Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Introduction to the course - Opinion Survey https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dKHiTa64HI8kDNqVtxwdxwVNDM3N_Y6wUILQB9GfW7k/edit?usp=sharing
Warren Tech Presentation
Introduction to the course - Opinion Survey https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dKHiTa64HI8kDNqVtxwdxwVNDM3N_Y6wUILQB9GfW7k/edit?usp=sharing
Warren Tech Presentation
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
How is wealth distributed in the United States?
What do you think the distribution of wealth is?
What would be the ideal distribution of wealth?
How Americans Think Wealth is Distributed http://www.businessinsider.com/inequality-in-the-us-is-much-more-extreme-than-you-think-2015-6
What Americans Think the Distribution Is (Video) https://youtu.be/eKtQJmCMuCc
Wealthy Inequality http://inequality.org/wealth-inequality/
Why is wealth inequality a problem?
http://ideas.ted.com/the-4-biggest-reasons-why-inequality-is-bad-for-society/
https://berniesanders.com/issues/income-and-wealth-inequality/
Writing Assignment: What did you think the distribution was and why? What did you think should be an equitable distribution and why? What is the actual distribution? How does that make you feel?
How is wealth distributed in the United States?
What do you think the distribution of wealth is?
What would be the ideal distribution of wealth?
How Americans Think Wealth is Distributed http://www.businessinsider.com/inequality-in-the-us-is-much-more-extreme-than-you-think-2015-6
What Americans Think the Distribution Is (Video) https://youtu.be/eKtQJmCMuCc
Wealthy Inequality http://inequality.org/wealth-inequality/
Why is wealth inequality a problem?
http://ideas.ted.com/the-4-biggest-reasons-why-inequality-is-bad-for-society/
https://berniesanders.com/issues/income-and-wealth-inequality/
Writing Assignment: What did you think the distribution was and why? What did you think should be an equitable distribution and why? What is the actual distribution? How does that make you feel?
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Field Trip - Bus Tour of Cherry Hills Village
Worksheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EQHZPKmZtFcXrAcZYQ76zkGcb1GlrEps_eDa6ZNjHbg/edit?usp=sharing
Field Trip - Bus Tour of Cherry Hills Village
Worksheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EQHZPKmZtFcXrAcZYQ76zkGcb1GlrEps_eDa6ZNjHbg/edit?usp=sharing
Friday, January 12, 2018
Debrief Field Trip - What did you observe?
Debrief Field Trip - What did you observe?
Monday, January 15, 2018
No Class - Dr. King Holiday
No Class - Dr. King Holiday
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Who are the wealthy and how did they create wealth?
Research:
Who are the wealthy and how did they create wealth?
Research:
- Blank form
- Student Research Results
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Why is it bad for the country to stereotype the rich?
Stereotypes of the Rich https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/moral-universe/the-problem-with-rich-people-and-ethics/
Rich People Problems http://time.com/money/4345672/rich-people-problems/
George Soros
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/17/philanthropist-george-soros-donates-most-of-his-net-worth-to-charity.html
http://humanevents.com/2011/04/02/top-10-reasons-george-soros-is-dangerous/
Warren Buffett
https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/wall-street-donors/warren-buffett.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2011/08/26/is-warren-buffett-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/#3e51704228d5
Why is it bad for the country to stereotype the rich?
Stereotypes of the Rich https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/moral-universe/the-problem-with-rich-people-and-ethics/
Rich People Problems http://time.com/money/4345672/rich-people-problems/
George Soros
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/17/philanthropist-george-soros-donates-most-of-his-net-worth-to-charity.html
http://humanevents.com/2011/04/02/top-10-reasons-george-soros-is-dangerous/
Warren Buffett
https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/wall-street-donors/warren-buffett.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2011/08/26/is-warren-buffett-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/#3e51704228d5
Thursday, January 18, 2018
George Soros and Warren Buffet
Greed and the Market Economy
Reading: Mike Rosen "The More Things Change...."
George Soros and Warren Buffet
Greed and the Market Economy
Reading: Mike Rosen "The More Things Change...."
Friday, January 19, 2018
What do rich people get richer and how can you get richer if you don't start off that way?
Beginning Activity: On an index card, write down how you find out about good places to work and where there are job openings. If you know, tell how your parents knew about and got the jobs where they currently work.
Watch and Read:
Social Capital
Strategies
Watch video: People Like Us (1:17:34) https://vimeo.com/122468054
What do rich people get richer and how can you get richer if you don't start off that way?
Beginning Activity: On an index card, write down how you find out about good places to work and where there are job openings. If you know, tell how your parents knew about and got the jobs where they currently work.
Watch and Read:
Social Capital
- Social Capital Theory (4:09) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sts9upOA9EU
- Social Capital Jenni Luke TEDxYouth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4dE4WJH160
- Here's Why the Rich Get Richer https://www.cnbc.com/2014/11/18/heres-why-the-rich-do-get-richer.html
Strategies
- 7 Strategies the Wealthy Follow to Get Richer https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/243064
- 4 Steps for people who weren't born rich to get Rich https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/287241
Watch video: People Like Us (1:17:34) https://vimeo.com/122468054
Monday, January 22, 2018
What is a living wage in Colorado?
Beginning Activity: Fill out this Living Expenses sheet and then turn to a neighbor and share what you both have written https://docs.google.com/document/d/1de1AvJa20XoRnMLnKifZwXffm0C0dB7o4pcBDu7Y4_A/edit?usp=sharing
Read and Discuss: What are actual typical expenses in the Denver metro area? And what hourly wage is necessary to meet those expenses?
http://livingwage.mit.edu/metros/19740
Write: What conclusions can you draw from this information that are of personal concern to you? What will this mean for you in terms of the education you will need, the jobs you will look for, the number of children you will have, and the opportunities you will need to seek? How does this information make you feel? (Optimistic? Determined? Worried? Discouraged? Something else?)
How do income, family background, education, attitudes, aspirations and appearance mark someone as a member of a social class? How is social class an important predictor of what kind of financial and educational opportunities someone will have in life?
Watch film: People Like Us (00:00 - 13:40 of 1:17:34) https://vimeo.com/122468054
What is a living wage in Colorado?
Beginning Activity: Fill out this Living Expenses sheet and then turn to a neighbor and share what you both have written https://docs.google.com/document/d/1de1AvJa20XoRnMLnKifZwXffm0C0dB7o4pcBDu7Y4_A/edit?usp=sharing
Read and Discuss: What are actual typical expenses in the Denver metro area? And what hourly wage is necessary to meet those expenses?
http://livingwage.mit.edu/metros/19740
Write: What conclusions can you draw from this information that are of personal concern to you? What will this mean for you in terms of the education you will need, the jobs you will look for, the number of children you will have, and the opportunities you will need to seek? How does this information make you feel? (Optimistic? Determined? Worried? Discouraged? Something else?)
How do income, family background, education, attitudes, aspirations and appearance mark someone as a member of a social class? How is social class an important predictor of what kind of financial and educational opportunities someone will have in life?
Watch film: People Like Us (00:00 - 13:40 of 1:17:34) https://vimeo.com/122468054
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
What is the value of a high school diploma? a college degree?
Skills, education, and the rise of earnings inequality among the “other 99 percent” https://seii.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Science-2014-Autor-843-51.pdf
What can you expect to make working in your career field?
Research: http://www.careerprofiles.info/salaries.html
Watch film: People Like Us (13:30 - 30:26) https://vimeo.com/122468054
What is the value of a high school diploma? a college degree?
- Earning a High School Diploma Can Be Worth $9000 a Year https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/01/21/earning-a-high-school-diploma-can-be-worth-9000-a-year/ or http://t.co/MvVDpOfvtZ
- National Center for Education Statistics https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=77
Skills, education, and the rise of earnings inequality among the “other 99 percent” https://seii.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Science-2014-Autor-843-51.pdf
What can you expect to make working in your career field?
Research: http://www.careerprofiles.info/salaries.html
Watch film: People Like Us (13:30 - 30:26) https://vimeo.com/122468054
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
How do income, family background, education, attitudes, aspirations and appearance mark someone as a member of a social class? How is social class an important predictor of what kind of financial and educational opportunities someone will have in life?
Watch film: People Like Us (30:26 - 1:14:07) https://vimeo.com/122468054
How do income, family background, education, attitudes, aspirations and appearance mark someone as a member of a social class? How is social class an important predictor of what kind of financial and educational opportunities someone will have in life?
Watch film: People Like Us (30:26 - 1:14:07) https://vimeo.com/122468054
- Transcript: http://www.cnam.com/people-like-us/resources/transcript.pdf
- 3-2-1 Worksheet https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GCSL-LNkKTi4NKuVgnxEUuCod8TolkEG7sNK2IUl3r8/edit?usp=sharing
Thursday, January 25, 2018
What is the American Dream and Is it Still Alive?
"Who Still Believes in the American Dream?" http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/american-dreams-portraits/405907/
Writing Assignment:
Choose 10 of the people quoted in this article, copy their quotes, summarize their thoughts about the American Dream, and state whether they are pessimistic or optimistic about whether the American Dream.
"Who Still Believes in the American Dream?" http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/american-dreams-portraits/405907/
What is the American Dream and Is it Still Alive?
"Who Still Believes in the American Dream?" http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/american-dreams-portraits/405907/
Writing Assignment:
Choose 10 of the people quoted in this article, copy their quotes, summarize their thoughts about the American Dream, and state whether they are pessimistic or optimistic about whether the American Dream.
"Who Still Believes in the American Dream?" http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/american-dreams-portraits/405907/
Friday, January 26, 2018
Ms Stongle - Internship Opportunities
Writing: What do you think of the American Dream? Are you optimistic or pessimistic about your chances of achieving it?
Ms Stongle - Internship Opportunities
Writing: What do you think of the American Dream? Are you optimistic or pessimistic about your chances of achieving it?
Monday, January 29, 2018
What are taxes and how fair is our tax system?
Beginning Activity: Calculate how much taxes must be paid
Tax Table https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040tt.pdf
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wsq8sXPkopcnTBlkqAjImyrO9q_hAk4XarZ9ZgAUJXs/edit?usp=sharing
Activity 1: Complete a W4 form https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf
Activity 2: Watch video https://youtu.be/ZuhYRZRfTuY
What are the new changes that have been made to the tax system and what is the expected outcome?
https://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2017/12/18/gop-tax-bill-explainer-orig-christine-romans-cnnmoney.cnnmoney
What are taxes and how fair is our tax system?
Beginning Activity: Calculate how much taxes must be paid
Tax Table https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040tt.pdf
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wsq8sXPkopcnTBlkqAjImyrO9q_hAk4XarZ9ZgAUJXs/edit?usp=sharing
Activity 1: Complete a W4 form https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf
Activity 2: Watch video https://youtu.be/ZuhYRZRfTuY
What are the new changes that have been made to the tax system and what is the expected outcome?
https://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2017/12/18/gop-tax-bill-explainer-orig-christine-romans-cnnmoney.cnnmoney
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Where does the federal government get money to spend? What does the government spend it on?
Activity 1:
Activity 2:
Who should pay the most in taxes? Who should pay the least?
Where does the federal government get money to spend? What does the government spend it on?
Activity 1:
Activity 2:
Who should pay the most in taxes? Who should pay the least?
- What's a fair tax rate? It Depends https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-a-fair-tax-rate-it-depends/
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
How fair is our tax system?
What is the Fair Tax Plan and is it fair?
How fair is our tax system?
What is the Fair Tax Plan and is it fair?
- https://fairtax.org/about/how-fairtax-works
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/beltway/2015/05/27/the-trouble-with-the-fairtax/#2aebbb4a5d7b
- https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-the-fair-tax-plan-pros-cons-effect-3305765
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Definitions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g1tInFO849lOjsh1ehwVccRd5JBCL2dQ5mOpRyFFR3Q/edit?usp=sharing
Read and do a 3-2-1 Worksheet for this article:
Definitions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g1tInFO849lOjsh1ehwVccRd5JBCL2dQ5mOpRyFFR3Q/edit?usp=sharing
Read and do a 3-2-1 Worksheet for this article:
- Escaping Poverty Requires Almost 20 Years With Nearly Nothing Going Wrong https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/economic-inequality/524610/?utm_source=atlfb
- The Great Gatsby Curve: Why It's So Hard for the Poor to Get Ahead https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/06/the-great-gatsby-curve-why-its-so-hard-for-the-poor-to-get-ahead/276943/
Friday, February 2, 2018
No School
No School
Monday, February 5, 2018
Survey: What do you think? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wrmrJILWknN5uj-bYI6_zkF0_08e7nujIt3bf4zr6C8/edit?usp=sharing
How Poor is Poor?
The Housing Market
Survey: What do you think? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wrmrJILWknN5uj-bYI6_zkF0_08e7nujIt3bf4zr6C8/edit?usp=sharing
How Poor is Poor?
- Who counts as poor in America?
- Who is Poor in the United States?
- Poverty Rate Is Down To 12.7%, But Probably Not For Long
The Housing Market
- What is the Fair Market Rent for Jefferson County, CO? https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/FY2018_code/2018summary.odn
- Section 8 Housing https://www.thebalance.com/how-much-will-section-8-pay-landlords-2124978
- What to do when facing eviction http://kdvr.com/2017/09/20/what-to-do-when-facing-eviction/
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
What causes people to go into debt and then seek bankruptcy?
Bankruptcy
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/simple-thrifty-living/top-10-reasons-people-go-_b_6887642.html
Writing Assignment: What are the benefits and pitfalls of other health care systems?
Health Care
What causes people to go into debt and then seek bankruptcy?
Bankruptcy
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/simple-thrifty-living/top-10-reasons-people-go-_b_6887642.html
Writing Assignment: What are the benefits and pitfalls of other health care systems?
Health Care
- Here's How Much the Average American Spends on Health Care https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/23/heres-how-much-the-average-american-spends-on-health-care.html
- Causes of Rising Health Care Costs https://www.thebalance.com/causes-of-rising-healthcare-costs-4064878
- Cost of Health Care Costs Rising to Unsustainable Levels http://www.genfkd.org/cost-care-health-care-costs-rising-unsustainable-levels
- What Canada taught Bernie Sanders about health care
- The Pitfalls of Single-Payer Health Care: Canada’s Cautionary Tale
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/446689/canadas-single-payer-health-care-system-cautionary-tale - Lessons the US Can Learn from the Canadian Health Care System http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/lessons-can-u-s-learn-canadian-health-care-system/
- National Health Service Overwhelmed, Leaving Patients to Wait https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/world/europe/uk-national-health-service.html
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
What are the assets and deficits of low-income neighborhoods?
Research low income neighborhoods in Denver
Prepare index cards for Final Exam questions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jkqZonGT-dd9PjGYAfrpKon-NPgN6LhoXNhqcFhF8pw/edit?usp=sharing
What are the assets and deficits of low-income neighborhoods?
Research low income neighborhoods in Denver
Prepare index cards for Final Exam questions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jkqZonGT-dd9PjGYAfrpKon-NPgN6LhoXNhqcFhF8pw/edit?usp=sharing
Thursday, February 8, 2018
What are the assets and deficits of low-income neighborhoods?
Discuss Field Trip - Bus tour of Denver Neighborhoods - Sun Valley, Five Points, Globeville, Elyria-Swansea
Video: Colorado Coffee Shop's 'Happily Gentrifying The Neighborhood' Sign Sparks Outrage www.youtube.com/watch?v=whN8pBw1Kp0
Denver Cafe ‘Happily Gentrifying’? Neighbors Aren’t So Happy https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/us/denver-cafe-gentrification.html
Bus Tour Worksheet https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EQHZPKmZtFcXrAcZYQ76zkGcb1GlrEps_eDa6ZNjHbg/edit?usp=sharing
What are the assets and deficits of low-income neighborhoods?
Discuss Field Trip - Bus tour of Denver Neighborhoods - Sun Valley, Five Points, Globeville, Elyria-Swansea
Video: Colorado Coffee Shop's 'Happily Gentrifying The Neighborhood' Sign Sparks Outrage www.youtube.com/watch?v=whN8pBw1Kp0
Denver Cafe ‘Happily Gentrifying’? Neighbors Aren’t So Happy https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/us/denver-cafe-gentrification.html
Bus Tour Worksheet https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EQHZPKmZtFcXrAcZYQ76zkGcb1GlrEps_eDa6ZNjHbg/edit?usp=sharing
Friday, February 9, 2018
$30 Million Grant Will Help Denver's Poorest Neighborhood http://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/12/30-million-grant-help-denver-poorest-neighborhood-sun-valley/
Globeville & Elyria Swansea http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/1/12/1468610/-Gentrification-Globeville-amp-Elyria-Swansea-in-Denver
Watch video (6: 01): Portland: Quest for a Liveable City
Writing Assignment: What makes cities liveable? What are some of the most liveable cities and what do they have to offer?
$30 Million Grant Will Help Denver's Poorest Neighborhood http://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/12/30-million-grant-help-denver-poorest-neighborhood-sun-valley/
Globeville & Elyria Swansea http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/1/12/1468610/-Gentrification-Globeville-amp-Elyria-Swansea-in-Denver
Watch video (6: 01): Portland: Quest for a Liveable City
Writing Assignment: What makes cities liveable? What are some of the most liveable cities and what do they have to offer?
Monday, February 12, 2018
How do badly funded schools keep kids in poverty? What do kids deserve?
The Concentration of Poverty in American Schools
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/02/concentration-poverty-american-schools/471414/
TED Talk Kandice Summer: How America's Public Schools Keep Kids in Poverty https://www.ted.com/talks/kandice_sumner_how_america_s_public_schools_keep_kids_in_poverty#t-7811
How does Colorado fund schools? http://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2017/03/20/how-the-heck-does-colorado-fund-its-schools-and-six-other-money-questions-you-might-be-embarrassed-to-ask/
How do badly funded schools keep kids in poverty? What do kids deserve?
The Concentration of Poverty in American Schools
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/02/concentration-poverty-american-schools/471414/
TED Talk Kandice Summer: How America's Public Schools Keep Kids in Poverty https://www.ted.com/talks/kandice_sumner_how_america_s_public_schools_keep_kids_in_poverty#t-7811
How does Colorado fund schools? http://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2017/03/20/how-the-heck-does-colorado-fund-its-schools-and-six-other-money-questions-you-might-be-embarrassed-to-ask/
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
No Class - Poetry Out Loud
No Class - Poetry Out Loud
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Prepare for Final Exam
Prepare for Final Exam
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Prepare for Final Exam
Prepare for Final Exam
Friday, February 16, 2018
Final Exam
Part A: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ya5isUb_PAjalMufO3nnprP9LXj4ioz7XnS5_kSfy0/edit?usp=sharing
Part B:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gXwkZ2iMJDwysvGJtJ_SPl0JdQD_Kyg8rjFRrhf7WQ0/edit?usp=sharing
Final Exam
Part A: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ya5isUb_PAjalMufO3nnprP9LXj4ioz7XnS5_kSfy0/edit?usp=sharing
Part B:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gXwkZ2iMJDwysvGJtJ_SPl0JdQD_Kyg8rjFRrhf7WQ0/edit?usp=sharing
Resources
Colorado's Ten Billionaires http://www.westword.com/news/meet-colorados-ten-billionaires-8895174
Billionaires with Frugal Spending Habits http://time.com/money/4861261/billionaires-spending-habits-frugal/
Activity : https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2014/02/11/understanding-your-tax-forms-the-w-2/#44b3b26c23ac
W2 Forms https://blogs-images.forbes.com/kellyphillipserb/files/2014/02/W2.png
Colorado's Ten Billionaires http://www.westword.com/news/meet-colorados-ten-billionaires-8895174
Billionaires with Frugal Spending Habits http://time.com/money/4861261/billionaires-spending-habits-frugal/
Activity : https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2014/02/11/understanding-your-tax-forms-the-w-2/#44b3b26c23ac
W2 Forms https://blogs-images.forbes.com/kellyphillipserb/files/2014/02/W2.png
Monday, April 24, 2017
Visit from JeffCo Schools Chief Communications Officer, Diana Wilson
Introduction to the course - Common perceptions of the poor and the wealthy
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Opinion Survey
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfo-rcGJFmAGnwSxodbWDGDKGo1v3JN2VXPu6_iyijMbr3H0g/viewform?usp=sf_link
Website Creation: Go to www.weebly.com
Follow directions to create your site. Choose a theme, Publish it as a subdomain of Weebly and name it: "(your first name)[email protected]" (For example: jenniferlongview.weebly.com)
Create a Home Page that says the following, using these words (or your own): This is a Long View High School student website created in 2017. The pages on this website contain assignments that will explore and analyze topics that have been assigned and also chosen by me. The following views are expressly my own and do not represent the views of the staff or other students of Long High School.
Create a Page entitled: Poverty and Wealth
How is wealth distributed in the United States?
What do you think the distribution of wealth is?
What would be the ideal distribution of wealth?
How Americans Think Wealth is Distributed http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2010/graphics/wealth-graphics/wealth4web-lg.gif
What Americans Think the Distribution Is (Video) https://youtu.be/eKtQJmCMuCc
Wealthy Inequality http://inequality.org/wealth-inequality/
Conservative response to Income Inequality
About Inequaltity http://www.weeklystandard.com/about-inequality/article/607779?page=2
Why is wealth inequality a problem?
http://ideas.ted.com/the-4-biggest-reasons-why-inequality-is-bad-for-society/
https://berniesanders.com/issues/income-and-wealth-inequality/
Writing Assignment: What did you think the distribution was and why? What did you think would be an equitable distribution would be and why? What is the actual distribution?
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Poverty Guidelines
How poor is poor? https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines
How much do you have to earn to be middle class? http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/13/heres-how-much-you-have-to-earn-to-be-considered-middle-class.html
Living Wage http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/13/heres-how-much-you-have-to-earn-to-be-considered-middle-class.html
The Denver Boot: Inside a destructive side effect of the city’s affordable housing crisis: evictions http://www.coloradoindependent.com/165828/griego-denver-eviction-affordable-housing
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Morning
Who counts as poor in America?
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/who-counts-as-poor-in-america/
Who is Poor in the United States?
https://www.brookings.edu/research/who-is-poor-in-the-united-states/
The State of Homelessness in America
http://www.endhomelessness.org/library/entry/SOH2016
Afternoon
Field Trip - Bus tour of Sun Valley and Denver Rescue Mission
$30 Million Grant Will Help Denver's Poorest Neighborhood http://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/12/30-million-grant-help-denver-poorest-neighborhood-sun-valley/
Globeville & Elyria Swansea http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/1/12/1468610/-Gentrification-Globeville-amp-Elyria-Swansea-in-Denver
Friday, April 28, 2017
Debrief Field Trip - What did you observe?
http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2017/
Big Picture Questions - on big sheet, write ideas for each question
Writing Assignment: Answer these 4 questions - 1) What makes a quality life? 2) What makes quality schools? 3) What makes quality neighborhoods? 3) What should the government do to ensure quality neighborhoods, schools, and lives for its citizens?
Monday, May 1, 2017
Review of Quality Life and Quality Neighborhoods
What should individuals do to ensure they have quality neighborhoods, schools, and lives?
How Easy Is It to Escape Poverty? What needs to be in place for people to be able to escape poverty?
Baltimore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qytbhMlXltI
An Atlas of Upward Mobility Shows Paths Out of Poverty https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/04/upshot/an-atlas-of-upward-mobility-shows-paths-out-of-poverty.html?_r=0
The Polk Family's Quest for a Better Life https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/04/upshot/the-polk-familys-quest-for-a-better-life.html?action=click&contentCollection=The%20Upshot&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article
The Paradox of Poverty is Almost Impossible to Escape http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-paradox-of-poverty-is-almost-impossible-to-escape-2014-11
Upward Mobility http://www.npr.org/2014/01/23/265356290/study-upward-mobility-no-tougher-in-u-s-than-two-decades-ago
The Great Gatsby Curve: Why It's So Hard for the Poor to Get Ahead https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/06/the-great-gatsby-curve-why-its-so-hard-for-the-poor-to-get-ahead/276943/
Escaping Poverty Requires Almost 20 Years With Nearly Nothing Going Wrong https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/economic-inequality/524610/?utm_source=atlfb
Some good news in Colorado's Falling Poverty Rate http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/17/some-good-news-in-colorados-falling-poverty-rate/
How Long Could You Get By If You Lost Your Job Today How Long Could You Get By If You Lost Your Job Today? http://fusion.net/how-long-could-you-get-by-if-you-lost-your-job-today-1794090510
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
How do badly funded schools keep kids in poverty? What do kids deserve?
How does Colorado fund schools? http://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2017/03/20/how-the-heck-does-colorado-fund-its-schools-and-six-other-money-questions-you-might-be-embarrassed-to-ask/
The Concentration of Poverty in American Schools
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/02/concentration-poverty-american-schools/471414/
TED Talk Kandice Summer: How America's Public Schools Keep Kids in Poverty https://www.ted.com/talks/kandice_sumner_how_america_s_public_schools_keep_kids_in_poverty#t-7811
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Review: How do school funding inequalities push poor students further behind?
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/06/how-funding-inequalities-push-poor-students-further-behind/395348/
How much money do families need to earn each year in order to at modest yet adequate standard of living?
Activity: In groups of 3-4 guesstimate the annual expenses for a family of 4 in Lakewood, Colorado
Family Budget Calculator
http://www.epi.org/publication/what-families-need-to-get-by-epis-2015-family-budget-calculator/
http://www.epi.org/resources/budget/
Activity: What is your savings cushion? Look at your assigned family scenario and complete the form to determine how long this family could survive (at the poverty level) before running out of money.
Writing: What will you need to do (and not do) in order to support a family?
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Economic Policy Institute
http://www.epi.org/about/
Complete Writing Assignment from Yesterday
Does hard work explain why people are rich or poor or is it the advantages or disadvantages they have?
Read: Politics, Poverty, and Wealth
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/05/02/why-people-are-rich-and-poor-republicans-and-democrats-have-very-different-views/
What advantages do people have that allow them to build wealth?
Research the world's richest people. Advantages? What did they start out with and what is their net worth?
2017 Forbes Richest https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2017/03/20/forbes-2017-billionaires-list-meet-the-richest-people-on-the-planet/#5673b69162ff
Friday, May 5, 2017
Review: Self-Made or Born on Home Plate?
American Attitudes about Poverty and the Poor
http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2002/AmericanAttitudesAboutPovertyandthePoor.aspx
How does who you know affect your chances of success in life?
Social Capital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sts9upOA9EU
How People Get Jobs https://www.inc.com/lou-adler/how-people-get-jobs-rewriting-your-future-history.html
What is the American Dream and Is it Still Alive?
Read this article, "The American Dream"http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/
Writing Assignment:
Choose 10 of the people quoted in this article, copy their quotes, summarize their thoughts about the American Dream, and state whether they are pessimistic or optimistic about whether the American Dream.
"Who Still Believes in the American Dream?" http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/american-dreams-portraits/405907/
Monday, May 8, 2017
Race and the American Dream
How does race affect economic status?
Why a Typical White Household Has 16 Times the Wealth of a Black One
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2015/03/26/the-racial-wealth-gap-why-a-typical-white-household-has-16-times-the-wealth-of-a-black-one/#22f7af071f45
A Forgotten History of How the US Government Segregated America
http://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170503
How Blacks and Whites Spend Differently
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/how-blacks-and-whites-spend-differently/486038/?utm_source=atlfb
Writing Assignment: Who still believes in the American Dream? Is the American Dream still alive?
Do you believe that in American every man and woman is able to achieve the fullest and richest life they are innately capable of, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position?
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Josh: What Happened to the American Dream?
Black Poverty Differs From White Poverty https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/12/black-poverty-differs-from-white-poverty/?utm_term=.5f57cbac6f81
Racial Segregation in American Schools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmrtJD9kT4I
The Uncomfortable Reality of Neighborhood Schools
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-uncomfortable-reality-of-community-schools/
Frontline: Separate and Unequal
Film: Separate and Unequal http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/separate-and-unequal/
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Reading: Separate and Unequal http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/opinion/22herbert.html
Film: Separate and Unequal http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/separate-and-unequal/
One Year After
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_e71a8f39-5c1f-580e-8fbb-e6ae3c8c4510.html
Affordable Housing http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/poverty-politics-and-profit/
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Morning
How does social class affect people's lives?
Film: People Like Us: Social Class in America
http://www.cnam.com/people-likeus/resources/Teachers_Guide.pdf_
Afternoon
Field Trip to Cherry Hills Village
Friday, May 12, 2017
Guest Speaker: Pete Tierney
Wealth and Happiness
Monday, May 15, 2017
Economics Terms https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NZRBgxjhDhwcjvtM2oE2RJnnpNSYwCLC9TSYF3aBeJY/edit?usp=sharing
How does Social Class Affect People's Lives?
People Like Us - video
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Research - How is our economy doing?
Research - the cost of a college education
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
How is our economy doing?
https://www.thebalance.com/us-economic-outlook-3305669
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uh7oaqhrX1qtQWFqDHCyxcwrItA5b_D8pGOIG2cBd90/edit?usp=sharing
The Business Cycle
Is College Worth It?
http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21600131-too-many-degrees-are-waste-money-return-higher-education-would-be-much-better
Thursday, May 18, 2017
How does a free market work?
Supply and Demand
Capitalism
Crash Course Capitalism v Socialism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3u4EFTwprM
Milton Friedman on Phil Donahue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76frHHpoNFs
Why Capitalism has Nothing to Do With Supply and Demand
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/why-capitalism-has-nothing-to-do-with-supply-and-demand/
Friday, May 19, 2017
What are the Alternatives to Capitalism?
What's the Alternative to Capitalism? http://www.thelondoneconomic.com/tle-pick/whats-the-alternative-to-capitalism/18/09/
After I Lived In Norway https://www.thenation.com/article/after-i-lived-in-norway-america-felt-backward-heres-why/
Michael Moore: Norway is Unbelievable (5:41) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbJaGIyM65k
The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-of-scandinavian-socialism/
Capitalism: A Love Story
Trailer (2:00) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JRAQcTRpa4
Excerpt: Democracy in the Workplace and Cooperatives (3:07) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VdbFzwe8fQ
Excerpt: Walmart "Dead Peasants" (3:28) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frs25RsstoA
Michael Moore Discusses Class Warfare, Economics and Abolishing Capitalism (6:18) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoNudMqaOz8
Critique of Capitalism: A Love Story https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/jan/30/michael-moore-capitalism-a-love-story
Stop Beating Up on the Rich
http://fortune.com/2012/09/06/stop-beating-up-the-rich/fortune.com/2012/09/06/stop-beating-up-the-rich/
Monday, May 22, 2017
The luxury of telling poor people that iPhones are a luxury
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/03/08/the-luxury-of-telling-poor-people-that-iphones-are-a-luxury/?utm_term=.7e9b112f50ea
When Government Tells Poor People How to Live
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/12/paternalism/420210/
This is Why Poor People Can (and Should) Have Nice Things
http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/02/poor-people-having-nice-things/
What can an individual do to escape poverty?
https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/three-simple-rules-poor-teens-should-follow-to-join-the-middle-class/
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
The Rising Cost of Not Going to College
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/02/11/the-rising-cost-of-not-going-to-college/
Post Survey
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfD18-rxFuheoh2Cv5VNww6Hsm2URzDkoQ202vc0SsMyKWSPw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Final Exam
Race and the American Dream
How does race affect economic status?
Why a Typical White Household Has 16 Times the Wealth of a Black One
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2015/03/26/the-racial-wealth-gap-why-a-typical-white-household-has-16-times-the-wealth-of-a-black-one/#22f7af071f45
A Forgotten History of How the US Government Segregated America
http://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170503
How Blacks and Whites Spend Differently
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/how-blacks-and-whites-spend-differently/486038/?utm_source=atlfb
Writing Assignment: Who still believes in the American Dream? Is the American Dream still alive?
Do you believe that in American every man and woman is able to achieve the fullest and richest life they are innately capable of, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position?
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Josh: What Happened to the American Dream?
Black Poverty Differs From White Poverty https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/12/black-poverty-differs-from-white-poverty/?utm_term=.5f57cbac6f81
Racial Segregation in American Schools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmrtJD9kT4I
The Uncomfortable Reality of Neighborhood Schools
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-uncomfortable-reality-of-community-schools/
Frontline: Separate and Unequal
Film: Separate and Unequal http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/separate-and-unequal/
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Reading: Separate and Unequal http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/opinion/22herbert.html
Film: Separate and Unequal http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/separate-and-unequal/
One Year After
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_e71a8f39-5c1f-580e-8fbb-e6ae3c8c4510.html
Affordable Housing http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/poverty-politics-and-profit/
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Morning
How does social class affect people's lives?
Film: People Like Us: Social Class in America
http://www.cnam.com/people-likeus/resources/Teachers_Guide.pdf_
Afternoon
Field Trip to Cherry Hills Village
Friday, May 12, 2017
Guest Speaker: Pete Tierney
Wealth and Happiness
Monday, May 15, 2017
Economics Terms https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NZRBgxjhDhwcjvtM2oE2RJnnpNSYwCLC9TSYF3aBeJY/edit?usp=sharing
How does Social Class Affect People's Lives?
People Like Us - video
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Research - How is our economy doing?
Research - the cost of a college education
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
How is our economy doing?
https://www.thebalance.com/us-economic-outlook-3305669
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Uh7oaqhrX1qtQWFqDHCyxcwrItA5b_D8pGOIG2cBd90/edit?usp=sharing
The Business Cycle
Is College Worth It?
http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21600131-too-many-degrees-are-waste-money-return-higher-education-would-be-much-better
Thursday, May 18, 2017
How does a free market work?
Supply and Demand
Capitalism
Crash Course Capitalism v Socialism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3u4EFTwprM
Milton Friedman on Phil Donahue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76frHHpoNFs
Why Capitalism has Nothing to Do With Supply and Demand
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/why-capitalism-has-nothing-to-do-with-supply-and-demand/
Friday, May 19, 2017
What are the Alternatives to Capitalism?
What's the Alternative to Capitalism? http://www.thelondoneconomic.com/tle-pick/whats-the-alternative-to-capitalism/18/09/
After I Lived In Norway https://www.thenation.com/article/after-i-lived-in-norway-america-felt-backward-heres-why/
Michael Moore: Norway is Unbelievable (5:41) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbJaGIyM65k
The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-of-scandinavian-socialism/
Capitalism: A Love Story
Trailer (2:00) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JRAQcTRpa4
Excerpt: Democracy in the Workplace and Cooperatives (3:07) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VdbFzwe8fQ
Excerpt: Walmart "Dead Peasants" (3:28) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frs25RsstoA
Michael Moore Discusses Class Warfare, Economics and Abolishing Capitalism (6:18) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoNudMqaOz8
Critique of Capitalism: A Love Story https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/jan/30/michael-moore-capitalism-a-love-story
Stop Beating Up on the Rich
http://fortune.com/2012/09/06/stop-beating-up-the-rich/fortune.com/2012/09/06/stop-beating-up-the-rich/
Monday, May 22, 2017
The luxury of telling poor people that iPhones are a luxury
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/03/08/the-luxury-of-telling-poor-people-that-iphones-are-a-luxury/?utm_term=.7e9b112f50ea
When Government Tells Poor People How to Live
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/12/paternalism/420210/
This is Why Poor People Can (and Should) Have Nice Things
http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/02/poor-people-having-nice-things/
What can an individual do to escape poverty?
https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/three-simple-rules-poor-teens-should-follow-to-join-the-middle-class/
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
The Rising Cost of Not Going to College
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/02/11/the-rising-cost-of-not-going-to-college/
Post Survey
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfD18-rxFuheoh2Cv5VNww6Hsm2URzDkoQ202vc0SsMyKWSPw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Final Exam
Why Workers Won't Unite https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/why-workers-wont-unite/386228/?utm_source=atlfb
Basic Facts https://talkpoverty.org/basics/
Keynes on Possibilities http://www.econ.yale.edu/smith/econ116a/keynes1.pdf
Eight Richest People in the World http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/16/eight-richest-people/
What are some of the crises for poor people that are mere annoyances to people with money?
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2014/12/linda_tirado_on_the_realities_of_living_in_bootstrap_america_daily_annoyances
Basic Facts https://talkpoverty.org/basics/
Keynes on Possibilities http://www.econ.yale.edu/smith/econ116a/keynes1.pdf
Eight Richest People in the World http://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/16/eight-richest-people/
What are some of the crises for poor people that are mere annoyances to people with money?
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2014/12/linda_tirado_on_the_realities_of_living_in_bootstrap_america_daily_annoyances
www.Alice www.alicethorn.weebly.com
Caeden www.caedenlongview.weebly.com
Liam www.http://liamslongviewclasses.weebly.com/
Luke www.lukelongviewportfolio.weebly.com
Jake
Alessandro http://alessandrolongview.weebly.com/
Ashton (none made yet)
Justice www.justiceslvportfolio.weebly.com
Bird www.longviewb-swizzle.weebly.com
Dylan www.LoPovertyWealth.weebly.com
Ezekiel - www.ezekielslongviewportfolio.weebly.com
Brooke - www.brookeslongviewportfolio.weebly.com
Josh economicsjosh.weebly.com
Tara www.taralongview.weebly.com
Solomon www.solomonlongview.weebly.com
Ani www.longview-anyaowens.weebly.com
Caeden www.caedenlongview.weebly.com
Liam www.http://liamslongviewclasses.weebly.com/
Luke www.lukelongviewportfolio.weebly.com
Jake
Alessandro http://alessandrolongview.weebly.com/
Ashton (none made yet)
Justice www.justiceslvportfolio.weebly.com
Bird www.longviewb-swizzle.weebly.com
Dylan www.LoPovertyWealth.weebly.com
Ezekiel - www.ezekielslongviewportfolio.weebly.com
Brooke - www.brookeslongviewportfolio.weebly.com
Josh economicsjosh.weebly.com
Tara www.taralongview.weebly.com
Solomon www.solomonlongview.weebly.com
Ani www.longview-anyaowens.weebly.com
Institute for Research on Poverty Slideshow: Teaching Poverty 101 https://www.irp.wisc.edu/newsevents/workshops/teachingpoverty101/participants/Presentations/Haveman-CausesofPoverty1.pdf
Charity:
What is the Greatest Good? https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/06/what-is-the-greatest-good/395768/?utm_source=atlfb
GiveWell http://www.givewell.org/
Charity:
What is the Greatest Good? https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/06/what-is-the-greatest-good/395768/?utm_source=atlfb
GiveWell http://www.givewell.org/
Lesson on Inequality: Starpower Activity http://www.understandingrace.org/resources/pdf/racemiddleschoolteachersguide.pdf
US Household Income Grew 5.2% in 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/business/economy/us-census-household-income-poverty-wealth-2015.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
Monday, April 11, 2016
How Americans Think Wealth is Distributed http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2010/graphics/wealth-graphics/wealth4web-lg.gif
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
What Americans Think the Distribution Is (Video)
https://youtu.be/eKtQJmCMuCc
What Do You Have to Make in a Year to be in the top 1% of your state?
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/
-2N7rOlUHPJo/Vk2622JExII/AAAAAAAASbo/K0ySnvPQCFc/s1600/one%2Bpercent.PNG
Pre-Test https://docs.google.com/document/d/
1dKHiTa64HI8kDNqVtxwdxwVNDM3N_Y6wUILQB9GfW7k/edit?usp=sharing
"How Close are you to the Top 1%?" http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/income-rank/
How Long Could You Get By If You Lost Your Job Today http://fusion.net/how-long-could-you-get-by-if-you-lost-your-job-today-1794090510
Wednesday, April 12, 2016
What is Economics and why do we study it?
Analyze this definition:
Economics is a social science concerned with the way society chooses to employ its limited resources which have alternate uses for present and future consumption.
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Read and then write an analysis of these two articles:
"Majority of Public School Students Are in Poverty" Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/majority-of-us-public-school-students-are-in-poverty/2015/01/15/df7171d0-9ce9-11e4-a7ee-526210d665b4_story.html
"Education Gap Between Rich and Poor is Growing" New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/business/economy/education-gap-between-rich-and-poor-is-growing-wider.html
Friday, April 15, 2016
No class - Teacher Work Day
Monday, April 18, 2016
How is our Economy Doing?
- Traditional Measures
- Non-traditional Measures
- US Economy 2016 http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/07/news/economy/us-economy-2016/
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
No class - ACT/PSAT Testing
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
What is the American Dream?
- Read this article, "The American Dream"http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/
- Five Myths About Class in America https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/03/02/harvard-researchers-discovered-the-one-thing-everyone-needs-for-happier-healthier-lives/?postshare=8421457404355701&tid=ss_tw-bottom
- Lesson - Using Primary Source Documents to answer these questions:
- What are these documents this telling you about the American Dream of others in history?
- What is Your American Dream? http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/
- lessons/americ of others? an-dream/students/index.html
- Read these articles, summarize them and answer Answer the question: Is the American Dream Still Alive?
- "Who Still Believes in the American Dream?" http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/09/american-dreams-portraits/405907/
Where is the Wealth?
- Who Are the Highest Paid CEOs in America? - Forbes http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eggh45jef/highest-paid-bosses/
- Compare relationship of CEOs to average Worker Through the Years Bloomberg Business Week http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-04-18/top-ceos-make-331-times-the-average-worker-dot-does-anyone-care
- 30
What are the causes of poverty? Choose what you think is the #1 reason:
- Lack of job skills
- Lack of a good education
- Mental Health Problems
- Health Problems
- Substance Abuse
- Capitalism - poor can't get ahead
- Unfair Advantages of Others
- High cost of college/higher education
- Bad neighborhood
- Teen Pregnancy
- Bad choices
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2014/12/linda_tirado_on_the_realities_of_living_in_bootstrap_america_daily_annoyances.html
Answer this question: What are some of the crises for poor people that are mere annoyances to people with money?
It Is Expensive to be Poor
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/it-is-expensive-to-be-poor/282979/
Answer the question: How can it be more expensive to be poor than not poor?
Monday, April 25
Slide show Quiz https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/
17gixVd_Lk_dk50D7yJntrV6OChYcIJebQPmbHsL62mw/edit?usp=sharing
Most people in the World Have No Idea How to Manage Their Money
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/05/the-danger-of-financial-ignorance-do-you-understand-money/361851/?utm_source=SFFB
Wealth and Income
http://www.teachingeconomics.org/content/docs/complete.pdf
Income Inequality
Fact Check: Bernie Sanders' claim of wealth of top one-tenth of a percent of Americans
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2015/jul/29/bernie-s/bernie-sanders-madison-claims-top-01-americans-hav/
An Alternate View of Income Inequality
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2004/08/two-americas-one-rich-one-poor-understanding-income-inequality-in-the-united-states
After reading the article above, analyze one of the infographics fromUnited for a Fair Economy
http://www.faireconomy.org/infographics
Answer the following questions as part of your analysis:
What is this infographic designed to convince you of? What is it in response to? How accurate and fair to you believe this infographic to be? How would you know if it's accurate and fair? Does this infographic add to the sense of class warfare described in the article above? If you were defending the top 1% of households, or the Forbes 400 wealthiest Americans, what would you say in response to this infographic?
Tuesday, April 26
Signs on the Line Exercise - Can a single parent raise 2 children in Denver? A look at different careers and their average salaries compared to the cost of living and the poverty line.
Cost of Living in Denver
https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/denver
Average Salaries for Workers in the US
http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm
How Hard Is It to Get Ahead?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/us/harder-for-americans-to-rise-from-lower-rungs.html?_r=0
Wednesday, April 27
Catch up day- complete all assignments on your website
Use your list of the highest paid CEOs. Research to get information about them (about their company and about them) which answers these questions:
- Where did he get his education and what did he study?
- Was his family background one of wealth and privilege, or did he come from a poor or middle class family?
- What service or product does his company make or sell?
Thursday, April 28
Families and the Economy
How hard do you believe it is for families to do well in the economy? What kinds of things about work and money make it difficult for families with children or with elderly or disabled members? List those things you think need to be addressed.
What are family-friendly policies that the government could implement?
Writing Assignment: Read the following articles and list the policies you think would make a difference.
- A New Agenda for American Families and the Economy https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/a-new-agenda-for-american-families-and-the-economy
- Real Family Values http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/what-happy-families-know/real-family-values_
Field Trip to Cherry Hills Village
Writing Assignment: What were your thoughts about the rich before the field trip? Describe what you saw on the trip. What can wealth buy?
Friday, April 29
What can small, medium, and large amounts of wealth buy you?
(Handout)
Why is There Opposition to a Work and Family Agenda
- Work Family Agenda Faces Tough Climate (2008)http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28073848/ns/business-careers/t/work-family-agenda-faces-tough-climate/#.Vx-_SNLF81I
- Rise and Fall of Minnesota Working Families Agenda https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2015/10/rise-and-fall-minneapolis-working-families-agenda
Video: People Like Us (Social Class in America)
http://www.cnam.com/people-like-us/film/index.html
Study Guide to People Like Us
http://www.cnam.com/people-likeus/resources/Teachers_Guide.pdf_
Monday, May 2
The Education Gap
How can you get ahead if your school doesn't prepare you for life and success?
School Funding
- Alabama https://news.wbhm.org/feature/2016/school-funding-alabama-view-sumter-county/
- Detroit http://usuncut.com/class-war/detroit-teachers-want-you-to-see-these-disturbing-photos/
- Colorado http://www.cpr.org/news/story/colorado-gets-c-grade-its-education-funding-gap-report-says
Money, Race and Success
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/29/upshot/money-race-and-success-how-your-school-district-compares.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1
The Rising Cost of Not Going to College
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/02/11/the-rising-cost-of-not-going-to-college/
Lesson - Plotting Educational Attainment and Earnings http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/6741
- The Big Payoff: https://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-210.pdf
Tuesday, May 3
Salary Rise: Athletes and Teachers
Wednesday, May 4
Future Fair at McLain - what opportunities are there for you?
Thursday, May 5
Race and the Economy
Unemployment Rates by Race
http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpsee_e16.htm
Savings by Race
http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/assets/2015/11/emergencysavingsreportnov2015.pdf
Why a Typical White Family Has 16 Times the Wealth of a Black One
http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2015/03/26/the-racial-wealth-gap-why-a-typical-white-household-has-16-times-the-wealth-of-a-black-one/#48f12c816c5b
Inequality, Race, and Remedy
http://prospect.org/article/inequality-race-and-remedy
Writing Assignment: Summarize the lesson today, using supporting data from the articles above. What are the contributing factors that lead to the racial income gap? Do you believe, like the author of "The White Underclass" that persistent poverty is the moral challenge of our time? Why or why not?
Friday, May 6
The White Underclass
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/opinion/kristof-the-decline-of-white-workers.html
Employers' Replies to Racial Names -
http://www.nber.org/digest/sep03/w987
Study Guide to People Like Us
http://www.cnam.com/people-likeus/resources/Teachers_Guide.pdf_
Monday, May 9
Research The Economic Plans of the Presidential Candidates - How does each candidate plan to improve the economy and the lives of the American people? How will they create jobs? Address income inequality? Help the middle class? Help working families? Help the poor? Increase prosperity? Improve our tax system? Deal with trade? Address the deficit?
- Donald Trump
- Hillary Clinton
- Bernie Sanders
Tuesday, May 10
Who Said It? Quiz Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/
1IdUG4iAeLAQX8BT6oppCKH7ztcoBd11mDoQ9XG9RCoo/edit?usp=sharing
Study: Sanders Proposals $18 Trillion Debt http://www.npr.org/2016/05/09/477402982/study-sanders-proposals-would-add-18-trillion-to-debt-over-10-years
Trumps Ideas for Handling National Debt http://www.npr.org/2016/05/09/477350889/donald-trumps-messy-ideas-for-handling-the-national-debt-explained
Clinton Must Clarify Economic Message
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/08/477223957/clinton-must-clarify-her-economic-message-to-win-primary
Writing Assignment: Evaluate the economic policies of the presidential candidates.
Wednesday, May 11
The Business Cycle -
Slide Share Phases of Business Cycle http://www.slideshare.net/anuragnvs/phases-of-business-cycle
https://www.fidelity.com/bin-public/060_www_fidelity_com/images/Viewpoints/II/typicalBCU.2.JPG
The Federal Reserve
https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/about_12594.htm
The Federal Reserve System Affects You More Than You Think
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/090514/federal-reserve-system-affects-you-more-you-might-think.asp
Thursday, May 12
How Much Impact Does President Have on the Economy?
Writing activity: Answer the question above.
Presidents and the Economy http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/opinion/paul-krugman-presidents-and-the-economy.html
The Fed and Inflation
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/business/economy/10fed.html
Promising Things They Cannot Deliver
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-sanders-trump-president-illusions-promises-perspec-0214-jm-20160212-column.html
Stop Blaming the Rich for Income Inequality http://www.forbes.com/sites/danbigman/2015/05/22/warren-buffett-stop-blaming-the-rich-for-income-inequality-if-you-want-to-help-increase-tax-credits/#22b69b131f78
Friday, May 13
No class - Indigenous Film Festival
Monday, May 16
In-Progress Grade Report. Work to bring grades up.
Tuesday, May 17
How has the government both aided and blocked the building of wealth in America?
- Handout: Government Boosts and Blocks to Building Wealth http://www.faireconomy.org/node/2260
Wednesday, May 18
The 10 Best Things Government Has Done for Us http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-10-best-things-government-has-done-for-us-2011-09-26
Writing Assignment: List the 10 things this author says the government has done for us. Do you agree with the statement that the best government is no government at all? Why might people believe this?
Agreeing/Disagreeing Activity - State Your Opinion
- The best government is no government
-We should redistribute wealth by taxing the rich more.
Thursday, May 19
Field Trip to The Mission Day Shelter
http://www.voacolorado.org/gethelp-denvermetro-foodnutrition-themission
Friday, May 20
Debrief the field trip to The Mission Shelter
Writing Assignment: Do we have an obligation to help the poor? What were your thoughts/concerns about interacting with the homeless at the shelter? Describe your experience.
Monday, May 23
How much should the government use its power to tax and spend to redistribute wealth in pursuit of a more equal society?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/upshot/why-americans-dont-want-to-soak-the-rich.html?_r=0
Other Economic Systems
http://www.agjohnson.us/glad/if-not-capitalism-what/
Why America Needs More Billionaires
http://theweek.com/articles/442880/why-america-needs-more-billionaires
Writing Assignment: Discuss the pros and cons of capitalism. Then analyze alternative economic systems.
Tuesday, May 24
The Rich Pay the Taxes
http://www.aei.org/publication/guess-who-really-pays-the-taxes/
The Top 10 Solutions to Cut Poverty and Grow the Economy
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/poverty/news/2014/09/17/97287/the-top-10-solutions-to-cut-poverty-and-grow-the-middle-class/
Poverty in America and What To Do About It
https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/-poverty-in-america-and-what-to-do-about-it_110305673380.pdf
The Rules for Avoiding Poverty
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/society/12152935/The-rules-for-avoiding-poverty-stay-in-school-keep-your-job-and-find-love.html
Three Rules for Staying Out of Poverty
http://jacksonville.com/opinion/editorials/2012-01-27/story/three-rules-staying-out-poverty
Overcoming Poverty
http://www.wikihow.com/Overcome-Poverty
How to Build Wealth Like Millionaires Do http://www.forbes.com/sites/financialfinesse/2012/11/15/eight-ways-to-build-wealth-like-millionaires-do-make-it-a-game/#46a924bd65
How to Become a Millionaire by Age 30
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/234454
One Thing Rich Parents Give Their Kids That Makes All the Difference https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/10/the-incredible-impact-of-rich-parents-fighting-to-live-by-the-very-best-schools/?tid=pm_business_pop_b
Wednesday, May 25
Final Exam https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R71cORIYONHRLKIvUj56WkhrL0ngaPaoKS8cfeTlkeU/edit?usp=sharing
Student Websites
avslongviewportfolio.weebly.com
tylerslongviewportfolio.weebly.com
codyshistorypages.weebly.com
rachelslongviewportfolio.weebly.com
mikaelaslongviewportfolio.weebly.com
tylerslongview.weebly.com
saraslongviewportfolio.weebly.com
haleighslongviewportfolio.weebly.com
brianslongviewportfolio.weebly.com
Rodneyslongviewportfolio.weebly.com
Other Resources:
What do you know about the rich and how they are taxed? http://www.npr.org/2017/04/17/523960808/we-asked-people-what-they-know-about-taxes-see-if-you-know-the-answers
Minimum Wage https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/economism-and-the-minimum-wage/513155/?utm_source=atlfb
Social Progress Index http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi
Economics and Political Discontent
Anger and Fear: How Do They Shape Our Vote?
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/anger-and-fear-how-do-they-shape-our-vote/
How Economic Fears in South Carolina Could Explain Anti-Immigrant Fervor
washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/19/how-economic-fears-in-south-carolina-could-explain-the-anti-immigration-fervor-favoring-trump-and-cruz/_T
A New American Dream
http://www.ahhthesimplelife.com/a-new-american-dream-part-i/
The Rich Have Advantages That Money Can't Buy
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/36d0831a-eca2-11e3-8963-00144feabdc0.html#axzz45YKn7G3s_
Wealth and Power
Why CEOs Make So Much Money https://www.facebook.com/TheAtlantic/videos/10153697744563487/
Summarize and evaluate this article
http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2015/06/22/why-ceos-make-so-much-money/#6d6898f512a3
What if CEO Pay is Fair?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/13/business/13nocera.html_
A Record Number of US Billionaires are Immigrants https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2016/10/05/a-record-number-of-the-u-s-billionaires-are-immigrants/?tid=pm_business_pop_b