1. Warm Up: What social class are you in? How do you know?
Grab a textbook and take out two pieces of binder paper!!
One for notes
One for questions
Title: Ch 8 Sec 1 Questions.
Thursday, 4/3

2. Objective
I will be able to explain the relationship between stratification and social classes.
Language Objective:
I will include the question in my answer in order to write complete sentences.

3. Let them eat cake!!! -Marie Antoinette
How do you know when something is fair?
Cupcake/Cake exercise

4. Social Stratification
The creation of layers (strata) of people who possess unequal shares of social resources
income
wealth
power
prestige

5. Social Class
A segment of a population whose members hold similar amounts of scarce resources and share values, norms, and an identifiable lifestyle.
Each layer of stratification is a social class.
Upper class (top 1% of US population based on wealth; $1 million or more)
Middle class (25% to 66% of households)
the majority of voters, writers, teachers, journalists, and editors
Most societal trends in the US originate
within the middle classes
Lower class (25%, of US households )

7. Economic Distribution
Karl Marx
Bourgeoisies – the rulers; owners of the means of production; exploit the workers
Proletariat – the ruled; working for wages
Control of the economy gave the capitalists control over the legal, educational, and government systems.

8. Poverty and Death P. 243 Write the questions in your answers
1. What is the pattern in the death rates for children under age 5?
2. Why do you think the US ranks higher than some European countries?
Write the questions in your answers
(The pattern of death rates….)

9. 4/4 Warm Up: How are poverty and child death rates related?
Objective:
I will be able to explain the relationship between stratification and social classes.
Language Objective:
I will be able to write a statement describing the differences in gains among social classes using descriptive words.

10. Extremes of Income
Marx emphasized the unequal distribution of economics resources.
Income is the amount of money received in a given period of time.
Wealth refers to all of the economic resources that someone posses.
People who own the most capital* are the most powerful
Are all football players wealthy?
*Cash, factories, machines to produce goods

11. Extremes of Income
Write a statement describing the differences in gains . Example: The top fifth ______________. The next highest fifth __________. The middle fifth ___________. Finally, the bottom fifth______.

12. Power Dimension Hitler – how did he come to power?
Weber argued that economic success and power are not the same.
Knowledge is power
Lawyers become politicians
Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952.
Social Positions
Elected officials
Executives in mass media
Hitler – how did he come to power?

13. Prestige
Recognition, respect and admiration attached to social positions.
Voluntarily given; not claimed.
Nobel Prize winners cannot proclaim themselves winner.
Honorary doctorates are given by universities.
People with similar levels of prestige share identifiable lifestyles.
Children of upper class families are more likely to attend private universities.
Children from lower class homes are less likely to attend college at all.

14. P. 247 Prestige Rankings Do you agree with the rankings?
What occupations would you move up in the rankings? Explain?
What occupations would you move down in the rankings? Explain.