What country has the biggest leisure time gap between men and women?
Data Scavenger Hunt
Find answers to the following questions using the visual above:
What country listed above has the most total leisure time?
What country listed above has the least total leisure time?
What country listed above has the biggest gap in leisure time between men and women?
What country listed above has the smallest gap in leisure time between men and women?
Which country has the largest population?
Big Brain Questions
Answer these questions by yourself using your brain and the links below:
List one thing the visual makes you wonder:
For most of human history, we humans had to work hard to get enough food to survive. How much leisure time do you think we had then compared to now?
Why do you think some countries have more leisure time than others?
Would you rather live in a country that had low overall leisure time that was relatively equal for men and women; or a country that had high overall leisure time but with a big gap between men and women?
Leisure time has increased dramatically over the past century. Why do you think that has happened?
Write and Discuss
Take ten minutes to write about the question at the top of the page and then discuss with your classmates.
Act on your Learning
List three strategies for increasing your own amount of leisure time. Implement one of these strategies and share your results.
Get Creative
As human leisure time continues to increase do you think humans will become more happy? Make a creative response imagining a future where people have almost unlimited leisure time.
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