What is your definition of poverty? Is poverty something we as a society should be

concerned about? Why or why not? Is there anything you can do personally to help?

Response question 10/28/13

The darker the red the higher rate of poverty

ActivityWith a partner you will make a budget for a single

person living 1 month in SR. Then do the same for a family of 4.

Include the following expenses in your budget:

FoodChild careMedicalHousing

TransportationOther Expenses

About how much would you need per month and per year for a single person and a family of 4?

How much would you need to make per hour (40 hours a week) to cover expenses?

Based on the chart how much were your budgeting estimations off by?

How difficult would it be to live on minimum wage in SR? How difficult would it be for a family of 4 even if

both parents were making minimum wage??

How close are you to poverty when you’re making minimum wage?

Poverty

Who is poor?

The poverty rate: Is the percentage of people that live in households below the official

poverty line.

The poverty line an income threshold which represents the limit of a

livable wage.

Persons in Family48 ContiguousStates and D.C. Alaska Hawaii

1 $10,890 $13,600 $12,540

2  14,710  18,380  16,930

3  18,530  23,160  21,320

4  22,350  27,940  25,710

5  26,170  32,720  30,100

6  29,990  37,500  34,490

7  33,810  42,280  38,880

8  37,630  47,060  43,270

For each additionalperson, add

   3,820    4,780    4,390

Causes of PovertyLack of Education

Those without a high school diploma make on avg. slightly over the

poverty line. Without access to good young people are much more likely

to be impoverished.

LocationSome areas have much higher

employment rates than others. High crime rates can lead to greater difficulty to achieve success.

Shifts in Family StructureSingle parenting and divorce lead to greater expenses and higher rates

of child poverty.

Income distributionHow a nations total income is

distributed amongst the population.

Lorenz Curve

What are some of the problems with the way the poverty rate is currently calculated?

Describe what the SPM is?

“There will be winners and losers and thus the politics of this are not inconsequential” What does this final quote mean? Who will be winners and who losers?

WSJ article: New Way of Calculating Poverty Rate Faces Hurdles

What advantages do you have in your life in terms of supporting your success?

short term poverty effects and which have long term poverty effects

There are numerous factors that lead to poverty. In groups you will be given a topic and you are to come up with ways in which this topic can play a roll in poverty.

Look back at your list and mark which issues have:

Do you think that some members of society are more vulnerable than others to these circumstances? Why or

why not?

Poverty continued

The Poverty Rate for white

americans in 2010 was 13%

The Poverty Rate for African

americans in 2010 was 27.4% and Latinos 26.6%

If you are born black or Latino in the US there is great than a 1 in 4 chance that

you will experience poverty.

Obviously there is a link between Race and Poverty...

Think back to our last day of class. What were some of the issues we discussed that may lead one to poverty?

Which of these are less likely to affect non-dominant groups (groups that have historically been oppressed)?

What might make it tough for non-dominant groups to rise out of their circumstances?

Which of these circumstances are these groups in control of and which are institutionalized (out of their

power to change)?

One of the most important institutional factors that lead future success or poverty

are schools.

One main indicator as to a schools educational level are access to AP classes

and exams.

Which School do you think offers the Most AP classes in our district?

Maria Carrillo Elsie Allen

17 AP

CLasses

9 AP

CLasses

What do these number tell us about the connection between race, location, and

educational opportunities in our own community?

How do you guys feel about this numbers? Are they fair, right, make sense?