Social Inequality

You will summarize a module 3 Social Inequality. It looks at social inequality, stereotyping, racism and discrimination in all its forms. Apply the information to a current or contemporary concern – including a summary of an analytical article  and how social science can provide additional skills, knowledge, or information, and finally your reactions.

The chapters covered in this module:

1. Briefly, summarize U.S. school system and how it differentiates from other countries. 
2. Explain the different types of social stratification.
3. Discuss of social mobility - upward mobility, education and social mobility.
4. List the sources of income inequality and discuss the poverty threshold in the U.S.  
5. Discuss the race problem in the US today.
6. Distinguish between minority and dominant groups and briefly discuss the problems minorities face. 

Scholarship  (30 points)

In this activity, you will summarize the specific module. The summary should be fairly lengthy (approximately 300 words).  This summary should include key terms, theories, and specific data to illustrate the main points. Since modules contain more than one chapter, you may choose to focus on a specific chapter, but you will still need to include ALL chapters.

Application (40 points)

The third part of this paper will focus on an application of the material. You will choose an analytical article from one of the listed sources below. An analytical article is not a news article that provides reporting – instead, an analytical article provides a more in-depth analysis of the event, issue, or concern, related to the module you have chosen.

• New York Times
• Atlantic
• Guardian
• Slate
• Vox
• Pew Research Center
• Brookings Institute

Include a discussion of how social science could provide knowledge and theories and further understanding to the issue and concern – including what more needs to be known. Also describe how social science could disseminate such information and educate our society.

Conclusion (20 points)

Discuss you have learned: include what you had suspected or known previously, what you had not known, what surprised you and what you learned. Describe how this new knowledge changes your perspective.