US Census Bureau
U.s. Census Bureau: Income Inequality
This U.S. Census Bureau site is a brief look at U.S. Income Inequality and includes links to full reports and census data explaining this issue. It is a good site for the serious student.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Inequality
Practice what you've learned about the sources of income inequality, using the Gini coefficient as a measure of income inequality, and interpreting the Gini coefficient.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Income Distribution
This video teaches the concept of Income Distribution. Income distribution refers to how the total income earned ends up divided over members of the economy. The website contains an interactive quiz and links for related lesson plans.
Trinity University
Trinity University: Social Inequality
This is a site that explores social inequality. Includes tables and graphs to allow visual representations of the distribution of income and wealth. Also includes links to other sites.
Trinity University
Trinity University: Inequality and Education
Trinity University offers an overview of the problems of inequality in the education system in the United States. Has links to charts and articles about income and education.
Other
Global Policy Forum: Inequality of Wealth
Inequality of wealth in both the U.S. and world is a controversial topic. This site from the Global Policy Forum contains a series of articles that address this topic. Great for student research.
Other
Inequality.org
This site is dedicated to teaching people about the potential problems with an increasingly unequal distribution of income. The site exposes greed and excess, and includes a variety of links.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: It Ain't Where You Start, It's What You Got, and Where You End
This year's federal elections will involve electing a president, all members of the House of Representatives, and one-third of the Senate. Barring some international crisis, economic issues appear likely to dominate the debates. In past...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Environmental Justice for All
Essay on environmental justice in America and the impact of government policy in which Robert D. Bullard examines the inequality of environmental burden on people of color and lower income persons. Links to related resources for further...
Other
Miniature Earth: Comparative Demographics Worldwide
Miniature Earth reduces the world's population to 100 to underscore the dramatic differences in wealth, age, faith, education, environment, and health among people who live on this planet. An excellent apply-what-you-know site for...
Curated OER
Biz/ed: Virtual Economy Glossary: Gini Coefficient and Lorenz Curve
Glossary of terms that contains gini coefficient and lorenz curve. Both definitions contain a clear graph, scroll down to the L's to find lorenz curve.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Lorenz Curve
This website describes what a Lorenz curve is, and shows what it would look like graphically. A mathematical formula is also given.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Poverty in America [Pdf]
Discover the numbers behind poverty in America in the 1950s. Read about those who were in poverty, where they lived, and find out if things have improved over the decades. [pdf]
Digital History
Digital History: Prosperity: Fact or Myth [Pdf]
Find the reasons for the booming economy in the United States in the 1920s. Can the seeds for the Great Depression be seen in the fruit of the economy? [pdf]
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Great Depression
Read a brief overview of the causes of the Great Depression. See that there were several reasons which fed on each other to plunge the country into economic chaos.
Other
Water: The Foundation of All Sustainable Development [Pdf]
This PDF chart shows income inequality in relation to access to clean and safe drinking water.
Geographypods
Geographypods: Patterns and Change: Disparities in Wealth and Development
This collection of four learning modules looks at issues related to the unequal distribution of wealth and economic development. Examines how this is measured and presents student video assignments on this topic, followed by a discussion...
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National Center for Law and Economic Justice
A wealth of information on economic justice in the United States.