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Social Status
Social Status
Introduction
Definition of Social Status:
Social status is the position or rank of a person or group, within the society.
Categories:
Status can be determined in two ways. One can earn their social status by their
own achievements, which is known as achieved status. Alternatively, one can be
placed in the stratification system by their inherited position, which is called ascribed
status.
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Social stratification
Social stratification describes the way people are placed of "stratified" in society.
Some of the more common bases for such raking include:
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Wealth and Income (most common): Ties between persons with the same
personal income
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Social Class: Ties between persons born into the same economic group
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In Costa Rica most of the population can be positioned in the middle-class, and
even though extreme poverty is real, it's not as big a problem as it is in other Latin
countries. By the way Costa Rican incomes are very low, but when compared to other
neighbor countries, salaries and earnings demonstrate to be much better. Besides the
poor and middle classes, there is an upper class, which is very exclusive. As in other
countries, this class is composed by both traditionally rich families as well as by
"nouveau riche" families. Even with the existence of extremely rich or poor
individuals, Costa Rican society is composed mostly by a middle-class, which causes
the impression of class.
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Upper class
New money
Middle class
Working class
Working poor
Poverty level
The Upper Class or Old Money: The upper class, which makes up
about one percent of the U.S. population, generally consists of those with vast
inherited wealth. Members of the upper class may also have a recognizable
family name, such as Rockefeller, DuPont, or Kennedy.
New Money: The category called new money is a relatively new rung on
the social ladder and makes up about 15 percent of the population. New
money includes people whose wealth has been around only for a generation or
two. Example: Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan and Bill Gates.
The Middle Class: The members of the middle class earn their money
the population. Its members may have gone to college, but more have had
vocational or technical training. The members of the working class have a
variety of jobs, including the following: Electrician, Carpenter, Factory worker,
Truck driver and Police officer. This category is also called the blue-collar class
in recognition of the likelihood that many of these individuals wear uniforms to
work rather than suits.
educational level, are not highly skilled, and work at minimum-wage jobs. They
often work two or more part-time jobs and receive no health insurance or other
benefits. These individuals are vulnerable to falling below the poverty line.
They have very little or no job security and their jobs are easily outsourced to
countries where labor is cheaper.
The Poverty Level: People at the poverty level lack the means to meet
their basic needs for food, clothing and shelter. The poverty level, set by the
federal government in the mid 1960s, is an estimate of the minimum income a
family of four needs to survive.
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Procedures.
o Warm up: Students will see some pictures the teacher will show, they
have to say a value which describes that picture. Example:
Respect
Freedom
Love
o Presentation:
Objective: LISTENING: Appreciating / evaluating the content in terms of previously
received information.
The teacher will show the students a short presentation about values in the school,
this in order to explain the importance of values in daily life at school and how values
are important in character building. Example of values: honesty, team spirit, trust and
integrity.
o Practice:
Objective: SPEAKING: Reacting to extreme points of view.
The Students will choose one of the values taught in the presentation. Then, they will
make a short description of what they think that value means for them.
o Production:
Objective: SPEAKING: Reporting information gathered from a text or a discussion.
The teacher will give the students an article about Social Status, after reading the
students will give a short summary of what they understood from the article and also
their opinion about How Social Status affects people values?
o Closure:
Objective: WRITING: Making effective use of resources to vary the style and scope
of their own writing.
Finally, the Students will make a written work in which they will mention at least three
values they consider schools and students are losing nowadays and how the losing of
those values affects the relation between classmates.
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References
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