Chp3 Socioeconomic Status Vocab

Define "Upper class"

• Group whose members earn annual incomes that allow them to have a

  standard of living that includes owning

  a home and car.

• Group whose members earn the highest annual incomes and have the

  greatest wealth

• Group whose members are the affluent middle class who are

  highly educated professionals, managers, and administrators

Define "Authoritarian"

• Amount of money remaining if all owned property was converted to cash and all debts were paid

• The view that one’s class level

• The concentration of power in one figure, usually the teacher or

  principal in schools.

Define "Blue Collar"

• Group whose members earn the highest annual incomes and have the

  greatest wealth

• Ranking of persons and families based on specific characteristics such as income, education, occupation, wealth, and power

• Jobs or workers characterized by manual labor that is usually mechanical and routine.

Define "Classism"

• Amount of money remaining if all owned property was converted to cash and all debts were paid.

• The view that one’s class level makes one

  superior to members

  of classes perceived below one’s own.

• Group whose members earn annual incomes that allow them to have a

  standard of living that includes owning

  a home and car.

Define "Middle Class"

• Group whose members are the affluent middle class who are

  highly educated professionals, managers, and administrators

• Group whose members earn the highest annual incomes and have the

  greatest wealth.

• Group whose members earn annual incomes that allow them to have a

  standard of living that includes owning

  a home and car.

Define "Authenticity"

• Relates the curriculum and activities to real

  world applications with meaning in the lives of students

• Adoption of the dominant group’s cultural patterns by a new or

  oppressed group

• Marriage between people of different races

Define "Class"

• Jobs or workers characterized by non

  manual labor in offices, retail stores, and sales

• A group sharing

  the same economic and social status.

• Group whose members earn the highest annual incomes and have the

  greatest wealth

Define "Income"

• Amount of money earned in wages or salaries.

• Amount of money remaining if all owned property was converted to cash and all debts were paid.

• Ranking of persons and families based on specific characteristics

  such as income, education, occupation, wealth, and power.

Define "McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act"

• Composite of the economic status of families or persons on the

  basis of occupation, educational attainment, income, and wealth

• The federal legislation that outlined the

  education rights and protections for homeless children and youth.

• Group whose members earn the highest annual incomes and have the

  greatest wealth

Define "Self-fulfilling prophecy"

• Accumulated money and property such as stocks, homes, and cars that can be turned into money

• A teacher’s prediction

  of a student’s academic achievement

  that becomes true as the student progresses through the education process.

• Ranking of persons and families based on specific characteristics

  such as income, education, occupation, wealth, and power.