Technique 38: Poverty and Its Definition

Abstract

Teaching Objectives/Student Learning Outcomes:
To illustrate that the federal government’s definition of poverty is a conservative one, and that, therefore, the actual extent of poverty in America is significantly underestimated. The technique can also help to generate lively discussion about which goods/services (and in what quality and quantity)...

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Subject Area(s):

Stratification/Mobility

Resource Type(s):

Class Activity

Class Level(s):

College 200