1. Find one piece of evidence or data to support or refute the following statements.  1 Marriage customs often reinforce inequality between the sexes.  2 Women’s participation in the paid labor force of the United States increased steadily throughout the 20 th century.  3 Women continue to earn less than men.

2. Find one piece of evidence or data to support or refute the following statements.  4 Men have traditionally dominated the U.S. political arena, but women are increasingly taking positions of power.  5 Modern U.S. society is often described as being obsessed with youth, but it has not always been so.  6 Infectious diseases are a leading cause of death around the world.

3. Find one piece of evidence or data to support or refute the following statements.  7 Social class can be associated with differences in death and illness rates in countries around the world.  8 A disproportionate number of disabled live in poverty.  9 The United States is one of the few industrialized nations without a national health program.

4. The Affordable Care Act: Student Discussion Guide  Go to the following source:  http://www.educationworld.com/a_a dmin/affordable-care-act-student- discussion-guide.shtml http://www.educationworld.com/a_a dmin/affordable-care-act-student- discussion-guide.shtml  Read and answer the 8 questions.  Turn In All Work from Today!!!

5. Health Research-Conference  Choose one of your research questions and plan/experiment by circling it that you want to discuss.  I will call you up one at a time to discuss and go over the research question and plan/experiment.