Wealth Inequality In America | What Is Ideal, Perception or Actual?

Look at the video and answer the following questions:

  1. Which 3 labels do the graphs have?
  2. What is “shockingly skewed”?
  3. What is very noticeable when you see the actual numbers?
  4. How many Americans are there, at this point in time?
  5. What is the total wealth in the USA?
  6. Complete the sentence: “1% of America has ______ % of the nation’s wealth”.
  7. How long does an average employee have to work to make what a CEO makes an hour?

Possible discussion questions after:

Sit together in groups of two or three and come up with two or three inspiring statements. Make sure they are discussion evoking! Please, share them with your teacher and he / she will pick one to talk about in a larger context.

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