Soc Day 16 - Working Poor & the Working Class

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

Task: We'll begin class with some notes on the working class.  Then, we'll have our discussion circles on "Nickel-and-Dimed" and "Moving Up from the Working Class."  Finally, I'll introduce your next project, "Songs of Stratification."

Homework:

• TODAY - Article discussion for "Nickel-and-Dimed"
• TODAY - Article discussion for "Moving Up from the Working Class"
• Monday, February 24 - Article discussion for "The US Upper Class"
• Monday, February 24  - Article discussion for "The Uses of Global Poverty" 
• Tuesday, February 25 - "What's So Great About America?" reading due (be ready to discuss)
• Thursday, February 28 - "Songs of Stratification" due

Resources for class discussion:
Social Class in America (1957)


Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class



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