Theories of Social Change

Make a prediction about what might happen in the U.S. and Egypt. What might to individual freedoms in the next decade in those two countries?

Refer to the video about Egypt's revolution

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/revolution-in-cairo/

 and the video about the increased surveillance in the United States as a result of the "war on terror."

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/homefront/view/

Targeting the Audience: How Mass Media Specializes by Race

1. Do most of the shows you watch on major network TV feature White actors? Have you ever really thought about the lack of minority leading characters in major network shows? How are the minority group characters portrayed in the shows you watch?


2. Do you think that it is important for minority group figures to be visible on major network television? Why or why not?

Refer to our data set created today.

Uses of the Media

Which perspective is the most useful to understand the media? Functionalist, Conflict, or Feminist.

Make 3 comments using evidence from the film, background knowledge, and the class notes.

Urbanization and Demography in the late 19th century

How did changing demography shape our cities in the late 19th century?

Use evidence from the documents to make your case.

Living Old:Steps for America

Prepare a PowerPoint report about Living Old In America:

How can we best adapt to our aging population?

Give a five step about how we can deal with our aging population.

Step 1:  What are the statistics and trends about aging? What do we need still need to research?

Step 2: What steps to we need to in terms or healthcare, housing, retirement funding? What does the research say?

Step 3: What cultural changes do we need to make to accomodate the aging population? What does the research say about this?

Step 4: What education or outreach do we need to make to politicians and policymakers? What groups are working on this issue?

Step 5: What are the challenges for families and children of aging people? How will you help them? What does the research say?

Possible Resources:

http://www.aarp.org/relationships/caregiving/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/livingold/stories/


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/livingold/issues/

Census 2020

Create a Census Form for the year 2020. You can have as many questions as you need with a minumum of ten. After each question, explain why you designed that question.

American Health Care System

Which option would be the best to improve our healthcare system? Explain
Use evidence from the public agenda site below:

http://www.publicagenda.org/citizen/issueguides/health-care

Use Competition to Make the System More Efficient



The main problem with the healthcare system is that costs keepgoing up. All the other problems inthe health care system stem fromthis and won't be solved until wegive everyone real choices andthe ability to take responsibility forwhat they spend on care. Thatmeans reducing regulation andusing free market competition toallow insurers to offer a widerrange of plans. We should alsoembrace managed care, whichwatches expenses carefully andhas already slowed down theincrease in health care costs. Bymoving further in the direction ofmanaged care, and adoptingmedical savings accounts, whichencourage individuals to saveand shop around for health care,well be able to bring down costsand cover more people.

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Expand the Current System to Cover More People



We dont need to rip up theexisting health care system andstart over. We already have thebest high-tech medical centers inthe world and insurance programsin place that cover 85 percent ofAmericans. We can just extendthose proven programs, publicand private, to cover morepeople. We can also give employersfinancial incentives to covermore of their employees. Thefederal government already haseffective health programs for theelderly (Medicare), the poor(Medicaid), low-income children(CHIP) and its own employees. Ifwe expand the eligibility for thoseplans, well be able to cover moreuninsured people with the leastdisruption to those who alreadyhave insurance. Gradually expandingthe current system is themost practical way to cover morepeople without breaking thebudget



Create a National Health Care System

Decent health care ought to be abasic right, not something thatdepends on the job you hold. Ourpatchwork health care system ofprivate insurance and governmentprograms simply isnt working.Its time to try what Canadaand most European countriesalready have: a national, government-run health care system. Thesystem would work much likeMedicare, except that everyonewould be entitled to coverage,regardless of age, income or jobstatus. Like Medicare, youd stillpick your own doctor, but thegovernment would get the bill.Weve debated what to do abouthealth care for years, but nothingelse has solved the problem. This isthe only way to solve the problemof the uninsured, once and for all