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3/7/2021 Week 5 reading response Stratification I: capitalism and class inequality

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Week 5 reading response Stratification I: capitalism and class inequality

Due Mar 15 by 11:59pm Points 6 Submitting an external tool Available until Mar 20 at 11:59pm

Directions: Answer each question below based on your understanding of the assigned readings. Each response should be approximately 250 words, which is roughly one page double- spaced, so your completed assignment with both responses should be about 2 pages double-spaced every week. Ignoring these length requirements is the easiest way to lose points. Questions are worth 3 points each, for a total of 6 points. Please NUMBER each response.

Readings: Khan textbook, Chapter 4

Questions:

1) Explain how the data presented in Figures 5, 6 and 7 (on pages 16, 17, and 18 respectively) relate to the trend we see in Figure 4 on page 13. What do these findings suggest about the prospects for upward socio-economic mobility in the US today?

2) Class is both an ascribed status and an achieved status, and class position is also influenced by other statuses. Explain your understanding of this in reference to two patterns you can identify in Table 4 on page 20.

Grading Rubric These are analytical reading questions - I am asking you to complete the reading, to think about its meaning and significance, and to begin to apply key concepts from this reading. These are NOT opinion questions, and they are not questions that Google can answer. To earn full credit, be sure to demonstrate a real engagement with the ideas from the assigned reading. Please do not quote from the readings - translate everything into your own words.

If your discussion of the ideas is lacking - i.e. it is superficial or vague, and/or shorter than the required length - I will deduct a portion of the points and explain this deduction in the Comments section of the assignment. If it is clear to me that you did not complete the reading, your response will earn zero points. As always, any submissions containing plagiarism will receive zero points.

3/7/2021 Week 5 reading response Stratification I: capitalism and class inequality

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