Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire in June 2026 – but lost the title twelve days later. This lesson uses that rise and fall to ask whether extreme wealth shows an economic system is working well or failing.
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- PowerPoint Slides with concept intro, discussion, and current event overview
- A separate ready-to-print PDF document for each lesson level
- Thinking questions to connect to the concepts of ideology and equality
- Critical thinking activity about where this level of wealth is a sign of a healthy or unhealthy economic system
- Research extension about other multi-billionaires
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