1. A Game of Sociopoly

2. Setting up Sociopoly Players Money Allocation Pass GO Player 1 £1500
£200 and one free house
Player 2
£1050
£100 and one free house
Player 3
£938
£100 only

4. Monopoly- a versatile learning tool
To predict the outcomes of different laws and policies on economic systems (Shannon 1950).
To teach students about:
Social class stratification (Crocco, 2011; Coglan & Huggins 2004; Ender, 2004; Fisher, 2008; Jessup, 2001) .
Socio-economic disadvantage by ethnic group and gender (Jessup 2001).
Social Deviance (Paino and Chin 2011).
Short and long term impacts of runaway inflation (Darlin 2011).
Probability (Sommers, 2006).
Mathematical reasoning (Caldwell, 1998).
The deficit crisis in the United States (Wright Maley 2013).

5. Post Sociopoly discussion. What was unfair?
Money allocation
Passing Go
Free Parking
Jail
Anything else?

6. Sociopoly Objectives
To encourage students to think carefully, critically, analytically and empathetically about social inequality, particularly social class and poverty, and to help students:
Understand the structural constraints that govern economic choices;
Recognise that economic failure is usually not linked to individual or character defects;
Realise that social inequality is rooted in economic position, power and the availability of resources.
Jessop 2001:103 .

7. Explaining the Inequalities…
Team
Social group
Median net individual income (weekly)
Sociopoly allocation
Jail
Passing Go
One
Men (White British)
£288
£1500
Low chance, high fine.
£200 and one free house
Two
Men (Black British or Black– Caribbean)
£220
£1146
High chance, high fine
£100 and one free house
Three
Women (all ethnic groups)
£180
£938
Low chance, low fine
£100 only .
Source (for median net individual incomes): Report of the National Equality Panel, 2010.

8. Relating Sociopoly to the UK The Gender Pay Gap.

9. The Criminal Justice System
On 30 June 2013, 26% of the prison population was from a minority ethnic group. This compares to around 14% of the general population. Source: Prison Reform Trust
At 31 December 2013, the total prison population in England and Wales was 84, ,356 prisoners were male and 3,807 (4.5%) prisoners were female. Source: Ministry of Justice Statistics Bulletin 2014

10. Rewriting the rules…