1. definition for stratification, 2. Identify and discuss the three major systems of social stratification: slavery, caste, and class. Be sure to discuss how these systems are formed. 3. Discuss how power, prestige, privilege, wealth, and other desirables affect individual life-chances. 4. Identify and discuss the four components of the Davis and Moore Argument. Be sure to include a discussion on the critiques of this argument.
2. Blog on Social Inequality and Discrimination should include (300 -450 words):
1. Definition of gender discrimination, 2. discussion of structural and cultural factors and traditions that contribute to the inequality and that maintain the status quo (for example, male superiority), 3. A discussion of the wage gap (difference in wages earned), and whether gendered jobs exist, 4. A discussion of race and racial discrimination, 5. An explanation of the difference between race and ethnicity, 6. A discussion of cultural diversity and ethnocentrism, 7. Explanations of prejudice, discrimination, and racism, 8. Definitions of segregation, assimilation, pluralism, and genocide, 9. A discussion of the different forms of discrimination (individual versus institutional)
Blog on Social Class in America should include (300 -450 words):
1. A discussion of social class in America and its consequences on society as a whole, 2. An analysis of changes in social class across generations. 3. An examination of poverty and its effects on society, 4. An analysis of the importance of income, power, and prestige on life chances
