Task: Good morning! We'll begin class with notes on stratification and poverty. Then, you'll get out the computers and take a "quiz" on poverty in the US. We'll spend the next portion of class in a discussion circle about poverty. Finally, for the last portion of class, you'll work with partners or in groups to investigate the realities of poverty. Use the Living Wage Calculator to determine your living expenses.
Homework:
- TODAY - Article discussion for "Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All"
- TODAY - Summary & discussion questions for "Nickel-&-Dimed" and "Moving Up from the Working Class" due on Moodle by 3:00 pm
- Friday, April 25 - Article discussion for "Nickel-&-Dimed"
- Friday, April 25 - Article discussion for "Moving Up From the Working Class"
- Monday, April 28 - Article discussion for "The US Upper Class"
- Monday, April 28 - Summary & discussion questions for "The Uses of Global Poverty" due on Moodle by 3:00 pm
- Tuesday, April 29 - Article discussion for "The Uses of Global Poverty"
- 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)
NBC News: Brian Williams Hosts "Poverty in America" at the Newseum (January 2014)
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