Poor Kids

Poor Kids

The effects of poverty

First we will look at who the poverty line is determined in the U.S. by looking at slide 20 of the Social Stratification Powerpoint.

Next, we will look at the various ways growing up and living in poverty affects Americans. Read and take notes on the following 3 articles. Write one combined response to all three articles.

• 4 Men with 4 Very Different Incomes Open Up About the Lives They Can Afford
• Poor kids who do everything right don’t do better than rich kids who do everything wrong

• Is A Hard Life Inherited?

Deerfield Housing

Affordable Zion Woods apartments draw swift opposition
A cautionary tale of affordable housing
The Adopted Black Baby, and the White One Who Replaced Her

Housing and opportunities

Today we will discuss how where you live affects your life chances. We will read about Deerfield's history of racial segregation (p.108-110).

To understand how the legacy of segregation affects us today, move into pairs and pick one of the following articles to read and take notes on:

1. CHICAGO REMAINS A SEGREGATED CITY BY RACE AND INCOME – AND GOVERNMENT DESERVES MUCH OF THE BLAME
2. Middle-Class Black Families, in Low-Income Neighborhoods

Share your notes with your partner and discuss both articles.

For homework, read and take notes on "Where are the hardest places to live in the U.S.?"

Webquest and the final project

Today, seniors will be working on the Modern Race Relations Webquest.

I will introduce the Sociology Final Project to the sophomores. Here are the nonfiction book choices.

Modern Race Relations Webquest

Today we will finish watching "Crash".

You will then begin work on the Modern Race Relations webquest, which will be due Tues. for period 5, and Wed. for period 7.

Crash

Beginning today, we will be watching the movie "Crash" (CP p.106-107). We will finish the movie on Friday.

For Friday, read and take notes on ebook pages 300-317 (beginning with “Race-Ethnic Relations in the U.S.)