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- 6th - 12th
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Students consider the difficulties associated with social mobility to interview an adult and write about his or her personal experiences. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students identify the different English social classes present at the early Jamestown settlement. They explore the skills of each of these classes and reflect on how these skills did or did not meet the needs of the colony. Full Review »
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- 5th - 10th
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Students demonstrate their knowledge about why Englishmen traded to the New World by writing a letter that summarizes the expectations and experiences of one of the different types of colonists. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students look at popular media presentations to determine what type of messages they convey about class and class-linked behavior. They listen to contemporary music to explore how the songs touch upon social class issues. They read Internet articles, and watch current television shows before writing journal entries about the issue. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students study social class, status, and role in America while examining how sociologists determine the criteria for these concepts. They apply these concepts to their own surroundings. They look at images of people and discuss what class and social status these people might belong to. They determine a list of attribute that would supposedly be indicative of the middle class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 11th
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Students determine a working definition of class in order to determine how social class can affect personal health. They research their own nutritional needs and work to encourage healthy change in their communities. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students examine the relationship between income levels and social class. Using the internet, they read various stories in which they guess what the social class of each character and answer discussion questions. They develop graphs to compare the social class of the scenerios in a worksheet. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students begin to explore poverty and its implications on society and future generations. They should have had experience with identifying social change that happens gradually and social change that happens quickly because of natural disasters and war. Students should have some background in the history of poverty. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the roles and occupations in the social classes of ancient Rome. They write journal entries from the perspective of a patrician, plebeian or slave. They also write an essay decsribing the influence of the Roman Empire's geography on trade within the Empire. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students brainstorm and discuss various issues relevant to today's society including discrimination and social classes. They are introduced to the Terry Pratchett's novel, "Men at Arms." This novel deals with discrimination and social classes in a comic fantasy environment. Full Review »
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