"Equal pay for equal work!" may sound logical but it is not the reality. High schoolers begin a study of the gender wage gap with an activity that asks them to position themselves along a line that indicates whether they strongly agree or strongly disagree with a series of statements about gender equity. Pupils then examine census data charts and graphs and discuss reasons why women earn less than men. To end the instructional activity, scholars craft an essay in which they address the question of what can be done to eliminate the gender wage gap.