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C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Gender Wage Gap Unit PlanC3 Teachers: Inquiries: Gender Wage Gap Unit Plan
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12th
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C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Gender Wage Gap

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A learning module on wage inequality based on gender. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students examine the difficulty in quantifying the gender wage gap, why the gap has changed over time, and where the gender wage gap is most noticeable. The module can be downloaded in PDF or DOC format.

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economic inequality, equal pay for equal work, unequal wages, wage inequality, equal pay act of 1963, inquiry design model, paycheck fairness act, same job, different earnings

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