James P. Brochin
A. Learning Objectives-The students will be able to:
1) Take and interpret the survey results about the Day 1 and Day 2 objectives.
2) Define income inequality, interpret charts re. same.
2) Design and take a survey about inequality;
3) Interpret the survey as a part of articles for the school newspaper.
B. Initiation Strategy: TW show and discuss various charts on income inequality.
C. Measuring inequality: Students will define and describe income inequality, a description of which would include the concentration of increasing wealth in the hands of a smaller percentage of the population, and using the visuals available, particularly those created by writers working for the Pew Research center. Students might focus on the changes caused by recessions, tax policy and their connection to the growing dominance of the richest 1%. of the population. In creating one or more articles for the school newspaper, students will create surveys and collect data on how students, teachers, and administrators view their status and their view of the middle class.
D. Lesson Strategy:
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In the groups already assigned from Day One, students research the topics described in the Learning Objectives above. Each student in the group will be responsible for a distinct part of the presentation to be made on Day Three.
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Students brainstorm about how to take the surveys and how to present them in articles, and especially how to make the topic relevant to students, the school as a whole, and the community.
E. Closure: Teacher assigns homework related to survey/article development.