SESSION 2: Equal and unequal sharing EVERYONE COUNTS SEN SESSION 2: Equal and unequal sharing Maths resources for learners with special educational needs

EQUAL SHARING Imagine that you have a set of six pencils and three children. How would you share out the pencils equally? [The contents of this slide appear in three stages, ending up with two pencils in each circle. Click forward to show the pencils evenly distributed.]

UNEQUAL SHARING How would you share out the pencils so that they were unequally distributed? [The contents of this slide appear in three stages. Click forward to show the pencils unevenly distributed.]

WHAT DOES INEQUALITY MEAN? We can think of inequality as the difference between the things some groups of people have compared to other groups of people. It is a bit like looking at how a big a slice of cake one person has compared to another. Photo credit: Liz Newbon/Oxfam

INEQUALITY BETWEEN COUNTRIES There is inequality between countries in the world. This means things are not shared fairly between countries. For example, some countries are wealthy while others are extremely poor.

INEQUALITY WITHIN COUNTRIES There is also inequality within countries? This means things are not shared fairly within the same country. For example, some people may have a lot more money than others. Have a look at these pairs of pictures, each pair was taken in the same country.

The following sequence of photographs shows pairs of images from the same country, emphasising within-country inequality. Country: Ethiopia Image info: Traffic in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. Photo credit: "Addis Abeba, Ethiopia" by Giustino - http://www.flickr.com/photos/giustino/38838510/in/set-864476/. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Addis_Abeba,_Ethiopia.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Addis_Abeba,_Ethiopia.jpg

Country: Ethiopia Image info: People on their way to collect water from hand-dug open wells in the river bed. Photo credit: Jane Beesley/Oxfam

Country: India Image info: A night scene in Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh. Photo credit: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam

Country: India Image info: Housing for the wealthier upper middle class rise above the shacks that are home to the residents of a slum area called Shanti Busti.  Photo credit: Tom Pietrasik/Oxfam

Point out that there is inequality in richer countries like the UK as well as in poorer countries like Ethiopia and India. This photograph shows a wealthy part of London. Country: UK Image info: Knightsbridge in London, England. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

This photograph shows a much poorer part of the UK. Country: UK Image info: a deprived and boarded-up area of Govan in Glasgow, Scotland. Photo credit: Andy Hall/Oxfam

THINKING ABOUT INEQUALITY Inequality is not just about how money is shared between and within countries. There can also be inequality in the kinds of opportunities people have in life. Clockwise from top left. Access to water Image info: A boy collects water from a well in Dargalar, Azerbaijan. Photo credit: David Levene/Oxfam Access to play Image info: Lucas lives in Macuscani, a small town high in the mountains of Peru. Photo credit: Annie Bungeroth/Oxfam Access to education Image info: Students at a girls’ school in the village of Sanjar Bhatti, Kambar Shahdad Kot district, Sindh Province, Pakistan. From left to right- Gori Bhatt, Amna Khatoon Brohi and Shazzia Bhatti. Photo credit: Irina Werning/Oxfam Access to health care Image info: Dr Amen Yagoub looks at Barka, 6, at the Maddodha Health Clinic in Sayoun, Yemen. Photo credit: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam Access to technology Image info: Women’s leader Noorkishili Naing’isa receives a call on her mobile phone while grazing her livestock in Mairowa Chini, Ololosokwan, Ngorongoro, Tanzania. Photo credit: Geoff Sayer/Oxfam

Access to water Access to water Image info: A boy collects water from a well in Dargalar, Azerbaijan. Photo credit: David Levene/Oxfam

Access to play Access to play Image info: Lucas lives in Macuscani, a small town high in the mountains of Peru. Photo credit: Annie Bungeroth/Oxfam

Access to education Access to education Image info: Students at a girls’ school in the village of Sanjar Bhatti, Kambar Shahdad Kot district, Sindh Province, Pakistan. From left to right- Gori Bhatt, Amna Khatoon Brohi and Shazzia Bhatti. Photo credit: Irina Werning/Oxfam

Access to healthcare Access to health care Image info: Dr Amen Yagoub looks at Barka, 6, at the Maddodha Health Clinic in Sayoun, Yemen. Photo credit: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam

Access to technology Access to technology Image info: Women’s leader Noorkishili Naing’isa receives a call on her mobile phone while grazing her livestock in Mairowa Chini, Ololosokwan, Ngorongoro, Tanzania. Photo credit: Geoff Sayer/Oxfam