1. Warm Up #1: 4/13/15
What do you think the 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 median income is for the U.S.?
$50,050
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 4/14/15
Would you rather have power, wealth, or prestige? Why?

5. Warm Up #3 11/16/15
What social class do you think your family belongs in?
How much money do you think you need to make to be considered a member of the Upper Class?

6. Warm Up #4 4/13/15
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?

7. Warm Up #5 4/27/15
What features of President Obama would be considered “African American”?

8. Warm Up #5 4/27/15
And now?

9. Warm Up #6 4/28/15
Which groups have been considered “minority groups” historically in the U.S.?
What are different ways that minority groups have been treated over the course of history? (in U.S. and around the world)

10. Warm Up #7 4/29/15
Do you think the teacher’s experiment in “A Class Divided” was effective? Why or why not?
What surprised you/stood out to you about this experiment?

11. Warm Up #8 12/1/14 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 2014?

12. Warm Up #9 12/2/14
"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 c
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

13. Warm Up #10 12/3/14
Is gender inequality a problem in the U.S.? Why or why not…