 minutes)

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