1. Warm Up #1:
What do you think the household median income is for the U.S.?
What % of the population makes $100,000 and up in the U.S.?
What do you think the poverty level is for a family of 4 in the U.S. (the gross yearly income that is considered at the poverty level)?
Which ethnic group do you think has the highest % below poverty level? (White, Black, Asian or Hispanic)
Which age group has the highest % below poverty? (below 18, 18-64, 65+)

2. What do you think the household median income is for the U.S.?
$53,657 (2014)
What % of the population makes $100,000 and up in the U.S.?
25.6%
What do you think the poverty level is for a family of 4 in the U.S. (the gross yearly income that is considered at the poverty level)?
$23,050

3. Which age group has the highest % below poverty?
Which ethnic group do you think has the highest % below poverty level? (White, Black, Asian or Hispanic)
Black 27.6%, Hispanic 25.3%, White 12.8%, Asian 12.3%
Which age group has the highest % below poverty?
below 18= 21.9%
18-64=13.7%
65+ = 8.7%

4. Would you rather have power, wealth, or prestige? Why?
Warm Up #2
Would you rather have power, wealth, or prestige? Why?

5. Warm Up #3 Why do you think people are homeless in America?
Is homelessness a problem that should concern the American public? If so, what should be done to remedy the issue of homelessness?
Does the government have the responsibility to help the homeless? Why or why not?

6. Warm Up #4 Why do you think poor people are poor?
Why do you think wealthy people are wealthy?

7. Warm Up #5
Do you think you will be able to move up in social class in your lifetime? Why or why not?
What factors do you think impact social mobility?

8. Warm Up #6
Use the handout in your packet entitled “Categorizing Race & Ethnicity: Then and Now”
What race/ethnicity would you have been considered in the 19th century?
What race/ethnicity would you have been considered in the 2010 census?
Did your answer changed from the 19th century to 2010?
Why do you think it changed or stayed the same?

9. Warm Up #7
"Can you count on this?" A "yes" answer scores 1 point. For a "no," subtract 1 point. Score nothing for "does not apply to me.“
If I want to, I can arrange to be in the company of people of my race most of the time
If I should need to move, I can be pretty sure that my new neighbors will be neutral or pleasant to me
I can purchase travel size bottles of my hair care products at most grocery or drug stores
I can go shopping alone most of the time, pretty well assured that I will not be followed or harassed
I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the paper and see people of my race widely represented in a positive manner
When I am told about our national heritage or about "civilization," I am shown that people of my color made it what it is
I can easily buy posters, post-cards, picture books, greeting cards, dolls, toys and children's magazines featuring people of my race
If a traffic cop pulls me over I can be sure I haven't been singled out because of my race

10. Warm Up #8 Why do people discriminate against other people?
Can you be prejudiced but not discriminate?
Can you discriminate but not be prejudiced?
What does discrimination look like in the U.S. in 2015?

11. Warm Up #9 Watch the following clip…
What is your reaction to it? Did it make you see privilege differently? Why or why not?

12. Warm Up #10
Is gender inequality a problem in the U.S.? Why or why not…