Thinking about stratification

Describe the type of people who would choose the following drink at a pub. What are their ages, sex, and class.

Look at the following statements relate them to the working class or middle class….

1.       Public schools such as Eton .

2.       Factories near houses.

3.       Symmetrical conjugal roles.

4.       Nuclear families with no close knit to family members.

5.       Going doing to the pub with male members of the family while the wife prepares Sunday Lunch.

6.       The local Comprehensive.

7.       A close-knit world

8.       Segregated conjugal roles

For each of the following societies try to decide if there is any one characteristic

§         age

§         class

§         gender

§         ethnicity

§         nationality

§         religion

§         etc.

In shaping people’s life chances....

1.       Northern Ireland

2.       The Old Soviet Union

3.       Israel

4.       The Deep South of the USA

5.       The Old South Africa

6.       Rural Provinces of India

Look at the following statements relate them to the working class or middle class….

1.       Public schools such as Eton .

2.       Factories near houses.

3.       Symmetrical conjugal roles.

4.       Nuclear families with no close knit to family members.

5.       Going doing to the pub with male members of the family while the wife prepares Sunday Lunch.

6.       The local Comprehensive.

7.       A close-knit world

8.       Segregated conjugal roles

task:

A nuclear bomb has been tracked by NATO is ten minutes away from obliterating the earth. You are in the local council’s bomb shelter with 14 others who were nearby when the alarm was sounded. In the shelter there is only enough food for eight (whatever their age), and so seven people must go outside to die. You have been chosen to make the decision about who is to leave and who is to stay.

Get into small groups and try to reach a unanimous verdict on who is to be allowed to remain and later form part of a new society. Choose one of your group to write down your decisions and on what basis you made them....

Here are the occupants of your shelter. The table below contains the information you have about them.... When you have reached your decision discuss your results with the rest of the group.