Sociology -5/30/17

I.  Bellwork: Q&A

A.  Is Race-based Affirmative Action Still Needed?

1. What is the author’s stance?
2. What evidence/information is used to support the stance?
3. Do you support the author’s stance? Explain why or why not?
4. In what way does this article relate to social stratification?

II.  Objectives:

• Examine how poverty is defined and what groups are affected by poverty in the U.S.
• Analyze government responses to poverty and their impact.
• Evaluate an author’s premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information.

III.  Discussion

Thinking Maps

• List 3 structured causes of upward mobility
• List 3 personal factors associated with downward mobility

IV.  Chapter 8 Test on iLearn Thursday in Class

V.  Classwork

• Page 204 1a, 2a, 3a, 3b, 3c Q&A
• Page 197
  • What are some structural causes (3) of upward mobility?
  • What are some structural causes (3) of downward mobility?

Sociology W2017