Warm-up:
1. What is the difference between absolute poverty and relative poverty?
2. Which of the following is not one of the major categories of poor people in the United States?
a. children under 18
b. able-bodied men who refuse to work
c. elderly people
d. people with disabilities
e. people who live alone or with non-relatives
3. Match the types of social mobility with the examples (vertical, horizontal, intergenerational):
a. a restaurant waiter becomes a taxi driver
b. an auto worker becomes a manager
c. the daughter of a hairdresser becomes a college professor
4. Why is the United States not a completely open class system?
2. Which of the following is not one of the major categories of poor people in the United States?
a. children under 18
b. able-bodied men who refuse to work
c. elderly people
d. people with disabilities
e. people who live alone or with non-relatives
3. Match the types of social mobility with the examples (vertical, horizontal, intergenerational):
a. a restaurant waiter becomes a taxi driver
b. an auto worker becomes a manager
c. the daughter of a hairdresser becomes a college professor
4. Why is the United States not a completely open class system?
Objective:
SWBAT review terms and concepts related to Social Stratification.