Sociology – 5/26/2016

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

• Tree Map: Social Classes in the United States related to Occupation
• Senior Final Discussion
  • On Thursday
  • Take the Post Test and Review it.
• Kahoot – Chapter 8

IV.   Chapter 8 Test on iLearn take it before 5/31

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?

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