Working-class kids are __________ because of the quality of American public schooling
a. able to move up in class and achieve economic success
b. far more likely than their European counterparts to be well educated
c. often consigned to the bottom of the economic ladder
d. more likely to drop out or flunk out of high school than to graduate
c
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Lower-middle-class families move from the city into suburbs more recently occupied by upper-middle-class families. This is an example of the concept of __________
a. succession b. diffusion c. invasion d. gentrification
Sooner or later a social movement faces a crisis because:
a. its members get bored and lose interest b. once its leaders obtain power, they attempt to maintain their position c. other movements compete with it for scarce resources and personnel d. the larger society manages to suppress it
__________ theory explains ethnic conflict as economic exploitation of minority groups
A) Functionalist B) Conflict C) Social interactionist D) Ecological
When helping students prepare reports and projects, teachers should teach all of the following EXCEPT ________
A) define the writing task B) develop a writing plan and organize ideas and information C) write a draft of the paper D) teach typing skills