WebQuest Project: Poverty and Social Structure

Abstract

This WebQuest project is designed to help undergraduates understand the social structural bases of poverty in the U.S. Specifically, students evaluate how useful our employment opportunities and social safety net are for families who do not possess wealth or social capital. The project gives them the opportunity to see that individual motivation and...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Stratification/Mobility

Resource Type(s):

Assignment

Class Level(s):

College 300

Class Size(s):

Medium

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. 1. Students can describe the impact of public and private social service programs and policies on the choices available to families who are poor.
2. 2. Students can critically assess what current programs and policies work and what ones don't work to help alleviate poverty, and explain why.
3. 3. Student can propose changes and/or alternative programs or policies that are likely to be more effective.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. 1. Students participate in online discussions that are graded according to an Online Discussion Protocol (provided) that takes into account both the quantity and quality of their contributions.
2. 2. Students can critically assess what current programs and policies work and what ones don't work to help alleviate poverty, and explain why.
3. 3. Student can propose changes and/or alternative programs or policies that are likely to be more effective.