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Lesson Plan
Grade: Date: 17/01/2026
Subject: Economics
Lesson Topic: Policies to alleviate poverty and redistribute income: promoting economic growth
Learning Objective/s:
  • Describe absolute and relative poverty and how they are measured.
  • Explain how growth‑oriented and redistributive policies can reduce poverty.
  • Analyse the channels through which economic growth lowers poverty levels.
  • Evaluate policies using efficiency, equity, feasibility, and sustainability criteria.
Materials Needed:
  • Projector and screen for slides
  • Whiteboard and markers
  • Handout summarising key policies and evaluation criteria
  • Printed copies of the summary table
  • Worksheets for group analysis activity
  • Calculators (optional)
 Introduction:
Begin with a quick poll: “What do you think is the biggest barrier to reducing poverty in your community?” Connect responses to previous lessons on economic development and outline today’s success criteria – students will identify and evaluate policies that promote growth and redistribute income.
Lesson Structure:
  1. Do‑now (5') – Students write poll answers on sticky notes; teacher notes common themes.
  2. Mini‑lecture (15') – Define poverty, differentiate absolute vs relative, introduce growth‑oriented and redistributive policies with slides.
  3. Guided analysis (20') – Pairs examine the summary table, match each policy to its mechanism, advantages, disadvantages; complete worksheet.
  4. Whole‑class discussion (10') – Groups present findings; teacher highlights links to growth and equity.
  5. Evaluation activity (10') – Apply the four criteria (efficiency, equity, feasibility, sustainability) to two selected policies and record judgments.
  6. Exit ticket (5') – Write one way economic growth can reduce poverty and one potential drawback of a redistributive policy.
Conclusion:
Summarise that sustained, inclusive growth combined with targeted redistributive measures offers the most effective route to poverty reduction. Collect exit tickets, ask students to reflect on the most viable policy for their context, and assign homework: research a real‑world poverty‑reduction program and prepare a brief critique.