2.11,2.12
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The document discusses two songs, Curtis Mayfield's "Move On Up" and Outkast's "Git Up, Git Out", that address social and economic mobility. It asks questions about poverty rates, homelessness, and joblessness in the wealthy United States. Students will be assigned to groups and complete a scavenger hunt comparing the economies and development indicators of different countries like India, Sweden, North Korea, Chad, and the USA.
2.11,2.12
- 1. Daily Warm-Up Curtis Mayfield’s “Move On Up” is an optimistic song about striving for your goals and moving up the social ladder. How possible is social or economic mobility in the United States? What is the poverty rate in the United States? Why does the wealthiest nation in the world still have to deal with issues like poverty, homelessness, and joblessness? What does this song make you feel (other than the uncontrollable urge to dance)?
- 2. Daily Warm-Up Who is Outkast speaking to in “Git Up, Git Out”? How does this song make you feel? How do you think Andre 3000 and Big Boi feel about social & economic mobility, given the lyrics of the song? Why do you think poverty exists in the wealthiest nation in the world?
- 3. What are we doing today? Assigning groups. Collecting journals. Songs. Collecting/grading journals. Clicker Quiz (?) (1 grade) Outline #1 Comparative economics internet scavenger hunt.
- 4. Comparative Economics Scavenger hunt
- 5. 1. How are the 3 basic questions answered? 2. How many, what kind of resources available? 3. % of land that is arable? 4. Life expectancy at birth? 5. Fertility rate? 6. Literacy rate? 7. Status of women; % of pay in comparison to men? 8. Religious freedom? 9. Government type; how are leaders elected? 10. Most serious economic problem currently facing this nation?
- 6. 11. GDP per capita? 12. Govt. spending as % of GDP? 13. % of GDP used for military spending? 14. % of pop below the poverty line? 15. % of pop that works in agriculture 16. Electricity production 17. # of internet service providers 18. # of railways 19. # of paved highways 20. # of airports with paved highways 21. Average # of television sets per family
- 7. 22. Average # of cars per family 23. % of population that has a degree from an institution of higher education. 24. Availability of health care 25. Average cost of higher education /person. 26. Average cost of health care per person. 27. % of population imprisoned. 28. Conviction rate.
- 8. #1 #2 #3 #4 #etc India Sweden N.K. Chad USA
- 9. 29-32 = Short essay response
- 10. 29. How can the presence or absence of natural resources and arable land affect a nation’s economy, regardless of the type of economic system? 30. How can life expectancy and literacy rates affect the quality of labor in the economy? 31. How can GDP per capita and poverty rates indicate standards of living in each system? 32. How can electricity, communication, and transportation facilities indicate the potential for industrial growth?