Soc 4/15-4/19

MON APR 15 and TUES APR 16

These days were the end of the testing schedule

7th: You need to get the last piece of bellwork:

Watch this video. 1) What is happening to the size of the middle class? 2) Why do we care about the "health" of the middle class? 3) What does each major social class do with it's money?

Both classes finished up Two American Families

WEDS APR 17

BW: pg 195 Create a characteristics chart for the sub-classes of the Lower Class- Working Poor and Underclass

Class: Bellwork discussion then 10 minutes of the documentary A Place at the Table.

THURS APR 18

BW: List all the sub social classes that we've covered from "top to bottom".

Class: Students spent part of the class period working on reading an article regarding Poverty and answering the following questions. You will need to pick up the article from Ms. C. We then watched a bit more of A Place at the Table.

1. What is the poverty line? How is it calculated?

2.When did the poverty rate last spike?

3.Describe the two theories about why poverty exists.

4.Which groups are more strongly affected by poverty? Why might that be? (think think think)

5.What is the income gap and what is currently happening with it?

6.What do nongovernmental agencies do to try and assist the poor?