Soc Day 18 - America's Middle & Upper Classes

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

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

Homework:

• TODAY - Article discussion for "Moving Up from the Working Class"
• TODAY - Article discussion for "The US Upper Class"
• Tuesday, February 25  - Article discussion for "The Uses of Global Poverty" 
• Wednesday, February 26 - "What's So Great About America?" reading due (be ready to discuss)

Resources for class discussion:

Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class

The "official list" of the upper class:  The Social Register

Audio slideshow: Rich on Nantucket

Article:  Old Nantucket Warily Meets the New

News clip: American Versailles: Temple to Excess?  (Note:  This is not the "old money" upper class we discussed in class.)