Soc Day 13 - Defining Stratification & Poverty in the US

UPDATE:  Due to yet another 2 hour delay, we'll only be able to watch The Sneetches and take a few notes on stratification today.

Objective:  Analyze the impact of stratification and social class on society.

Task:  Welcome back!  We'll begin class by reading Dr. Seuss's The Sneetches and continue our notes on stratification.  Then, you'll take a "quiz" on poverty in the US.  Finally, we'll end class with a discussion circle on poverty.

Homework:

• TODAY -  Article discussion for "Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All"
• Tuesday, February 18 - Article discussion for "Nickel-and-Dimed"
• Tuesday, February 18 - Article discussion for "Moving Up from the Working Class"
• Wednesday, February 19 - Article discussion for "The US Upper Class"
• Thursday, February 20 - Article discussion for "The Uses of Global Poverty"
• Monday, February 24 - "What's So Great About America?" reading due (be ready to discuss)

Interested in learning more about poverty, welfare, and food stamps?

• If you would like to learn more about childhood poverty in America, watch Poor Kids by Frontline (November 2012). 
• Roundtable discussion from Fox News, Government Policy Encourages People to Use Food Stamps (April 1, 2013) (Disclaimer - This video clip is posted on a blog critical of Fox News but can not be found on Fox News website.)
• From NPR's Talk of the Nation, "Signing Up for Food Stamps: The Choice & the Stigma" (April 25,  2013)
• From yesterday's Morning Call, "Corbett Test Finds Little Abuse in $2.6 Billion Food Stamp Program" (Steve Esack & Daniel Patrick Sheehan, 28 April 2013)

Resources for class discussion:
From PBS NewsHour (November, 2011)

From NBC News NOW (February 2013)