SOCIAL STRATIFICATIONA. Status 1. 2 types a. ascribed b. achieved c. we have social mobility 2. socioeconomic status a. based on 4 things: -wealth, -income -power, - prestige 3. status divides society into groups

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- Extra Credit due Friday by 2:30

- 3 more grades: project grade today: 40 points, 100 pt participation grade, final paper grade: 60 points

-Groups: poverty project

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- discuss project

- theories on why people are poor

- finish video

B. Theories 1. Functionalist- a. must have different social classes to do all jobs b. want best people to do best jobs so we set up unequal rewards: . C.therefore poor people are either lazy or uneducated and it is their problem d.theory doesn’t address different life chances: equal education, opportunity and support

2.Conflict Theory a. poverty due to competition for scarce resources b. rich use poor to get ahead, so not your fault you are poor c. problem is it doesn’t explain differences in skills, work ethic and interests: not everyone suited for all jobs

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http://money.cnn.com/interactive/economy/sixty-seconds-of-salary/?hpt=hp_c3

3.Structural theory a. people born poor have less life chances and will stay poor- no car to get to interview, low income so few good jobs in area, no big cheap stores in neighborhood so pay higher prices, time at learn poor decision making process- live for the right nowb. creates culture of poverty: generation after generation poor as poverty becomes a learned behaviorc. Must create more life chances to break the cycled.problem: how do you explain people who overcome this: it can be done

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT 2010  

Less than high school graduate18,413

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

26,349

Some college or associate's degree31,928

Bachelor's degree47,422

Graduate or professional degree 62,618

C. Who is Poor1. poverty line: how govt. decidesa. cost of adequate diet X3b. must make less to qualify for welfare benefitsc. poverty line in Shawano for family of four: 23,500d. tends to underestimate # of poore. each state has own formula

2. Poverty is relative a. America’s poor better than most3. statistics on Povertya. 46 million people- 13%, 12.9 million kids-19%b. b. 54% of poor children under age 6 live in house without

father c. 10% of poor children under age 6 live in married couple families d. middle class is disappearinge. top 10% own 70% of wealth f. top 1% own 35% of wealth

D. How poverty is learned1. Poverty has hidden rules of behavior – PRETTY WOMANa.these rules go against norms for success-Give Hidden rules sheetb.often sets child up for failure

2. must have the resources to succeed- give resource sheet and explain- show education and money sheet - show job application from SHS grad

Education pays ...

D. Workfare, W2, Wisconsin works1. must take job or job training or no welfare- expanded to community service2. positives: dignity, work ethic, reduced welfare roles by 55% which is a lot of money saved3. Negatives: not enough good jobs, kids hurt by being away from parents, lack of quality daycare which leads to culture of poverty, causing homelessness, what happened to 55%

E. Welfare programs1. Unemployment: cash up to 26 weeks for temp unemp. And those looking for work

2 food stamps- limits what you can buy 3.WIC: baby supplies for pregnant and newborns to prevent health problems

4.School lunch for healthy children

5. TANF- cash payment to help with kids - limited to 5 years in a lifetime6. Medicaid/Medicare: health insurance for poor

7 . SSI insurance- money set aside for retired, disabled

8. subsidized housing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R49fi-rHhAM

Poverty in the woods