Intergenerational Wealth: What Matters and Why?
By Joy Griffin and Monica Housen

Lesson Resources

Connecticut Teachers: Relevant Readings, Background Information, and CT Connections

Lesson 1

Launch

Define Economic Mobility - Wikipedia page

Income Mobility Charts for Girls, Asian Americans, and Other Groups, Or Make Your Own - NYTimes article

Graphs from NYTimes for Jigsaw Activity Document

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Worksheet 1: Investigating Regions in CT

Optional Investigation or Homework: Students can scroll to the bottom of NYTimes article Income Mobility Charts for Girls, Asian Americans, and Other Groups, Or Make Your Own to set their own parameters for the graph and observe the outcome.

Lesson 2

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Worksheet 2: Expenses, Principal & Growth

Online Calculator Tool in Desmos - Students will explore how the invested principal changes over time.

Unexpected Expense Cards #1 OR Unexpected Expense Cards #2 - Students will draw one of these cards.

Part A: Whole Class Discussion Using Worksheet 2 - Part 5

Part B: Graph from NYTimes article

Part C: Racial Wealth Gap Explained Netflix Episode

Possible Extensions: What can we do about it?

Articles as further readings:

• Race and the lack of Intergenerational economic mobility in the United States

• Will the ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ Trigger a Millennial Civil War?

• The Black-White Wealth Gap Left Black Households More Vulnerable

• The State of Gender Pay Gap in 2021

• What is intersectionality, and what does it have to do with me?