Wealth Inequality: The Top 1% Explained

Teacher Guide

Two made-up households anchor a compounding extension, one starting at $0 and the other with a $50,000 inheritance, both saving $5,000 a year at 7 percent for 40 years before students total the gap.

Wealth Inequality: The Top 1% Explained cover

Did this save you a prep period? You can chip in toward my three kids' daycare fund. Everything on this site stays free either way.

Quick start

  1. Download the file with the button above.
  2. Open it in Word, Google Docs, or whatever your school gives you.
  3. Print it or assign it. There is nothing to unzip and no account to make.
Fact-checked and print-tested before it went on the shelf. How we verify →

The rest of this toolkit

Back to Wealth Inequality: The Top 1% Explained →

Tip jar