Warm up:
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Have you ever played Monopoly? (Try it one day, it's the story of Capitalisim in a game)
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RESOURCES: Water, Food, Money, Land, electricity/energy, oil, coal, minerals and basic needs.
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We believe that when you claim ownership you basically declare war. Why?
Published: 11/6/2024
Parent Corner: By the end of this lesson your student will be disaggregating data, looking at root causes, and pulling research from scholarly resources aka doctoral level work without knowing it.
Lesson 2:
Where am I in the Caste System?
Theorist : The work of Pultzier Prize winning journalist Isabella Wilkerson
Goal of today's lesson:
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According to Maslow's hierarchy, we all have needs. To meet these needs, we need resources such as water, land, food, trade systems, institutions, governments/organizations, weapons, rights, etc.
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A Caste system decides:
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who has access to the most resources,
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who has basic access to the resources,
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and who has the least access to resources.
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Like always, you have a choice:
Choose one of the following:
Okay, so let's look at the data ourselves:
Real Data
Who owns more wealth?
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Activity: Caste systems are often two tiered, but in America there is a race based, three tier system. According to this chart, who is top teir, middle and bottom:
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Top Tier (Upper Class) owns most resources. (Yellow)
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Buffer Class (Middle class) access and opportunity to most resources.(Green)
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Bottom (Lower Class) access to the least amount of resources. (Light Green)
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Who owns their freedom?
According to A.I.
Education
Reputation
A student can only answer with what they have been taught.
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