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. TITLE Teacher's Guide to the Ninth Grade Course on OurEconomic System and Socioeconomic Problems.

INSTITUTION Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social StudiesCurriculum Center.

SPONS AGENCY Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, D.C. Div. ofElementary And Secondary Research

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ECRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$3.29DESCRIPTORS Behavioral Objectives; Charts; Concept Teaching;

Course Organization; *Economic Education; .Grade 9;*Inquiry Training; Projects; Secondary Grades; SkillDevelopment; Social Studies; *Social Studies Units;Social Systems; Socioeconomic- Influences; TeachingGuides; Teaching Techniques

IDENTIFIERS Capitalism; *Project Social Studies

ABSTRACT

This teacher's guide for a ninth grade course on theAmerican economic system includes description of six units.of study;1) The United States: An Affluent Society; 2) The American Enonomy:How Cur Economic System Works; 3) Farm Problems; 4) The AutoIndustry; 5) Poverty in the United States; and 6) units on PoliticalCampaigns and Elections and The Middle East: An Area Study whichalternate in election and non-election years. Behavioral goals,skills, objectives and goals related to concepts and generalizationsare identified. Charts appended to the guide indicate specifically,the way in which all goals are developed in the different units.Suggested teaching strategies haSed on the inquiry approach toteaching are included together with references to background paperson inquiry techniques. The guide is concluded with description ofadapting the resource units to specific courses. Related documentsare SO 005 452 through SO 005 457. (SHM)

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This course is part of

an articulated curriculum

for grades K- I2 and has

bee

developed by the

Project Social Studies

Curriculum Center at the

University of Minnesota.

This material was developed

under a special grant

from the United States Off;ce of

Education (HS-045).

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GOALS FOR COURSE

The resource units make it clear that the

ninth grade course is designed to teach

attitudes and skills as well as generali-

zations and concepts.

This section deals

briefly wIth objectives for the course.

Charts appended to this guide indicate more

specifically the way in which goals are de-

velped in the different units.

Behavioral Goals Related to Values

The ninth grade course was developed with

a view to helping pupils develop most of

the scholarly values identified by the Cen-

ter's staff for the entire social studies

program.

It was designed also to develop

a number of attitudes related to public

values or the ground rules for the

opera-

tion of a democratic society.

It should'

be noted, moreover, that

some of these at-

titudes are basic to an overall value which

has not been stated for each of the problem

units -- the value of human dignity.

Most

pupils will come to the course with

a fairly

well-developed value for human dignity

as a

result of previous experiences at home,

in

school, in church, and in their

many infor-

mal groups.

Probably the more specific

values of this course will develop

as pu-

pils see the need for certain things

in

order to protect this major value.

How-

ever, the content used to teach these other

values, such as those related to protection

of minority rights,, evaluating

events and in-

stitutions on the basis of their effects

upon

human beings, etc. may also help reinforce

pu

pils' attitudes toward human dignity.

The ninth grade course is also designed

to dc .

velop several attitudes wWch are likely

to

arise from the study of social science

con-

tent.

For example, several of the units

try

to help pupils develop a scepticism of single-

factor causation in the social sciences

and of

panaceas for curing social problems,

it should not be thought that some of the goal

are neglected merely because there is no check

against tl'em under a specific unit in the

chart.

The checks indicate those units where

the goals have been kept in mind in designing

specific activities and sometimes the entire

unit approach.

Many of the others will be re-

inforced in units in which they

are not checkec

Skill!

This course attempts to develop many. skills.

A large. number of these are related to.methods

of inquiry.

Many of 'these are introduced' in

the first unit which sets the stage for the,

entire year's work.

Most of these skills have

been taught in earlier courses, although they

should be refined in this course. -Those which

.

are not taught in earlier courses are marked'

by stars

in the chart on sequential develop-

ment of skills on pages 20-24

of this

guide.

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It should be noted that

although some of

these skills are not listed

as objectives

in more than one unit.

Later units give

pupils opportunities

to practice and im-

prove the skill.

Teachers may find that

they should work intensively

on the skill

in a number of units and

should then list

it as an objec, ive of the

later teaching

units.

Some of the skills objectives

should be

taught in all of the units

for which they

are listed.

These are the thinking

skills

related to inquiry and

critical evaluation.

Some of the, other skills

are listed for

more than one unit, also.

However, the

teacher may decide

to postpone teaching

the skill

in the first unit

in which it

is listed.

Or he may decide it

is un-

necessary to teach it to all

pupils in the

second unit in which

it

is found ever though

he may wish to work

on the skill wi,h a

small group of students

who still neeer help

on it.

Goals Related to

Concepts and Generallizat!ons

The Center has chosen

to identify important

concepts and generalizations

from the vari-

ous Social sciences and

has tried to provide

for a sequential

development of them in

the

K-12 curriculum.

The concepts for

grade nine

are drawn, largely from

the discipline of

economics.

Taken as a,

group, these. concepts

and generalizations

might be said

to constitt

one possible. structure fromthe discipline of

economics.

The course also

draws upon

con-

cepts and generalizations

from other field's,

particularly sociology

and political science,

in the units which

deal with socio-economic

problems.

The staff's point

of view about

structure in disciplines

is explained in

back

ground papers #.'s

1and 2,

For further

analysis of the field

of economics, the

teach

is referred to thebacground paper

en that

discipline, which is

a reaction to the Nation

Task Force Report

on Economic Education,

published bytheCommittee

for Economic. Devel

Most of the

generalizations to be

developed

are presented in

terms of the social sc1entis

No attempt should be

made. to have pupils

lean

the statements

as they are stated in

the re-

source units.

Rather, pupils should

be en-

couraged to generalize

in their own words.

The Rationale for

the Number of

Objectives

These resource units

differ frommany units

in part because

of the large numLer

of yeeeeer

:zations anJ skills

-o be taeght.

'ee tee-Le

should remember

t,-

ma,/ of

Lr''se gancrali-

zations and

founu in a number

of th

units in the ninth

grade course.

The sequenti

pattern from one unit

to the next can be

seen

in the charts at the

end of this guide.

More-

_over, many of the objectives

are reviewed from

earlier grades and

almost all will be

taught

through different

content in later grades.

This means that it

is not necessary or wise

to spend too much time clinching

a single

generalization in any one unit.

Rather,

pupils should generalize and hold

these

generalizations as tentative

-- as hypoth-

eses to be tested more fully as they study

other units.

At the end of the course

they can generalize

more fully about any

one topic than they can at the beginning

of the course.

However, they should still

understand that generalizations

may need'

to be modified later, that they should

be

held tentz:tively, always subject

to change

in the light of

new evidence.

Because of this reinforcement and

further

development of concepts,

generalizations,

and skills, it

is

important for the teacher

to read through the objectives of

all of

the units before he begins

the course.

it

would be wise, als©, to examine the objec-

t ives of earlier courses.

The charts on

goals, which are found

at the end of the

guide, are keyed to showwhich ones were

taught

in earlier grades.

The

ll

chart in Background Paper #

1indicates at

what levels each

concept, generalization,

skill, or attitudinal

behavior appears.

TEACHING STRATEGIES

This course

ri es heavily

upon an inquiry'

approach to t aching.

For a more complete

discussion of inquiry

strategies in teach-

ing the teacher

should read a number of

the background

papers.

Background Paper # 1

analyzes in more detail

the Center's point

of view about inquiry

as a teaching strategy

and what inquiry involves.

Background Paper

4'10 examines learning

theory in relation

to

the use of inquiry.

Background papers

on the

individual disciplines focus

upon inquiry

methods and techniques

used in those disci-

plines, not upon inquiry

approaches to teach-

ing.

However, they discuss

inquiry techniques

which might be taught

to pupils in some of

the courses.

The ninth grade

course emphasizes a teaching

strategy which encourages pupils

to find out

thihgs for themselves rather

than one which

emphasizes the absorption of

generalizations

presented ready-made by the

teacher or a book.

Pupils are asked to set

up hypotheses iby draw-

ing upon previously- learned concepts and

generalizations.

They decide that

some idea

they have learned in the

past might help them

make 'sense out of this

new situation.

They

cannot be sure, but they

guess that this might

be so..

Inquiry also involves gathering

data,

evaluating sources, testing

their hypotheses,

and generalizing from their

findings.

The Center's staff does

not believe, nor does

this course reflect

a belief, that all learn-

ing must be developed by

this type of teaching

strategy.

For example, some goals call

for

having pupils learn to

use certain kinds of

references or to evaluate

sources of infor-

mation.

Such goals cannot benet unless pu-

rids use a wide variety

of materials, which

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present different points of view.

Moreover,

pupils may need to read materials by eco-

nomists or watch films

in order to gather

data to test their hypotheses.

Some ac-

counts used in the unit on poverty are de-

signed to help pupils find our how people

affected by a problem feel about the prob-

lem.

The accounts give pupils a chance to

identify with the people in the accounts

and so to understand their feelings.

Even

when pupils read other people's accounts

of topics, they should be evaluating the

ideas against other data, discriminating

between normative and non-normative state-

ments, identifying basic assumptions, etc.,

and using the data they find to either

stimulate new hypotheses for testing

or

to test earlier hypotheses.

At times the teacher may wish

to use an

in-

formal lecture to present certain facts,

but he can then ask questions to help

pu-

pils arrive at their own generalizations

from these facts.

Indeed, he can inter-

sperse questions and discussion with his

presentation.

The purpose of such an in-

formal lecture

is

to give pupils the raw

data from which they

can develop concepts

and generalizations

-- information which

perhaps is difficult for them

to rind else-

where or to read for :hemselves

owhich

can be presented more quickly in

his fash-

ion.

The informal lecture should seldom

present ready-made generalizations.

Thus

it

is a far cry from the well-organizerl

lecture which begins with

a thesis and tete

-develops

it.

Clearly, achieving varied. goals requiresvane

teaching strategies.

The strategy used in

each instance, however, should

be appropriate

to the specific objectives to be achieved.

Some teachers worry about having pupils

read

different materials.

They may believe that

all pupils shod have read something in

common as a basis For discussions and for

tests.

'However, pupils can read different

materials all focused

upon the same questions.

Pupils can be evaluated

upon what they listen

to in class discussions or in various kinds

of reports as well as

upon what they read.

By testing for concepts, generelizatior

and skills, rather than the specifics

within

any piece of writing, the teacher can avoid

penalizing any pupil who has read something

different and can make it clear to the pupils

that he is

in earnest when he says that he

is more concerned about important ideas

than

about details.

A part of a test might at

times ask each pupil to evaluate one of

the accounts which he has read.

Teachers should encourage pupil

guesses or

hypotheses es being as worthwhile at

some

stages of thinking as are statements which

present a commentary on facts found. in books,

articles, or films, or upon the results of

simulation

games.

At ether times pupils

should be asked to look for things which

can

be used to test their hypotheses.

They

should learn that an untesteA opinion of

a non-normative nature is r-c

gc.od as

a tested opinion or generalization.

Even

at this stage, however, pupils should be

rewarded for thinking of new ideas

but

possible hypotheses or for asking relevant

questions which have not been raised earlier.

Whether or not pupils will learn to ask

questions, set up hypotheses, and generalize

for themselves, depends in part upon whether

or not such behavior is discouraged or en-

couraged b/ teachers.

However, the teacher

should not always say "yes," "right," or

"good" when a pupil presents an idea which

the teacher considers good.

Rather, the

teacher may wish to suggest that it

is a

new or interesting idea and ask for other

ideas from the class.

Then pupils can

test different ideas.

Teachers can reward

or encourage the kinds of behavior desired

in many ways other

than by saying that the

pupil has arrived at a "correct"

answer.

At times pupils may fail to limit generali-

zations sufficiently or may arrive at faulty

generalizations which cannot be supported

by present data and knowledge in the social

sciences.

If so, the teacher should not

feel obligated to correct pupils immediately

Rather,

he should have pupils think of these

generalizations as possible hypotheses to

be tested laier.

Indeed, at times it

is

beneficial for students to over-generalize

and later discover that they

must modify

their generalizations.

Thus

if they have

over-generalized about the effects of changing

prices upon demand in Unit 2, they will

have

to modify this generalization as they study

inelastic demand in Unit 3.

This experience

should help them learn the need to hold

generalizations tentatively.

When pupils arrive at generalizations which

are obviously contradicted by data, the teacher

needs to consider two questions.

First, do

later parts of this unit or later units during

the year provide material to help them

test

these generalizations so that pupils should

be permitted to think of them

as tentative

generalizations or hypotheses until then?

Second, do later courses in the curriculum

provide material to help them test and limit

generalizations?

For example, will units

in grade ten help them limit a generaliza-

tion about economic growth or causes of

poverty ?

Or will a unit

in grade eleven

help them identify the culture-bound aspects

of some generalization which they develop

or a result of studying American data?

If the answer to either question is "yes,"

it may be wise to let pupils hold these

generalizations tentatively but to remind them

they should think of them as hypotheses to be

tested in later units.

This

is probably the

procedure to use if the generalization

repre-

sents an overgeneralization which does not

take into account some of the more sophisticated

limitations which a social scientist

or even

an older pupil might place upon it.

On the other hand,

suppose the answer to

both questions is "no."

Or suppose that

the generalization is

not just too broad

but is obviously contradicted

by data

which pupils have already

come across

or which could be presented

to them in

an understandable form within the unit

being studied.

The teacher should then

spend more time helping

pupils test their

generalization at this time

Rather

than merely telling pupils that

their

generalization is wrong

or needs to be

limited, the teacher might

confront

them with data (orally,

in readings, or

in pictorial, graphic,

or tabular form)

which will lead pupils

to modify their

generalization or arrive

at a better

generalization themselves.

THE FOCUS OF THE NINTH

GRADE COURSE

The focus of this

course is on the Ameri-

can' economic system, with

some study of

a contrasting economic

system in non-

election years (see below).

There is

considerable attention

to certain aspects

of consumer economics

in the unit on the

w.tomobile industry; however,

the main

emphasis

is upon developing' economic

literacy about ideas which

the citizen

needs to know in order

to understand how

our economic system operates and

to eva-

luate economic proposals

and economic de-

bate both during and between

election

ears.

The course combines different

types of unit

approaches.

The first unit is

or overview

which serves to introduce

a number of differ-

ent ideas and raise

a series of questions

to be examined during the

year.

T!cond

unit uses simulation

games to devei,;p, con-

cepts and generalizations whichwill be used

in later units.

The unit deals with

non-

normative economic questions.

Two units focus

upon problems and require pupils

to use eco-

nomic analysis as they examine

problems

involving, value-judgements.

Pupils define.

the problem, analyze

causes of the problem,

and look at alternative,

courses of action.

They learn to use non-normative

analysis to

help, them when dealing with

questions which

involve value. choices.

One of these problems

units

is designed in part

to develop more

fully the concepts of supply

and demand, a

competitive market, and alternative

costs.

The other problems unit

focuses upon the socio-

economic problem of poverty.

This unit in-

cludes sections on school

dropouts. and on

automation Which, should help,

ninth graders

understand the importance of

further schooling.

The unit on the automobile

industry differs

from the others in approach.

it

includes

a number of problem, questions,

although the

first part of the unit

focuses primarily

upon analysis.

This unit also provides

acombination of

consumer economics with

a study

of the American economic

system.

The unit on the Middle.

East in non-election

7-

years

is an area study,

with a different

type of unit organization

from all of the

others.

It

is developed

so that the teacher

can focus upon foreign

policy problems

facing us

in the Middle East

as well as

upon, a comparative study

of other economic,

systems and socio-economic

problems.

Such study should

serve to highlight

some

of the aspects of

our own system.

The ninth grade

course draws most heavily

upon economics.

However, considerable

attention is given

to sociological prob-

lems and analysis

in both problems

units.

The course also

draws upon, what pupils

learned in the eighth

grade course about

the development of

interest groups which

attempt to affect

policy decisions and

about the varied

influences upon politi-

cal decision-making

about economic prob-

lems.

The course draws

upon anthropology

in the first

unit in an

attempt to make

clear that

our economic system is

not the

only kind of

system, that

any economic

system is affected

by the cultural

values

of the people

and by the total

social

system, including

the political

system.

The course draws

upon geography

as pupils

look at

poverty resulting

fro

the ex-

hoko,tion of

reources in an

area or from

romootilion with

new resources or

pro-

ducts.

Finally, pupils

draw upon all of

rile social

science disciplines

in years

wheiq they

study the unit

on the Middle

on Lilo other hand, they build

upon

their knowledge of

political science

in years

in which they

study the unit

on Political

Campaigns and

Elections.

After the curriculum

has been instituted

in a school

system for a few

years and pupils

have come through

the fourth grade

course,

the amount of time

spent on some topics

in

units one and

two can be reduced

consider-

ably.

This will provide

more time for

study or even the

inclusion of another

problems unit.

GENERAL OUTLINE OF

THE COURSE

The ninth grade

course includes the

following

units.

It should be noted

that the unit

on political parties is

to be taught in

election' years, the

unit on the Middle

East

in non-election

years.

This variation is

explained below under

the unit topics.

Unit

1The United States:

An Affluent

Society?

This overview of

economics raises

questions

about what economics

is and about kinds

of

economic questions

which must be resolved

in any society.

It also raises the

issue:

Is our society

an affluent society,

or can we

still say that

our economic system'

must deal

with the problem

of scarcity?

The unit

helps pupils

understand that

any society has

certain economic

goals, but that these

goals

and economic

motives differ from

one culture

to another.

Unit 2:

The American Economy:

How

Our Economic System Works

This unit uses simulation games

as

well as other procedures to teach

some basic ideas about the American

economic system, including the com-

ponents of the system and allocation

under a market system, the way in

which supply and demand affect prices

and the, ways in which pecple may

agglomorate their economic power

through labor unions or cooperation

among producers.

The unit also

develops an understanding of our

monetary system, the role of banks

and the relationship of savings to

investment.

Some of the material

in this unit is reviewed from the

fourth grade course, but the ideas

are developed with much greater

sophistication than is possible with

fourth graders and through a very

different approach.

Unit 3:

Farm Problems

The emphasis in this unit is

upon

such concepts as supply and demand,

inelastic ity of

-demand,

a competitive market model, alter-

native costs, and government actions

which affect the market.

The. unit

is organized around a problems

approach.

Pupils are introduced to farm problems.

They investigate and define them

more

thoroughly and set up hypotheses about

causes of these problems.

They try to test

their hypotheses, modify them, and work

out

new generalizations as they investigate

causes.

(This aspect of the unit

is focused

heavily upon supply and demand' analysis.)

Finally, pupils suggest alternative

courses

of action and investigate these, both

through economic analysis and through

a discussion of the value questions involved.

Unit 4:

The Auto industry

This unit uses the auto,

in which ninth

grade pupils are interested, to introduce

the study of a different kind of market

and a number of new economic concepts.

The

unit has two purposes.

F7rst,

it

illus-

trates a market in which there is oligopoly

rather than the kind of competitive market

found for farm products.

Pu-pils learn a

number of economic ideas related to adminis-

tered prices, non-price ways of competing

for consumers (e.g. the

use of advertising

and product differentiation),

mass production

and the use of capital to increase production,

and third party costs.

This last concept

is related to an analysis of the car-safety

issues of recent years, costs of highway-

traffic congestion, the problem of disposal

of junked cars, and the problem of air

pollution.

Second, this unit offers

many oppor-

tunities to teach pupils

consumer eco-

nomics in connection with

a topic which

can also be used to teach them much

about

the operation of the American

economy.

Pupils can investigate

topics such as

advertising, credit, budgeting,

the role

of consumer agencies in

providing infor-

mation for consumers

,legal responsi-

bilities of car

owners, and car insur-

ance.

In, schools where pupils

study drivers

training at the ninth grade

level, they

might move from this unit

to such a

study, using the transition

at the end

of

111,e unit provided by the

issues

raised about

car safety in recent years.

Unit

Poverty in the United

States

This unit is organized

as a problems-

solving unit.

Pupils are introduced

to problems of poverty,

which they then

attempt to define

more carefully.

They

look at both statistical

and other ways

of analyzing and

defining the problem.

Pupils then study

the causes of

poverty,

including such factors

as old age, lack of

education, discrimination

agEinst mino-

rity groups, automation,

exhaustion of

resources in an

area, the loss of business

because of the competition

of new resources

or products, and factors

related to the

economic growth

rate.

Finally, pupils

turn

to an analysis of alternative

courses of

action.

This analysis involves

both a

study of non-normative

questions and of

normative issues.

Schools

that teach

an occupations unit in

the. ninth grade might

find, that the study of

school drop outs and

problems arising from

lack of education and

other training

as our

I ndustry becomes

more highly automated,

could provide a useful

background and intro-

duction to the occupations

unit.

Unit 6:

Units which elternate

in election

and non-election

years.

a.

Election Year:

Political Campaigns

and Elections.

This unit is to be

taught as a part of

the current affairs

program during the

election campaign..

It should build

and. draw upon what pupils

learned in the

eighth grade

course on political parties

and elections.

Emphasis should be

placed upon

some of the economic issues

in the election

campaign and so 'e other

economic aspects of, the

campaign such

as alternative costs facing

candidates.

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b.

Non-election Year:

The Middle East:

An Area Study

When taught at this grade, level,

this area study should emphasize

comparative economic Systems and

socio-economic problems.

However,

it should not omit the other major

topics discussed in the resource

unit.

THE PLACE OF THE COURSE

IN THE OVERALL CURRICULUM

It

is

important for teachers to under-

stand how this course fits into the

rest

of the Center's curricular framework.

If pupils have come through, the Center's

courses for the elementary school, they

will have developed considerable under-

standing of the culture

concept,

in-

cluding the concepts of

norms and values

and how these cultural values affect

other aspects of the total' social

system,

including the economic

system.

In the

fourth grade course, they will

have studied,

in simplified fashion,

not only our own

economic system but several

contrasting

systems such as a modified command

economy

(in the U.S.S.R.),

an exchange system

based largely upon traditional

reciprocal

relationships (in the Trobriand'

Islands),

and the system in India which

combines

heavy dependence

upon such reciprocal

relations, a growing emphasis

upon a

market system in villages and heavy

emphasis

upon it

in the cities, and aspects of

a comment(

economy related to centralized' economic

planning.

Studying these units will have

introduced pupil's to many of the

economic

concepts analyzed in more detail

in this

ninth grade course.

Therefore,

it

is

impor-

tant for the teacher to examine these

units

if his pupils have

come through the earlier

course_

In grade five, and to a lesser

extent in

other elementary school grades, pupils

will

have learned much about the cultural

use of

the physical environment, about factors

affecting where things will be produced,

and about economic interdependence of

differ-

ent regions and countries.

In grade six,

they will have looked at

diversity in economic systems

as they studied'

some of the Indian cultures in this country.

They will also have been introduced

to the

historical background for the civil rights

problem in this country which is at the

basis for the poverty of

one of the groups

studied in the ninth grade unit

on poverty.

Pupils who have studied the seventh grade

course should have developed a fairly good

understanding of a number of sociological

concepts such as culture, norms and values,

socialization, role and role conflict, insti-

tutions, conflict, and accommodation.

These

concepts are important when studying the

problems units in the

ninth grade

course

and the unit

on the Middle. East.

They

should also have analyzed

aspects of the

civil rights problem in

some depth,

thus providing

more background for

one

part of the poverty unit

in the ninth

grade course.

The

ii

grade course focused

upon the

political system of

the United States.

It developed

a series of concepts such

as political power and

political decision-

making, (including

institutional factors

affecting decision-making

such as federal-

ism and separation

of powers), aggio

moration of

power through the organiza-

tion of political

parties and interest

groups, political conflict

and accommo

dation,

These and other

political con-

cepts are useful when

analyzing the prob-

lems units in the

ninth grade

course.

Therefore, the teacher

should examine

the eighth grade

guide and units in

order

to know how he

can draw upon pupils'

backgrounds as they

study the problems

units.

The Center's

curriculum also calls

for

the alternative

use of two units in both,

the eighth and

ninth grade,

courses.

In

an election year when

the ninth grade

teacher is building

upon what pupils

learned the previous

year about political

parties and

elections, he

must consult

with the eighth

grade teachers

about what

they have done

on this topic.

He will be

teaching

some of the current

aspects of the

unit but needs

to know what_has

gone before.

In non-election

years when the ninth

grade

st der14.s are studying

the area study

on the

Middle East, the

teacher will need

to draw

upon the sociological

and anthrolopogical

concepts developed in

grade seven and

upon

many of the political

science concepts

developed in grade

eight.

More particularly,

he should examine

the unit

on the executive

process and the foreign

policy case studies

used in that unit

in the eighth

grade course.

The ninth grade

course can be taught

even

though p pils have

not come through the

earlier

junior high

courses.

Teachers then

must spend

more tine developing the

sociological, anthro-

pological, and political

science concepts

and generalizations

which are used in

the nintl-

grade course.

This means, that

they may not

be able to teach

all of the units

or may have

to spend' much less

time on the last

units.

Economics

is not dropped

once pupils have

completed the ninth

grade course.

In grade

ten there is a heavy

emphasis upon economics

as pupils analyze American

hibtory.

P up

1 s

compare the modern market

economy

with the economic

system of the 17th

century

as they study the colonial

age.

They study

economic growth in

several of the units,

with

specific emphasis

upon this topic in the

unit

on the Industrialization of

the U.S.

They

focus upon the

rise of labor unions

and

collective bargaining in the same unit.

The last unit of the year on the Consump-

tion Economy is devoted primarily to

economic, topics, including an analysis

of the causes of the ups and downs of

business activity and the role of the

government in attempts to even out

business fluctuations.

This study

includes an analysis of monetary and

fiscal policies and built-in-stabili-

zers.

In the twelfth grade, pupils organize what

they have learned earlier about economic

growth and then focus upon the role of

the government in promoting economic

growth and other aspects of growth in

the short unit on economic growth which

precedes the unit on the Underdeveloped

Countries.

As pupils study underdeveloped

countries they draw heavily upon economic

concepts as well as upon anthropological

concepts.

Moreover, there

is considerable

emphasis upon economics in the area study

of Africa.

It would be helpful, therefore,

if the ninth grade teacher were to examine

the charts showing the development of

economic concepts in later grades.

By doing so, he can develop greater per-

spective on the course he teaches and

can

understand why certain economic topics

are omitted from the ninth grade course.

In the eleventh grade there is

a through

study 'of comparative economic systems

in

the U.S.S.R.

China, three western European cour

tries, and India.

Pupils test the theory about

economic growth and other generalizations

learned in the tenth grade, against data

from these foreign cultures to find out

if

the theories and generalizations are culture-

bound or

if they apply equally well to other

cultures. THE FORMAT

T E RESOURCE UNITS.

The main part of each resource unit is set up

in a double-page format to help teachers see

the relationships among objectives, content,

teaching procedures, and materials of in-

struction.

The objectives are found in the

first column on the left- Ihandl page.

This

column answers the questions:

Why should we

use this procedure or teach this content?

What should be the focus of the procedure?

The second column on the left-hand page pre-

sents an outline of content.

This column

answers the question:

What topics should we

teach?

The first column on the right-hand

page includes suggested teaching procedures.

This column answers the question:

How can

we teach these objectives and this content?

The final column on materials of instruction

answers the quest ion:

With what materials

can we teach these objectives and this content'

A key is used'

in the objectives column to make

the type. of Objective. stand 'out clearly.

Generalizations are preceded by a G, and are in

plain type.

Skills are preceded by

an S and

are underlined.

Attitudinal behaviors are

preceded by an A and

are in capital letters.

If no objective is found in the

left-hand

column fo.. a particular procedure,

the

teacher should look at the last

objective

(.$)

listed in the column for

a single pro

cedure.

An objective is not repeated

until a different object;ve

intervenes.

It should be noted that

any one teaching

procedure may help develop

several generali-

zations, one or

more skills, and one or

more attitudes.

Indeed, the most useful

procedures are frequently

those which help

achieve several types of

objectives.

By knowing what generalization

(s) are listed

for a particular procedure,

the teacher can

direct her handling of the

procedure to

appropriate ends.

As stated earlier, however,

she should not feel that

children should

learn a generalization

as the result of

this one procedure.

The "procedure should

help lead to the

development of the

gen-

eralization but is rarely

the only pro-

cedure aimed at accomplishing

this end,

even within the same unit.

If nothing is printed!

in the content column

opposite, a particular

procedure, the teacher

should. look at the last

content presented

for...an earlier procedure.

It-is not re-

peated for each

new procedure.

The materials column

does

ot include

complete bibliographic datawhich can be founc

in the bibliography

at the end ot the main

body of the unit.

The bibliography fre-

quently includes other books

and materials

which may be used in the

unit but which

are not so necessary as those listed

in

the body of the unit.

Teachers are en-

couraged to add,other materials

as they

are published or suitable meter'

Is which,

are in their school libraries but

which

are not listed in the bibliography.

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-

iU

,10',011kfi UMW, 10

%Pl.LIFIC COURSES

2.

The genera

abili y level

of the class.

110.7 units pividrd by

thr Lrntrr are

re-

c-out

uroi

Ilattual ly.

tr.tit het s are

c"i

:111:04

M

ar.h

t.tnwn

ideAc fro maitPt iPlc.

nod trar_hlog

pro-.

cr du m r

ihrce units are

intended to

possihilifier,. not

to' preslr2ut n

thrsr units

nzp: itc,ourcp. units,

P...x,pecthed to use all of

sugq.s ,F=4

res

Indeed, they

CIIb

mmlmut

dt4 c.t;

in arty r.inf class.

ttrithrt. they --;hould

qpirct and acidpro

trvinrc.c whith

mot

litahle for each

Thy zzhoodd

f,m14idier a number

of

faftT,tz;

az;

rhrlt tale this

selection:

The ohjertMvet: which

thy wish to

em

p in- t 7r,

to Ow WI i t

trafher discovers

that

pupiis

mirur help on r.ertain

sU

1 Is sn( It

ns dist inguishing

between

oo1,m.711 ive nnd

nmu% oormat lve

5 tate-

mruts.

i.

this

might be

nddir-d

lcn

oitc

ill which it does

nul_woo nrrnr

n:

nirm ubjective.

Or

might he developed

1.,

im

ih

n;

dr:yr-110p this

skill

.*outh r"'.1F,10

tould be based

upon

r eot

awl rt

uch

letters to

rill current

ntth

t .rt

For example, in

a class with largely

low-ability pupils,

the sections

in the

Poverty unit

on some aspects of

causation

and government

monetary policies

might b,E

omitted or modified

considerably.

On th(

other hand, the

material on

consumer eco-

nomics in the

unit on the Auto

Industry

might be expanded.

The teacher

might

wish to adapt

some of the readings

to

make them

easier to read.

Some of the

readings now

suggested for all

might be

used by part of

the class.

More audio-

visual materials

might also he

used.

The different

abilities and

interests of

class members.

This criterion

is particularly

important

in selecting

individual and

small nrunp

activities and

reading materials.

Previouc experiences

of pupils in the

class.

The ceirctioo uf

hipctiv

cm-mtrni,

procnoures. and mntrtials

will depeod in

part upon:

(n) previous

experience-, out-

side of s(hool

including those

re-.1111-

ing from pupils

socio-er.nnomic

hackql,mn,

and their work

and travel

eyperloote%; ant

(b) eerlier

school experience',.

inrludiog

whether or not

pupils have

(nme through

earlier

courses in the Center's

currir

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It will make a difference, too,

if some

pupils have had the earlier Project

courses and others have not.

Procedures

will have to be included to help those

who have not had the other

courses build

the needed background

while the rest of

the class studies new materials.

5.

The rest of the school curriculum, both

in social studies and in other fields.

The teacher will need to consider

ques-

tions such as the following:

(a)

Will pupils study other

courses

from this Center's curriculum in

later grade levels?

If not, there

should be more of an attempt

to

limit generalizations in this

one

course and even to include more

content on economic growth or busi-

ness fluctuations

in the last unit.

(b)

What are or have pupils studied

a-

bout sampling procedures, correla-

tions, or index numbers in math

classes?

What, are or have pupils studieda

bout the scientific method

in

science classes?

(d)

Are any of the pupils also taking

a general business, consumer educa-

tion, or consumer math

course in a

different department?

(e)

Does the school require

that teachers

of ninth grade social

studies include

material on driver training

or voca-

tional and school planning?

If

possible, any driver trai

ing should

follow the unit

on the Auto Industry

and any vocational study

should fol-

low the unit

on Poverty.

6.

Materials available for the

course.

Some procedures will have

to be omitted

if needed materials

are not available or

if other materials

cannot be substituted.

However, the teacher

can attempt to ob-

tain such materials for another

year.

The teacher should also begin

to build a

file of newspaper and

magazine articles

which. have reference

to the topics taught

in units three, four, and

five.

Materials

for these units need

to be kept up-to-date.

Moreover, the teacher will find

new books

appearing, especially

on the topic of

poverty in this country.

Current affairs.

Some of the suggested procedures

can be

adapted to take advantage of

current

affairs.

For example, current issues

related to urban poverty

or government

poverty programs should be included

in

the poverty unit.

Content and proce-

dures in the farm unit should

be adjusted

to take into account current farm

prob-

lems, current action of farm

organizations,

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and government programs.

Current issues

related to auto safety should be included

in the unit on the Auto Industry.

8.

Factors in the community which might af-

fect how the teacher can handle certain

controversial issues or the kinds of

resource people available.

9.

The need floc variety in procedures from

one unit to the next, from one day to

the next, and within any class hour.

As teachers adapt and add to units, they

should keep in mind certain things about

how the course has been developed.

IF

there is a flow to each unit.

Certain

things are placed first and other things

later because of the need to develop cer-

tain concepts or present certain data be-

fore other ideas are presented.

Before the

arrangement of procedures or content is

shifted, the teacher needs to analyze the

concepts and data needed to teach each pro-

cedure in order to decide whether the shift

is wise or,

if it

is made, what else needs

to be shifted in order to provide the back-

ground needed for carrying out the proce-

dure.

Whatever the teacher does, he should

develop a logical flow.

A jumbled order

which has no logical progression may inter-

fere with the pupils' organization and de-

velopment of ideas.

Moreover,

if many

topics are treated superficially at one

point early in the unit and then treated

again later, pupils' interest needed to

to motivate their study may be blunted.

By

all means the flow of the units should

not

be determined just lby who happens to be

ready

with a report or panel discussion first.

Nor

is

it wise to set up a series of reports

to

,

be presented one after another, with

no varia-

tion in procedure or without any attempt to

fit them into their proper place in the sched

ule of other procedures for developing, topics.

The teacher will need, of course, to adapt

the teaching unit from day to day to make sure

that he provides variety of procedures with-

in each day's lesson.

Except in unusual

cases,

ninth grade ipup ils should not be

expected to maintain a high interest level

if they are asked to do the same thing for

the entire class period.

Although the re-

source units have been written to provide

variety within the present order of proce-

dures, the main responsibility for providing

this variety must lie with the teacher.

Since

he will not use all of. the procedures sug-

gested in the resource units and since he will

add others, he could end-up with little vari-

ety from day to day or within one class hour.

Moreover, he will get behind in his plans or

shift his plans somewhat from day to day de-

pending upon what happens

in class.

This

does not mean that he must make marked changes

in the flow of procedures.

It does mean

that even a teaching unit must be adjusted

from day to day.

Few teachers

,if they are

flexible enough

to take into account pupil

questions and interests, can build lesson

plans for even one week without making

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adjustments from day to day.

These. plans

will fit into the. overall unit, but the

unitcannot be developed ahead of time merel

as a set of lesson. plans to be followed day

after day.

Consequently, small adjustments

in the order of procedures

may. have to be

made each day in order to provide. variety

in the lesson.

y

The teacher must keep in mind other

ques-

tions as he decides which procedures

to o-

mit or which new procedures

to add.

First,

has he kept at least

some procedures to

teach each of the objectives he has

decided

to try to develop?

if not, can he add

others to achieve these ends?

Second, has

he kept procedures to teach 7_111

of the con-

tent suggested?

if not, does he think this

content should be taught?

If so, he must

think of other

ways of presenting it,.

At

the present time there

are a number of sug-

gestions to teach most of the

objectives

and even a number

to teach some of the same

content.

The content must alto be

cut if

all of the procedures

designed to teach it

are omitted.:

This statement

seems self-

evident.

However, sometimes teachers

come

to a certain point

ire a unit, with

no plans

to teach content they think

important.

They

do the easiest thing

at the last moment--

lecture to

cover it

An informal lecture

may be used at times,

as this guide makes

clear on page four;

however, other proce-

dures might be better

or the content it-

self might be

cut in some classes.

As the teacher shifts

activities around, he

should also remember

that each procedure

is

written to accomplish certain

objectives.

If an initiatory activity

is shifted to

alater point in

a unit,

it probably needs mod-

ifying to provide for

greater analysis than

is called for in

a procedure designed to

ex-

plore pupils' existing

knowledge, skills, and

attitudes, arouse their

interest, relate the

unit topic to previously-studied

material, or

develop, a

overview for the unit.

Similarly,

if later proced

rtes, are shifted to the intro

ductory stage, they will

need modification.

Use of a film to introduce

a unit will differ

fromL its use during the

developmental stage

of a unit which will

in turn differ from its

use

during the culminating

stage of a unit.

its iltroductory

use might be designed to

raise questions

or provide an overview.

During

the developmental

stage, it might be used to

provide data for thorough

analysis of a specif-

ic topic or to help teach

a skill or develop

an attitude.

During a culminating

stage it

might be used as

a summary or even as a test

device in which pupils

are called upon to

suggest limitations of the data

or to compare

its presentation with what

they have already

learned in the unit.

Usually, the same film

is not equally useful

for all three

purposes;

however, some films could be

used at any

stage if the teacher adapts the

procedure to

the purpose.

These resource units

are already voluminous.

it

is impossible to

suggest all of the ways

in wnich one proceduremight be varied

or

one material might be used.

Naturally, pu-

pils could

prepare written reports rather

than oral reports

on certain topics.

Or

an oral report cold be turned

into a sym-

posium, a panel discussion,

or role-playing.

Or pupils might

present the same material

through charts

or bulletin board displays,

through mock

newspapers, through dittoed

written reports,

etc.

The decision

on

which form to

use must depend upon the

teacher's assessment of

'how important it

is for the entire

class to obtain the

in-

formation, upon the

extent to which he has

relied'Upon oral

reports in the last unit,

and upon his

assessment of the relative

ef-

fectiveness of using oral

reports

in a par-

ticular class.

Of course written

reports

or other types of written

materials can be

dittoed for class

use, and charts and bul

letin board materials

can be studied by the

entire class.

However, the teacher

must

decide whether

or not the topic suggested

for an oral

presentation is

important for

the entire class

or crucial to the unit

before he decides

whether or not and

in

what ways to modify

the suggested

procedure.

THE DEVELOPMENT'

OF THESE MATERIALS

The Curriculum

Center at the University

of

Minnesota had

as its major goal the

develop--

ment and try-out ofa new curricular frame-

-work for grades

1(.-12.

The basic assumptions

of the staff and

the criteria for

selecting

topics are discussed

in the Center's

Back-

ground Paper # 1.

A tentative

curricular

framework was used

in developing

a series of

resource units and sample

pupil materials

at

various levels where

they were needed.

No

attempt was made to develop

a complete set

of materials for

pupils.

Rather, the aim

was

to try out the curriculum,

using as

many ma

terials available from

other sources

as pos-

sible, and supplementing

these materials

with

a few developed by theCenter only where

they

were needed in order to

teach the units.

At

some future date, members of

the staffmay

work with publishers

and audio-visual

pro-

ducers to develop

more complete sets of

ma-

terials.

However, tryout of

these materials

has shown that theninth grade

course can be

taught with materials

currently available.

Drafts of units for

preliminary tryoutwere

prepared by Daniel

Eckberg of the Hopkins,

Minnesota Public Schools,

Stuart Stockhaus,

then on the staff

at University of Minnesota

High School and

now social studies

curriculum

consultant at Robbinsdale,

Minnesota; James

Olson on the staff

at University of

Minnesota

High School, and

Professor Edith West.

Back-

ground papers for

two of the units

were de-

veLded by Mr. Stockhaus

and Professor

Darrell

Lewis, then a %;isiting

staff member from

Grinnell College in

Iowa and now the

executive

director of the Minnesota

Council on Economic

Education.

The simulation

games were de-

veloped by Professor

Leo Hurwicz of the

Eco-

nomics Department

at the University of

Min-

nesota with the help of

Douglas Harvey, his

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assistant, and Daniel Eckberg.

The course was tried out by

one or more teach-

ers

in the following public schools

of Min

nesota:

Robbinsdale, Richfield, and Golden

Valley.

The units were then revised by

Mr.

Stockhaus and Professor West,

partly in con

sultation with Professor Lewis.

The simula-

tion games were revised by Mr.

Stockhaus.

The Center's staff wishes

to express its

gratitude to all of those who

helped to de-

velop and try out the

course materials.

It

owes special thanks to Daniel Eckberg who

did so much of the original

development of

the course and Stuart Stockhaus

who not only

prepared one of the units but

also worked

with the teachers trying

out the course the

first year and then did

much of the revision

on the course.

The staff also wishes

to

thank the following teachers

who served as

Project Associates during

the first year of

tryout and who provided

many valuable sug-

gestions for changes and

additions:

Mr.

Loren Gel le of the Golden

Valley Public

Schools, Mr. Carroll

Waller and Mr, William

Opitz of the Richfield

Public Schools, and

Mrs. Miriam Kelley

and Mr. Earle Anderson of

the Robbinsdale Public

Schools.

The Center's

staff is indeed grateful

to all of these peo-

ple who have

contributed so much to the

de-

velopment of the

course.

The staff welcomes

additional suggestions

from teachers who

use

the course in the

future.

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SEQUENTIAL. DEVELO

Affluent

Society

J.

Economy

Fa

II

Problems

Auto

Industry

Poverty

Middle

1East

ATTACKS PROBLEMS IN A RATIONALMANNER.

a,

Is alert to incongruities,

recognizes

prob-

lems, and is concerned about

them.

.Defines problems by isolatingbasic issues,

defining terms, identifyingassumptions and

values involved, and

determining sub -prob-

1

lems which must be

investigated.

1

X

*a.

Identifies value- onflicts.

Xb.

Defines problems byisolating the basic

issue.

.Identifies basic assumptions.

1Identifies cultural

assump

ns.

d.

Defines

e.

e.

Identifies factual questi

4which need

to be answored indebates over courses

of action involving

value-conflicts.

1

1

X.

Sets up hypotheses and

or alternative courses.

of action.

XX

Xa.

Deduces possible

consequences or if-then

statements from hypotheses.

X*b.

Refines h ',theses b

defining terms.

X*c.

Sets up experiments

or figures out some

other appropriatetechnique for testing

Xhis hypothe

es.

1

*11 Figures

out appropriate

techniques

1

r ways for testinghypotheses.

Considers possible

consequences of al-

ternative courses ofaction.

1

1

LOCATES INFORMATION.

...

Chooses appropriate referencebooks

aid

H

sources to locate information.

H.

.Uses yearbooks andspecialized statisti-

1

cal.references.

1

1

X* Introluced in earlier

course.

* Taught in part in earlier

course.

# Taught but not

1161...1A as an objcetive

in

an earlier course.

Affluentl

Society

:Am.

Fa rm

Economy

Problems

Auto

Industry

Poverty .Middle.

1

East

2.

Uses card catalogue to locate boo...s,

on a.

topic,

.

.

,

.Uses Reader s Guide to locate information.

HX

'4,

Locates information by using the index

in

1

books.

1

GATHERS INFORMATION'.

1.

Uses sub-questions or deduced consequents of

hypotheses to guide him in collecting. rele-

vent data.-

XX

2,

Interprets tables,

graphs,nd charts.

.I

XGraphs

,Drams inferences from. tables, graphs, and

charts.

,x

H

Tables,

Graphs

Tables

Graphs

Charts

GraPhs,

-H.

Gains, information through interviews and

field trips,

.,

.

.

Inter'-

views

H4.

Gains information by studying, pictures,

il

fms, realla, and things,

seen, around, him.

,

.Increases accuracy' of Observations, through

the use of scales, indexes, and question-

naires,

1

Index

Numbers

X

H6.

Uses simple sampling techniques.

, .

.!

X7.

Uses modals to make sese out of complex

data

and to, help analyze data.

1

HX

X,

Reads for main ideas.

19.

Reads for details.

1

10. Gains information fromlistening.

e..

Gains information by listening for

main,

ideas, details, and to evaluate what

is

said.

*1)

Listens for main ideas-

i

*b.

Takes effective notes

on oral. presenta-

tions.

..

H

H

.1) Takes effective

notes on structured

.speeches,

X

- 22 -

Affluent

Society

.,Econo

Am.

:Fax

Problems

Auto:

industry

Poverty ,'

Middle,

East

Adjusts type of note -taking to typ

of oral presentation-

HX

11. Uses a variety of sources. of information.

I

.

XEVALUATES INFORMATION ANa SO,CES OF .IIIFORMATION.

L.

Distinguishes between. relevant and irrelevant

information such as persuasion. devices.

,

*a. Detects persuasion device,

...

2.

Checks.

, on the bia s. of authors (or on values,

held which might affect, his statements)or

other sources of information.

H

.111 I

XX.

3.

Recognizes differences in the difficulty. of

proving stateuents.

XI

a.

Differentiates: between descriptive:

causal, predictive and normative.

clues-

tions and. between inferences and value

judgements.

I

.Distinguishes between facts, inferences,

estimates, and -value, judgements.

, ,

.-

X..

Identifies, and examines assumptions to de-

Wheer he can a: cept them.

clde

th

.

, ,

,

7'

.Checks on completeness of data and is

wary

of generalizations based on insufficient,

evidence.

,

X.

H

XX

IX.

X

.Detects inconsistencies.

,

,---

USES, EFFECTIVE' GEOGRAPHIC SKILLS.

1-

Uses maps to organize! :.:,nd illustrate: data.

H,

1

.

Hx

*a. Uses maps to depict information.

in order

to.identify patterns, in data-

X:.

..

Drams inferences from maps.

X*a.

Draws, inferences, from a comparison. of

differentmap patterns of the same.

are .

.

ORGANIZES A

ANALYZES INFORMATION AND DRAWS

CONCLUSIONS.

El.

Identifies differences in data.

XX

4

-23

Affluent

,

Society.

,Econom,

Am,

Farm-

Problems,

Auto.

Industry

Poverty

Middle

East,

2.

Identifies similarities in data.

X3.

Classifies or categorizes data.

X,

X,, ,

,

'4,

Applies previously-learned.concepts and

generalizations.

,

I

X,

X5-

Draws, inferences from data.

...

.6.

Uses simple. mathematic 1, andstatistical dc-

vices to analyze, data.

,

7.

Develops charts and graphs, to

clarify. data,

and. ideas o .'. to aid. in the

analysis, of data.

,

!

I

,Tests, refines, and eliminateshypotheses

and works out newones where necessary.

,

,

1

a-

Tests, h.

he,

against data.

,

XI

9.

Gene,. -lizes

from data.

,

,

,

,

X-.

.e-ises, generalization.

,

in the. 11.:..

of

new. data.

.

I

10. Checks heck.over reasoning against basic,

principles of logic, and. looks,

for inconsist-

encies limitations "of data,.

and. irrele-

vancies.

.

X.

,

X,

!

al. Having determined, the

causes of a social.

problem., scrutinizes,possible. consequences

of alternative

courses of actionl evaluates

them, in. the. light ofbasic values, lists

agruments for and against

such proposals,

and selects course of

action most, likely to

achieve .goals.

1,

,

,

X.

1

,

,

X

.,.

Considers possible

conseqperces, of al-

-ernative courses ofaction.

X.

WORKS WELL WITH. OTHERS.

1-

Accepts. his share of

responsibility. for the

work. of a group;.

participates actively with.-

out, trying to dominate,

,

X.

.

X.2.

Helps create and

preserve an at. osphere in

which all members of

the group feel.

secure.

and anxious to participate.

,

X

-2L

Affluent

Am..

I

Society

lEtonopy,

Farm

Problems

Auto

iIndustry

Poverty

Middle

East

a.

Is

of other people's feel,

lugs.

, ,

1,

X.

Criticizes ideas, not personalities, and

does so tactfully.

H-

,

c.

Respects the rights and opinions of

others.

,

,

-.

During discussions, keeps to the point,. helps

move, the discussion alongi and searches for

points of agreement,

1,

X

WES EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS.

1.

Males effective group oral presentations.

2.

Presents, effective oral reports.

I

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SEQUENTIAL DERCLOPMENT OF .ATTIODINAL BEHAVIORS

I

Affluent ,

Society

American,

Economy

Farm.

ProblaisI

Auto,

industry, '

Poverty ,!,Middle

.

East

1.

Is urious about social. data and human behzv-

ior and wishes to read and study further. in.

the social. sciences.

X.

1,

XX.

.1

X.

2.

Is sceptical. of "conventional truths" and de-

mends that widely-held and. popular notions be.

judged in accordance with standards of empiri-

cal validation,

X'

I

I

II

!!

;1

H

,

1

.is sceptical of the finality of knowledge;

considers, generalizations and theories

as

tentative, always subject to change in the

light of new evidence.

,

II

1

1

4,

Is committed to the free, examination of

so-

cial. attitudes and data-

Searches actively

for different points of view and interpre-

tations.

Values independent thought.

I1

1

1

X

5,

Values Objectivity. and desires to keep his

values. from. affecting his interpretation.

of evidence, although. recognizing. the

im-

portant role of values in. theprocess of

making decisions about problems Which de-

mand action.

.

1

,

11I

1!

1

X,11

!,,

XIII

;

*a.

Searches for evide ce to disprove hy-

potheses, not just to .rove, them.

X!

Il

X*b.

Respects evidence even when it contra,

diets prejudices and preconceptions.

,

!1!X

-.

Evaluates information andsources of infor-

mation before, accepting evidence andgen,

erall2ations.

X

7.

Believes that the social sciences

can con,

tribute to me ,i's.welfare by providing, in-

fOrmation and explanatory' generalizations

which help them achieve their goals.

,

I

8.

Respects the scientific method and

ration-.

al thought as 'zpplied to social.as well as

to natural data.

H

X,

1

I

- 2

6 -

Affluent

Society

American

Economy

rm

Problems

Auto

rIndusta

Poverty

Middle

East

.I s alert to i.ncongruites, recognizes

b-

1and is concerned about them.

[

10. Is sceptical of

ngle-factor

caus

atio

nnthe sociel sciences.

X11. Is

ceptical

pceas.

XX

12. Believes in the possibilities of improving

social con.rtions.

13. Evaluates proposals and actions to part 0

the basis of their effects upon individuAls

as

humrmamu beings.

XX

14. Believes in equality of opportunity for all

15.-Feels W

s,e,.se of esponsibility for keeping

informed about current problems.

16. Values initiative and hard work, but

es

not scorn those who lack ability or cannot

find jobs

X

- 27 -

SEQUENTIAL DEV LOPL VT OF G

I' ',MONS

Affluent

Societ

1Econoir

,

Farm

Problems

Auto

,,P

Indust.

,

verty

,MiddleEast

.Economics focuses upon

problems related. to

the production. anddistribution of goods and.

services and thus deals with

problems of

great. importance in the lives

of people in

any society.

X

1

,

,1

2..

Every society. faces scarcity'

or a, lack. of'

enough productive resources-to

satisfy all

bloman wants-

X.

,

,

1

..

Economic wants of people,

seem, never to

he satisfied, since

many goods and ser-

vices must be replenished

constantly as

they are used up, since

population. is,

expa ding, and since

new inventions,

create new wants.

,

,

X

If resources are used

to satish

one

want, they cannot he usedto satisfy

another.

,X

X1

Misallocation ofresources costs

consumers. What, they could. other-

wise have had.

The alternative

cost of unemployed

resources is

what. could have been.produced if

existing resources had been

put.

to work.

That is, the alter-

native, cost is a. lag inor drop

in G.N.P.

1,

1X

, 11,

1

,

,

1

1

,

2)

The alternative costof producing

more of somethi,z, than

consumers, wish

to consume is toe failure

to produce

.

as much of some other products

or ser-

vices, which c:onaumers

do wish to con-

1

X

,

1

.

,

1

,

.

28

Affluen. t

Society

Aga.

Econ

Farm

I

Problems

Auto

Industry

Poverty

Middle

East

some now or in the future

, e.g. per_

haps ekhaustion, of resources for

future ., se).

3.Production. satisfies: human wants by convert-

X

ing resources into goods and services

which

people desire.

People mio perform. services

1

for which, others, are willing topay are pro-

1

clueing, just as Ate those uho

are making,

goods for which, people are willing

to pay.

4Certain basic economic questions,

related 0,

allecation are resolved insome fashion in

every society, although, perhaps inno other

way than by tradition.

These, questions, are:

(1) What, and 4ow muth,of each good, and ser-

vice shall-be produced?

(2) How much shall

be produced. in total?

(3) How shall, these

goods and, services be, produced?

(4) How

shall, these goods and services be

distributed

among, the population?'

X.

1,314

XX,

1,3,4

1

X 1-4

,5.

In all societies people. have certain.

economic,

goals.

Amuch, alike, different societies

place differ-

Yang emphases upon them.

XX

XX

a.

In all societies people. have certain

economic goals, although these goalsmay

differ.

X

People frequently use theirgovernments

to hel,s, achieve their economic

goals.

Xc.

]i)eoplels: ideas of whatconstitutes an

"adequate level. of livingon the one

hand and " "poverty ""

on the other change,

as average living levels change, and dif-

fer from one country to

another.

X,

,

X

- 25 -

Affluent.'

Am..

Society:Econoy

Farm

:!,

Prohieis

Auto

,Poverty

Industry

Middle

East

,People generally would.like to see their

economic systems

provide both. economic

growth (and sohigher

levels of living)

and stability (and

so, economic security).

1

X1

1 ,1

*e.

People differ in the

degree to which they

desire economic. justice

or a reduction in

inequalities, of economicopportunity or

income.

H

,X.

f,

Economi. . g al.,:

ay. not, be compatible,

1,.

People tend to work.hardest at those jobs,

for which theyreceive the greatest:incen-

tives (monetaryand non-monetary).

1

X,

X.

*a.

In general people

wish. to sell their

labor, land, or

capital for the highest,

1

incomes. possible in

order: to obtain. the

largest amount, ofdesired goods and

ser-

vices possible,

.

X

I

1

1.)

In general business,firms try to

maximize- profits.

1

1

,

,1

4.b.

The incentive to

achieve the

largestincome possibleis modified by other

,

incentives suchas a desire for securi-

ty, a desire to

remain. in. a certain.see-

tion of a country,

a desire. for certain

kinds of workingconditions, a desire

for

more leisure,

occupational preferences,

a:,

desire for prestige,

etc.

X.

X

.

7.

Levels of living,are affected by the

amount

Hof goods and

services, Which

money incomes,

can buy, not just by

changes in money

in,

comes, Which. may:beoffset-by changes in

prices.

XHH

iX

a-

People, on fixed.

inco: _s can buy

more with H

their money: inperiods of low pricesand

Hless, in periods

of inflation.

:

I

X

-30

-Il'Affluent

,1

Society

1

Am.

Economy

Farm.

Problems, ,Industr

Auto,

Poverty

Middle

Fast

.Purchasing costly items on credit raises the

cost to the consumer. and frequently proves.

more profitable than cash sales to the seller.

11

X

9.

People, buy insurance to reduce the risk to

themselves; the risks are spread. among. many

,

1

,

0. It is difficult to

, pare real. wages between.

countries and over time within one country

because of differences in the importance. of

different types of goods for consumers.

ers, be-.

cause of differences, in the quality of goods,

because of difficulties of assessing. the

comparative purchasing. power of different

monetary systems or the sane system over

tine, because of variations in living, levels

among different groups in each country, etc.

andpecauseof differences in the amount of

socialized benefits provided in. different

countries or eras.

, ,

X,

, 1

1

,

1

,

,

, I

,

1 i

X

I

,

1

Li. Living levels in the U.S. are very high com-

pared to those in most countries; neverthe-

less, a, large number of people still live

1

in poverty by present-day American standards

of What is needed for an adequate: level of

living.

1 1

,

.'

1 IX

1st

I part,

a.

Living levels in the U.S. have been ris-

ing rapidly, although at an uneven. pace.

,

I

Xb.

Even in so-called. prosperous times, not

au l. people enjoy levels of living, which

most consider necessary for an adequate

level of living.

Productive goods and

services, are divided unequally among the

population.

XX

1)

Even. during. prosperous, time there

will be some structural unemployment.

,

,1

X.

-31

..

Affluent.

Society

Am.

I

Economy

Farm.

1

Problems

Auto

'

Industry

Poverty I

I Middle

East

nong those changing jobs.; those

I 1

without, any skills, are made obsolete

by technological changes.

There may

I., miloym ent among cer-

also be some un

tain groups, because of discrimination. 1

,

II

,,

12. Poverty and unemployment have both

c.z.terial

and psychological effects upon people; these

effects may help keep them in continued.

,overty.

.

.

X-

13. In the long. run, a rise

in real. wages, will

be achieved only by a rise in laborproducti,

vity.

.

.

X.

14. Living levels, do not

rise unless output of

production grows at a faster rate than

popu-

lation.

X,

I

,.

X

a.

Changes in _ birth and death, rates may

have important, effectson arsociety.

,

X1.'. In an agricultural economy the rate of food

production, must increase,as rapidly as the

population if a given level ofliving is to

be maintained.

XI

I,

16. At any specific time,

economic output is af-

fected. by the quantity and quality

of pro-,

ductive recoureet. (lend

or natural, resources,

labor, and capital goods), by the

level of

technology' and by the efficiencyof the or-

ganizational structure.

X.

1

rII

.Output is affected, by the quality.

as

ell.

as the quantity of natural. resources

(land); quality is

affected by access as

well as by fertility, richness,

etc.

X.

X

*b.

Output is affected by the quality

and.

the quantity of labor.

XI

1The quality of laboris usually. in-

creased by education and training,

11

X,

-32

ffluent

iociety

An.

Economy

Farm.

!

Problems,

Auto

'1Poverty

Industry

I

Middle

.1

*c.

New inventions open up whole new fields, ofH,

production or substitutes for natural re-,

sources.

.1

X1

X1

*d.

Output, c n. be increased. by technological

,

progress in the development of tools. and

machines and 'ower to replace, manpower.

1

I i

.

X.

X

*1) New technological developments

bring

improved efficiency to tools, and

machines, and increased labor pro-

ductivity,

1

2j

Investment, in technological research

and develo,nest may lead to higher

ilevels, of technology' and SO to great-

er productivity.

.,

.

1

,

*e- Capital formation through saving is

amajor means of increasing an economy's.

total, output over time because it in-

creases productive. capacity.

1)

Most businesses, in mature

1 economies

depend more upon, corporate savings

for new investment than

upon, invest-

ment from outside, the business..

,

,

The larger the productive capacity

in relationship, to the population,

the less. hardship involved to

con-

symers in making the savings (and

investments) needed to achievea

given growth rate.

1,

*f.

Output can be increased, by

,no, ,e effi-

cient combination of productive

resources

(by the way which.production is organized).

!1,

1

X1

1

1) The most efficient

cou41 , tion of re-

sourceais the one Which produces the

largest output give, the same costor

value of resource input-

X,

Affluent

1

HSociety

,

Econo

Farm

Problems

Auto.

,

Industry'

Pover y', Middle

East

ivisio:n of labor and specialization..

1

can increase, a person's output.

I

*a) Mass production, with its

greater

specialization and substitution.

1

of capital goods for labor) per-

nits reduction of costs.

, ,

1

X

1

b)

Mass production needs a mass

iir-,

ket with mass consumers, as well

as standardization of products

and. parts and a high proportion

of capital goods.

1

Mass production, permits reduction

in costs, but it is dependent upon.'

a 'big enou

market to make it

H

X,

profitable!

3) up to a certain degree,.

large-scale,

production, is likely to leadtoredao ed

costs by spreading fixed costs

over

a larger output. of' goods and. by in-,

creasing pro uctivit of labor,

X

1

When more of one productive

resource

iS combined with a fixed amount of

another,Ipnder, any given state of

technology) the output per unit of

the first will eventually diminish,

1

X

,

I

TT. Prices are affected by

changes, in supply and

demand and price changes affect supplyand

X__X,

d

+a,

It is,demandl backed by the dbilityand

willingness to . ay for goods at specific.

prices which affects the market; peoples

wants do not affect the market unless

they are turned into effective demand.

...

X

-34

-

Affluent.

Society

km.

Economy

Farm

Problem: il

Auto,

Industry ''

Poverty

Middle

eaSt

b.

Other things being equal, the price of

a, good rises, when. the, good. is in. short

supply as compared to the demand. for

the good and falls, when the- supply cf'

the good. is larger than the demand. at

the existinL price.

I

XX

1

, ,

1)

It purchasing power increases with-

out some corresponding increase, of

available materials, there is an up-

ward pressure on prices; if it falls.

without an equal decline in avail,

able materials, there is a downward

pressure on priees.

. ,

.1

X

2.'

If producers are unorganized, harder

work by each one may. lead. to greater

production, a fall in prices, and

so less, income: for each one.

X

+c.

Other things being egpal.

in a competi-

H

tive market), the higher the price ofa

good, the larger the quantity which will

become available for sale; the lower

the price) the smaller the uantity-which

will become available for sale.

However

there maybe a time lag before producers

increase or decrease production.

XX

,

1)

If total. spending by consumers, busi-

ness, government, and foreign coun-

tries (aggregate demand)does not,

equal total production, business,

will cut, back on production and em-

ployment,

I.

'1

X,

I

d.

.

Other things being equal

.(in a

oupeti-

tive market), the lower the price, the

greater the demand usually is; the high,

er the price) the less the demand:usually

is.

I

X,

XH

,

,

35

Affluent

Society

Am.

Feo. omy,

Farm

Problems

Auto

Indust..

Poverty 'Middle

.East

)The quantity

.

a specific. product

I

or service which will be demanded

at a. specific. price depends!

upon.:

1

(a) consumer desires, (0) availabi-

lity of alternative goods and ser-

vices, (c) the prices of alternative 1

goods, and services, (d) the amount

of money consumers have

,alnd are

willing to spend-

,

,

X!

When the, demand for ,'. good is in-,

elastic, a relatively large decline!

in the price of the product brings,

about only a small increase in the

consumption of the product.

,

I,,

X

1

.

1

1

The elasticity of the demand for

goods, varies; for some essential

goods, the demand. does. not differ

much. regardless of the price.

IX.

1

XH

People with higher incomes tend to

spend. a smaller percent of their in-

come. on food than do people with

lower incomes.

H

18,. The American

economy is made up basically of

three major components:

householders (who

both consume. goods and services

and supply

productive services), business

firms (which

hire productive services fromhouseholderd

and pay out income to them), and.government

(which buys goods andproductive services,

pays out income and modifies, the flow

of in-,

come through a variety of policies).

How

each component acts inour system. depends

largely upon economic! incentives.

,1

HH

1

XI

.

H.

1

1

.

- 3

-

Affluent''

Octet

Econo

1,

Farm.

Problemns

.

Auto,

Industry

Poverty 1.Middle

.,

Last

19. The circ , J

r flaw of income' in a private

en.,

terprise system, can be broken down.

into three'

general types of flows:

between. business

and the pUblie, betweenthe. government, and

the public (including business)

and between.

savers and investors'.

XX

1 1,

II

,

Business buys productive,

resources:

(labor, capital,

and, natural. resources.

from the public andpays them wages,

interest and rent which the

public: uses,

to buy goods and services

from business.

,

The public pays taxes to

government. and.

the government..provides,

services to the,

public and. also buys productive

resources

from the puiblic-

1

c ,

Many people save part oftheir ice

by

putting it in banks which

lend the money.

to business, which inturn pays interest

and eventuallyrepays. the loan

I

H

20. In a private enterprise

system, it is the

market vbichpermits,.buyers

and sellers. to

deal with-one anothe;yhith.translates demandL

and supply' into a price

system, and Which. is

Chiefly responsible: forthe. way in WhiCh the

basic economic questions

are worked, out.,

The

market serves, to determinelargely what shall

be produced, how, muchshall, be produced.haw

it shall, be produced,

and who Shall get What

F art of

production..

However, government

policies, and factors which,interfere with

perfect competition also

affect the ailoca-

tion, of resOurces.

1

11

X.

,

1

a.

In a private enterprise,system, it is

the market whichdetermines largely what

shall be.produced. andbow much shall. be

pro.

ced.

X.

37

Affluent.

Society

Am.

!

Economy

,...,

Problem;

Auto.

Indust.

y

1, Poverty

!Addle

1

East

*1' The market is the! chief

allocating,

H

device, for scarce productive re-,

sources.

It determines largely. how

things, shall be produced, and who

I

shall get What, part of the produc-

tion.

1

.

X!

H

1

,

.In a private enterprise. system, alloca-

tion of' resources to different kinds. of

production is achieved largely by chang-

1

ing. patterns of consumer demands and by

responses of producers who wish to make,

a. profit.

!

XX

'

,

-Competition among, producers determines.

how things will be produced

in a private

enterprise economy, since eachproducer

will try to arrive, at the most

efficient

use of productive resources in order to

compete with others and make the

greatest.

profits, possible.

H

!.

HX

,

X

d.

.

In the long run in a, private

enterprise

economy, the quantity of a specific

pro-,

duct which is produced depends

upon. the

difference between the cost, ofproduction

and selling prices (and

so the mar" et )..

Producers, tend to produce those

goods,

on vhich they make, the greatest profits.

The profit, motive not onlyencourages

..

producers to produce, but itprovides

the incentive for the production

of

specific kinds of goods and

services.

rather than others, thus shifting!pro

duction in terms of change

in consumer

demands.

HH

!I

I

H

1

I1

H

1

H

11

X

1,

11

.

38

11

kffiuent

I Ilk.ociet'.

,

Economy

'

Farm.

Problems

Auto.

,,

Indust

.1

Poverty"'

,

il

Middle

1.

East.

21- Competition exists w.ere thereare a number

1,

of sellers, of a product or service, and

no,

1

single seller can. dominate or. control. the

market. price.

However, price competition.

is not the onl

fOrm Which competition takes.

X.

1"

IX

a.

When there, is a. monopoly or sucha con-

centration. of production. in the hands of

a few firms that these firms can dominate

prices, cow*etition is reduced and. supply

44..:y be restricted in lieu of cutting.

prices.

1

,x

1:,

1

,

b.

Competition is affected. by the end. of'

1

entry of new competitors into

a field.

1

c.

Competition does not always lead to lower

prices; it : ay actually lead to monopolls-

tic practices and higher. prices.

X1.

,1 ,

d.

in a competitive system,

many of the p.

ducers and. consumers do, not have

a per-

feet knowledge of prices and quality of

goods and methods'' used by others, topro-

duce goods

consequently, the market

system does not always work out inprac-

tice as described. in theory.

H

X,

H

1 H.1

.1

X.

1 .1

1

1

1

1

..

Collective bargaining by labor unions

may help restore, competition at times,

or it ma hurt competition.

XX,

.1

H

11 1

11

,

'f.

Firma may. compete, with each other.by

cutting prices.

H'

..,

Fi....,, may compete with each. other by

in-

troducing substitute products which will

,

be more attrattive to

consumers or cheaper.'

1 1

'X,

.1

*h.

Firms may compete with each otherby try-

ing to improve the quality of theirpro-

duct, or by product differentiation.

H I

,H.

H

'_ X

1

39

.Affluent.

I,

Society

I

-

Econoy

_Farm

Problems.

i

Auto

'PovertyIndust

:

HMiddle

East

1I.

Firms may compete witheach other by

heavy advertising tomake their pro-

ducts better known

and so increase the

demand for the,: ratherthan for compet-

ing products.

.L,

Xi

2.2. Adjustment of

supply to demand ishampered

by factors whichdecrease mobility ofpro-

ductive resources.

XH

1

X,I

I

a-

Wage laws

and minimum age, lawsmake

it difficult, to adjust,wage rates to

changes in supply anddemand for labor.

I

XX

1..

People ,s attitudes

toward where they

live.

.. reduce labor mbbility.

c.Increasing specializationand diversity

of skills neededfor different jobs

re-

duces labor mobility

H,

-X.

,

,

i

Xd-

Artificial, payments. to

increaseincome

over and above. thatwhich labor or

pro-,

ducer could.

receive inthe co petitive

market, tends to

reduce mobility of

labor and producers-

1

,

I

1

,

I

,

X

1, ,

, .

,.

23. Barter is

inefficient; the

development of a,

monetary system

pro. otes, exchange and

so, a

division of labor

and greater productivity.

1

,

I

X.,..

Unless goods

can be exchanged. easily,

people must remain.

fairly self-sufficient

.Money pro4otesexchange and so

speciali-

zation. and

th

division of labor and

the

higher productivity

which. acco mpanies

such division oflabor.

H

,1

1,

X

H

, 1

11

1,

+1)

Money. makes exchange

easier than bar-

ter does, sincemany objects Nbieh

people might. wantto trade are not of

1

H

1

X.

i

- 40

Affluent

Farm

Society

Economy

Problems

Auto

'Poverty

iddle

Industry

fast

equal value, do not last well, ca not

be divided, or are bard to transport.

Nbney serves as a medium of exchange,

as a measure of value, and as a stor-

1

er of value, and is divisible.

Demand deposits or checkbook money. make

1

up the largest Part of the U.S. money

1

Money i

nted for what it can buy; pa-

per none

has no value in and of itself.

2. Governments affec

business activity.

a.

Government policies can either help re-

I

duce or exaggerate fluctuations in busi-

ness activity and 'so unemployment.

,

X

1 '

Governmentexpenditures act just like

consumer expenditures to. affect allo-

cation of resources to the production

of different goods and services and

to affect the total amount produced.

X

a)

Government spending on goods and

services and for transfer pay-

ments (pensions, social security,

welfare) may make up for a lack

of demand by the private sector.

X

A reduction in tax rates when pro-

1

ductive resources are not fully used,

increases money available for con-

sumption. (disposable income) in the

private sector and may lead to higher

production and employment and not

much or ze

loss in tax revenues.

X

,I

Government monetary policies can be

used to influence lending, the amount

of money in circulation, and so ag-

gregate demand for goo

.

,

1

1.

-

Affluent

Society

Am.

Economy ,

Farm.

Problems,

Auto

Industry,

poverty

Middle,

East,

Raising, or lowering interest

rates tends to affect borrowing

from banks and so the amount, of

!I,

money in circulation.

X.

,

Government policies may tend to reduce,

or increase, pressure toward concentra-

tion of industry or monopolistic tend-

encies.

,

25. Industries sometimes

involve third party

,1

costs Which the industry does,

not pay.

Such costs sometimes lead to

government

regulatioh or expenditures.

26. The money incomespeople receive, whether

,

in the form of wages, interest,

rent, or.

profits, is the Chief determiner

of their

share of the national output.

10wever,

general socialized benefits, (sharedby all)

1,

and transfer payments by

government fOr

welfare! purposes, add goods

and services to-

the money incomes.

,

1,

, ,

1

let

sentence

only

,

a.

Any group which faces

declining income

for whatever reason

such as declining

pricesifortheir products;

declining,

wages, etc.) will face reduced levels

of living if the prices

of things they

buy remain the

same or increase.

11

,

11

27. Government policies'affect the allocation

of goods and services,

among the population,.

1

+a. Government spending

affects the distri-

bution of goods andservices.

1

_

Xi-h.,

By its taxation policies,

governments

influence who shall get,what proportion

of certain kinds of

output of the eco-

nomic system.-

1

42 -

'Affluent

Society

Am.

11

Economy.

Farm,

Problems

Auto

!''Poverty

Middle

H Industry

1East

28. Economic systems differ .1s to how questions,

are resolved about what and howmueh. to pro-

duce, how it shall be produced., and. who

six:al get. what goods and. services.

, ,

.

I

a.

Economic systems are usually mixed.

.41)

The fundamental difference between.

economic systems is in how and by

whom the basic econo ic decisions,

over allocation of resources are

made rather than in who owns, the

resources.

i

.

X

2)

Many. econoni

.systems are affected

1

heofily by tradition and reciprocal

relationships which have grown. up in

the past.

In all systems, reciprocal

relationships, are combined. with a

market system or a.- command. system. or

.both.

.

.

11.,

29. Economists have worked out a.nuMber of sta-

tistical. measures, to help them analyze and.

compare living levels and. economic produc-

tion..

'

X,

a.

Index-nudbers make it easier to compare

prices,.e c. over a period of years.

I

.

1!

.

,

b.

National income statistics make it ezzier

to compare output and living levels over

a, period. of years, and from one country

to another.

X

!

'I

,

30. Economic, models simplify the economy to

ke

it easier to understand.

X

,

31. It is impossible to understand. the meaning:

of a piece of writing: without understanding,

the author 4s, frame of reference and use of

vocabulary.

1

.

1

X:

-L3

-

Affluent

Am.

Societ.,

Economy

Farm

Problems

Auto

md try

Poverty.

Middle,

1

East

32 . People join

their paver withothers in order

o agglomerate theirpo

.

.

LX

x

,

!

a.

.

The interes

group a

Hpts, to. TO,

, ag-

gregates of influenceto bear on decision-

makers,by attempts

to frame the possible

choices the

decision-makers have: by

direct, influence: byeducation: and. by

attempts to controlthe selection of de-

cision-makers.

1

.,

X

.

,

*1) The

effectiveness of interest,

groups

may depend on the degree

of internal

cohesion they

cz,,n maintain within.

the organi2ationand on the human

and material

resources, they canmo-

bilize.

X

b.

Laborers may jointogether in laborunions

to agglomerate,

their power.

,,

--

X+c

.As comparedwith individual.enterprises

and partnerships,

corporations: makepos-

sible both,a larger investment

in capi-

tal goods, (with,an accompanying.mass pro-

duction and lower costs)

and a control

of this investmentwith a much smaller.

amount of money

than the capital

goods

are worth.

,

.

.

,

i.

X

1,1

1)

Corporations make

possible a larger

investment in capital

goods, than do

most individual

enterprises and part-

nerships since

shares of stook

can

be sold to

many people.

!

. ,

.

X,

A' few large

stockholders can control

a corporation with

a. relatively small

investment, ofmoney as. compared. to

the capitalgoods owned by the

car-

poTation.

II

,

X

! ,

.

hr

Holding companies permit a few in-

dividuals to pyramid their control

over a nuMber of other corporations

with. just a small amount of money a

compared to the total, worth of all.

of the companies.

1133. Decision-making, is affected by a nudber

factors.

*a.

Any decision is, in 'art, the product of

the internalized values, the perceptions,

and the experiences of the persons making

the decision.

]very decision-maker is dependent on ad-

vice, knowledge, information, political

intelligence, and as a result, those ad-

visors who can provide them have

an important base for exerting p

r and

influence on the official.

The decision -maker

eacts to pressures

from other decision-makers as well as

from the outside.

Decision-makers react to public opinion,

but in differing degrees, depending upon

the political institutions.

The institutions of government

informal

as well as formal) constitute the arenas

or the structure within which the au-

thoriative decisions of the political

process are made.

They thus influence

those: decisions.

(Informal institutions

include traditional norms.)

44

Affluent

Society

Am.

Economy

-Paxm

Auto

Problems

Indus

verty 'Middle

East

The /knit access to decision-makers.

2They set the procedures of decision-

g.

1Affi-at

Society

.Am.

Economy

Farm

Problems

Auto

1

Inthztj

Poverty Middle

East

They set

he powers of the

decision-

makers.

.

)They set theboundaries and dimensions

of the politicalplaying field and fix

the rules of the

game r..1yd in it.

X*f.

Executive decisions

are limited by many

factors:

permissability, available

re-

sources, available time,

available in-

.

formation, and previous

commitments.

,

.

g.

Foreign policy

considerations are affect-

ed by ideology,

considerations of nation-

al self-interest,

perceptions of power

relationships

among countries, expects.-

tions about how other

nations will act,

and, domestic

prOble4,s at home.

.

.A law or policy-mustbe effectuatedand

applied; in thatprocess the whole de-

cision-makingprocess goes on again..

.

I4. Every

legislature is directlya product of

the electoral

and constituencysystem which

produces it; thecomposition and loyalties

of the meibers

affect access of

different

groups in society tothe legislative body.

X'.

,

35. The number ofpolitical parties in

the sys-

tern will dependon the basic nature ofthe

cohesions andconflicts in the

society, on

the governmentstructure, andon the elec-

toral system.

.

11

.

X

36. Compromise

is more easilyachieved in those

political systems

in which there is

agree_

merit on questions

touching the fun.iental

social

economic, andpolitical institutions.

X7. Political

scientists have longassumed that

there are social

conditions whicha societ

,

must meet before it oc,c. "iczkea go" of Le-

mocracy; they. hardly agree OA what they

a7:e.

but most suggest colEllon

V3 :

,a CG1:

tian system, a stabl

-nd a min.:.cLum

econo ic well-being.

+38. Democracy does not

bear up veil i.i

in which basic dissatisfactions wi

the so-

-cial institutions prevail and becue

the fo-

cus of political competition.

*39. Freedom's relationship

to demot..z.ey is

close and obvious one; the organizatione'

majorities, the competition

in goals, and

the ability to oppose whichdemocracy p1

supposes all depend on a high degree of

personal freedom.

*40. The contrast between

democratic and non-

democratic political systemsmay be looked

at as a conflict in basicunderlying values.

it a.

The democratic system includes

the fol-

lowing values:

respect for individuals

and for individual freedom,

belief in

rationality, equality, justice,

rule by

law, and constitution,: lism.

kiffientH

Am.

Farm

Poverty

Econio;vi:.

X

#1) There is

a difference in value as-

sumption about the individual,

his

worth and

glisetence.

1. Political power is

unevenly distributed

through a population.

* a.

Political power is affectedby accesz, to

political decision-makers;

groups differ

in the degree ofaccess they have with

congressmen.

X

X

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Society

Am.

Economy

Farm

Problems

Auto

,

Industry

Poverty

Middle

East

1.2. Politicalactivity, by which the individual

seeks his goals and

interests through the

political system, takes

any number of forms,

depending on the nature of

the system, and

varies greatly in

incidence.

.

1

X

11-3. Individualsknow the political system

as a

set of images and pictures

created for the

by coewunicators;

they react to these

images

rather than to the real

world and realpeo-

ple.

(aemay know

nothing of the political

system and somay be forced to take allof

his political

cues from a political leader

OT organiznction; or hemay be knowlee:able

about the political

yste ,)

I

1

x

1

a.

Control of political

communication is

effective control ofpolitical behavior.

1

k4. Constitutions

change by formal

:1, ndment, ,And

by changes in customand interpretation.

1

.

,

X45. It is unlikelythat one could find,many

genuine au cc!

(rule by one)

in complex

modern government;

th .....

tl..a very likely

really oligarchies.

.The scope of government

and the variety of

clienteles devand

a va-

riety of skills thatone man does not pos-

sess.

,

.

X

767: Recent

oligarchies have been

often symbolized

and epitomized by

the political leader.

In-

stezld of demanding

the full and total

loyalty

to the abstraction

of the state, the

regime

personalizes the loyalty

in the leader.

X

47. Incontemporary oligarchies

the political

party becomes the

instrument by which the

few govern in the

name of the many.

X

48

'Affluent

IlSociety

1

.

Economy

Farm

Problems

Auto

Industry

Poverty

.Middle

East

1.

48. Since democracy

is the chief political

ex-.

pectation of the times, oligarchy has

had to

accept the symbols and forms ofdemocracy,

if not its substance.

I

I

H

_

a.

Oligarchies maintain theaselves within

the forms of democracy by control ofre-

sources, information, attention, and

expertise.

1

X

47317: One-party systems

tend to develop a competi-

tiveness within the duldnantparty, but this

factional competitiveness lacks the

stability

and predictabilit

of inter-party co 6,11etition.

I

O. Although culture is always

changing, certain

parts or elements may persist

over long, peni-

ods of time.

,

X

a.

People change their culture if they

feel

a real need fhr change, if they

are dis-

satisfied with present aspects of

their

culture.

(People do not change their

culture unless they feel a need for

change. )

I'I

H

1X

1)

Culture .ai s may change or spread

as a:result of diffusion.

aMigration of people from one

11 rt of the world to another in-

volves the movement of culture

and material objects, thus

re-

sulting in changes in thearea

to which people migrate.

,

bPeople who are in contact with

each other are likely to bor-

row cultural traits from each

other.

X

49

Affluent

Society

Am.

Economy

Farm

Problems

.

Auto

Indust

Poverty

Middle

East

X

Culture traits may change

a re-

sru]Lt of innovation from within,

11

Change in a societyis likely to oc-

cur more frequently or more readily

in the less basic, less emotionally

charged, more instrumental

or techni-

cal. aspects than in such things

as

basic values, primary group relations,

territorial and religious stability,

and

e tige systems.

1

.

Changes in one aspect of

a. culture will

have effects on other aspects;

changes

will ramify, whether they

aretechno-

logical, in

oeial organization, in

s

ideology, or whatever else is

a part of

the cultural system.

1

X

1All of the institutions

in a society

are interrelated; because of this..

interrelationship: a change in

one

institution is likely to. affect

other institutions.

i

I

-1-a)

Changes In the family.are

re-

flected in other institutions,

and changes in other institu-

tions are reflected in the

family.

X

Technological change may cre

e se-

rious oblem in

a soci.et

1

X.

Persistence of cultural. traitsmay re-

suit from a lack of conditionswhich

further change..

X*d.

The more a social change

threatens

appears to threaten the traditional

values of a society, the

greater the

resistance to that change.

X

5 0

Affluent

Society'

VEcono".

Farm

Problems

Auto,

Indust,.

Poverty

Middle,

East

1

*e.

So

!

v lues, are conducive, to change;

1

8 .e make change, difficult.

ICultural, Change' is more likelyto

occurin. societies in which people

believe that-a high degree of

mastery over nature and social

conditions, is possible.

.

I'

I ,

People usually dp not discarda cul,

aural trait completely; theyare more

likely to Modify. it to fit-new situa-

tions.

,

I

X,

*1) Even-when

a major reorganization

of' society' takes place,

not all

culture is camp ietel

modified:.

,

X

h. To be successful,

a person who tr'ie's to

introduce 'tech4ological changeinto a

countrytiust-analyze many factors be-

fore, selecting. techniques tobe used.

Securing participation by thepeople

in all phases of the innovationproc-

ess gives people

a. chance to, develop.

a feeling of need for it and enables

them too murk out adjust

ents i.n their

1

,

,, 1 ,

'

,

'1

1

,

1

.1 I

rl.,. In political conflictthere is a struggle

over scarce values or

go Is.

Each side

tries to use the political

system to dbtain,

its

©, 1.

I

X

a.

Conflicts in which people

:feel that they

are fighting, -for ideals

are likely to be-,

fiercer than .those which

involve only

personal reasons.

Reli gi ous. conflict. is,

likely to be fierce andto aim, at the

complete annihilationor conversion of

the enemy.

H

l'

X

51

Affluent.'

Society

,

Am.

Ecoioj

,

Farm.

Auto

!Poverty

PrOblems, 1:Ineusti

;ltddle,

Et.

-*b.

Struggle may bring together. otherwise!

unrelated persons and groups.'Coali-

tions 'and temporary associations

may

.

result from co,,,,flicts Where pragmatic.

,

interests of the participants

are in-

vblved.

11;

,

1

,

X

.Conflict with another group, leads, to

the mobilization of the-energies

of

group; me-goers-and. hence to increased.

cohesion of the group.

X

*1)

Conlliet serves to establish, and

maintain the identity and boundary

lines of societies andgroups.

X*d.

Compromise' is easier where there is

not

an ideological perception of the issues,

that is, whers the issues

are not mor-,

alized and not seenas related to other

issues.

.

;

!.;

X1

.CoApromise ls.more easily achievedin

those political systems; in which.there

is agreement on questions touching

the

fundamental. social, economic., andpo-

litical institutions.

,

,

X

52. Frustration may result

in aggression; when

cultural norms are stronglyopposed to ag-

gression toward certain people (e.g.. parents)

or people are ;frustrated by events beyond.

their control or the control

of the people

Who

they...know, the aggression

may be

.turned against otherswho become scape-

goats,

,

53. The nature of disc

imination and prejudice

against, a specific

group is the result of

partievinr group interactions

over time.

X

5Z 'Aff

luen

t1S

ocie

tA

ln.

Eco

nom

yFa

rmPr

oble

un A

Aut

oIn

dust

o'y

Mid

dle

1E

ast

.54,.. People try to work out rationalizations for

behavior Which is inconsistent with their

basic values.

Racism is a relatively recent

development which has served as a rationali-

zation for discrimination against other

, ,

race

s

1

*a.

Racial beliefs involve strongly

attitudes which affect behavior both

at the conscious and uw onscious level.

,

X

55.The structure of the family varies from s

ciety

to s

ocie

ty a

nd-

even

with

in th

e sa

me

ocie

ty.

.

a.A

lthat

th a

ge a

nd s

exare principles used

,

,

,1

1

in a

ll so

ciet

ies

to d

iffe

rent

iate

sta

tus

androle

with

in th

e lim

n-11

y, th

e sp

ecif

icro

les

'dif

fere

ntia

ted

by th

ese

prin

cipl

es,

are

orga

nize

d ve

ry d

iffe

rent

ly f

rom

so!

-et

to society.

56. Families in afferent cultures have differ-

ent

func

tions

.Fa

mily

fun

ctio

ns`

may

var

yov

er ti

me

and

from

gro

up to

gro

up w

ithin

a so

ciet

y.

1

1

1 l

X'

F5T

. An

indi

vidu

al o

r gr

oup

brou

ght u

p in

one

1

mat

ure

and

thru

st in

to "

anot

her

face

s se

-1

riou

s pr

oble

ms

of a

djus

tmen

t to

,the

near

cultu

re;

the resulting culture conflict in-

wav

ee

tal c

onfl

ict a

nd te

nsio

'

1

1

X

11

,D

iscr

imin

atio

n ag

ains

t a m

inor

ity g

roup

tend

s to

isol

ate

mem

bers

ofthe

grou

p an

dpr

omot

es r

eten

tion

of th

eir

cuat

ural

nor

ms

and

values.

iX

59 w

hene

ver

thin

gs v

alue

d by

a s

ocie

ty a

resc

arce

, the

re :w

ill b

e 'd

iffe

rent

iate

d ac

cess

,to

and

con

trol

of'

thos

e sc

arce

, and

val

ned

thin

gs b

y su

b!-g

roup

s w

ithin

the

soci

ety.

53

1Affluent 1

S--hr

Am.

1

Erxmory

I

Farm

P...:,'

Auto

Tr-::

1

Poverty

Middle.

11

X

a.

Societies differ in the relative

L.....;.cr

of ascribed and achieved,statuses they

provide and tho relative enphasis

upon

each.

.60. Ideologies

are i portant for the structure

they give to a social'syste,,

the answers

they give to ambiguous situations,

and the

cues for redponses they suggest.

a.. Ideologies affect people's perceptions

of the facts.

-

I

X*b.

A person's frame of reference

affects

his perceptions and

interpretations.

1

l. A given culture is

an integrated whole,

based an fundamental postulates

or values.

a.

The basic values andorganization of a

society both affect andare Affected by

the religious values and.

organization..

I

X62. The international

system may be looked at

as a series of power relationships.

. 1

1

1

X+a.

There are manysources or bases of na-

tional power in dealing with

other

nations.

*1

Military capacity is

an important

factor in the development of

na-

tional power but not the

only one.

2Differences in population,

resources,

and industrial capacity

are reflected

.

in differences in national

power;

that is to say, they

are important

bases

components of national

power.

Nationalism leads to a high

degree of

intense support within the

country

for the goals andmeans or instru-

ments a nation chooses touse to a-

chieve goals in internationalaffairs.

IX

54

Affluent,

Society

:

Am.

r

Economy

Farm

Problems

Auto

Industry

Poverty.

Middle

East

.Nations may pool their

!ower behind com-

mon goals in varying, systems

of alliances

and combinations.,

1

!

X,. The world is acommunity of interdependent.

countries.

(Important happenings

in one

1

part o

the world affect other parts.)'

x!a-

War seems to be theresult of multiple,

interrelated. causes.

I 1

h.

Imperialism and particularlydttitudes

of superiority by meMbers

of the imperi-

alist country, giverise to feelings of

frustration; when coMbinedwith the die-

fusion of nationalistic

ideas from other

countries, it helps, give

rise to feelings,

ct"nationall ,H.

1 .1

.

X!

1

a. Temperature

is affected by such factors

as

distance, freq.:, theequator, elevation, dis-

tance from warm waterbodies, prevailing

winds, and physical

features which. block

winds from certain

directions.

, .

X.

,

65. Precipitationis affected by factors such

as distance, from warmwater bodies,. wind.

direction, tei..erature,

ocean currents, and

physical features

Which.. force winds to

rise.

!

,

1

I

.66. yegetation

is affected by temperature,

pre-

cipitation, and soil.

1

.1

61. Soil ina particular place is

affected by

the type of basic

rock. in the region.;

the

climate; vegetation;

erosion; wind. and riv-

-ers which move-soil.;

and by how man treats

the soil.

I

1

,

!

,

I

II

0:, Nature

th.aiges the face. of the

earth through

biotic: and ph sicalprocesses.

I

,

X.

55

Affluent

Society

Am.

Econo

:

Farm

Problems

Auto

In&stx7

Poverty 1 Middle

H.ast

69. Phenomena are

is

Muted. unevenly over the

earth's surface, resulting in great diversity.

or variability from one place to another.

,

:

H

1

1

XI.

*a.

Population is distributed unevenly

over,

the. earth's surface; many of the. land.

areas are thinly populated.

1

Jil

X,

1)

Overpopulation represents a lack.

of1

balance between available income and

population.-

The concept is relztive

and is defined by the value patterns

V

and. expectations, of a particular. cui-,

::

ture.

The starvation of a large

pro-

portion of the society amounts to

absolute overpopulation.

1

1

1 1 1

!

1, I

H

I

X

*b.

Unevenly distrfbuted phenomena. form

distinctive patterns; on the

map.

1, 1

I

70. Changes in birth and death rates

may have

important effects on a society.

,

,

.72, A region. is an area ofone or more homoge-

neous, features.

The core: area is highly

homogeneous, but there are transitional,

zones where: boundaries, zre drawn between

different regions.

1

H

,!

1I

,!

1

I

X

*a.

Regions are delimite d on may differenti

bases" depending upon the

purpose! of

the study.

Some are delimited, on the

basis, of a, single. p4enomenon;

some. on

the basis, of multiple phenomenal

and

some. on the basis of functional. rela...,

tionships.

1

.

I

,

1

.l

1,!

,

1

!

.

X.

72. Man. uses his physical

environment in terths,

of his cultural values, perceptions,

and

'level of technoloff.

1

H

I

X

56

Affluent,

-Society

Am.

Econorny

Farm.

Problems

Auto

I

Industry

Poverty

Middle,

East

a.

Societies inhabiting similar areas tend

to. have similar environmental problems,.

However, the solution. to those problems

will depend -upon the cultural perceptions,

of the various peoples, as well as upon.

the environmental situation.

I

X.

.The significance, of location depends

upon. cultural. developments both within

and outside of a country.

II

,

I .

X

,..

Political boundaries are man-made and

frequently do not follow any natural.

physical boundaries.

1,

*d.

Man changes the character of the earth;

,,

1.

irrigation makes it possible to grow'

1

crops on land. Which otherwise would. he

too dry.

1

X, ,

*e.

Types of agriculture in a region depend.

upon man's cultural values, perceptions,

H

and technology, as well as upon climate,

1,

ils,

. and topography.

X

,f.

The topography of a region. may pre-

sent limitations given a specific level.

of. technology.

L

1 I I

X.

.

.

*g.

A number of factors --climate, surface

features, natural resources, annessibili

ty, history, and culture affect settle-

ment patterns.

_,

1

.

X.

*1)

Moist areas .. end to have a higher

population density than dry areas..

However, population distribution.

reflects man's values, and his tech-

nology as well as physical features

of an area.

i

I

' 1

1,

.

.

1

X

I

57'

Affluent

Society

Pm.

con 14'

Farm

1

Problems

1,

Auto

ndust,

Poverty'

Naddle 1

East

21

Men carry on more

activities; on plains

than in hills, =Amore

in. hills than

in. mountains, exce

in. the low lati-

tudes.

11

13

A country with

a large population. and

R.limited. amount of fertile

land mill,

have, extremely hig h.population, densi-

ties on fertile land..

I

1

1

4)

Given, cultural assumptions,

in Which.

a large proportion of the population

is engaged inagriculture, the popu-

iation distribution willbe related

to the distribution.

of usable, agri-

cultural land.

,

II

1

13, Some things

can . be p duced better in

one,

place than in anotherbecause of climate,

resources, transportationroutes, access to

11

resources, access to markets,people's skills,

etc.

I ,

X',I

a-

Differing crops need

differing amoun ts

of rainfall and

differing tempera.

ure

,

*I) The amount,of moisture, needed for

ve etation and crops is

affected by

the time of

year when the area re-,

ceives most of its

oisture and by

the temperature ofthe area.

,X.

*a)

The time of yenr mhen

an area re-

ceives, its precipitation

iB, im-

portant to agriculture.

If it

comes during the growing

season,

,

it makes, it easier'to grow crops.

,

X

bThe land in

t regions dries

fast as the

warm. ai.r picks up

moisture; therefore,more rain

j

58

Affluent

Society

Am.

Economy

Farm

'Prcblems

Auto

InCmstrY

Pova.rty

Middle

Et

is needed to grow crops in these

regions than in regions which

are not so moist.

'

74. Specialization of individuals) businesses,

regions and countries makes for interde-

pendence.

1r

XX

'

*a.

Specialization of businesses makes

for interdependence.

'

Xb.

Companies sometimes diversify their

products to provide for greater security

against risks of a drop in profits from

one product

11

1'cs

Economic wants

a. Economic. needs

3. Product ion

4. Product ive

resources

a. Land OT

natural re-

sources

b. Labor

c. Cap i ta 1

d.

Mob i 1 1 ty of

resources

.Scarc ty

a. Alternative

costs

6. Exchange

59

SEQUENT i AL DEVELOPMENT

OF CONCEPTS

A:.17-

can

arm

Society

Economy

P rob 1 ems

Auto

industry

Poverty

XX

Trade.

b.-Money

7. Circular fle w. of

income.

a. Firm

1) individual

enterprise..

) partnership

) Corporation

a) stock

b) holding

company.

b. .Consumer or

householder

c. Financial insti-

tutions

1) Bank

Affluent

American

Society

Economy

60-

Fa r

rrn

Problems

Auto

Industry

XX

X.

X

X X X X XX

X

X

fl Credit

3,),

Insurance

d. Government

) fiscal

pclicies

a) taxation'

) spending

(1) sociai

ized

benefits

(2,) Trans-

fer

pay-

ments

Sub

sidies

c) Monetary

policies

Affluent

Society

American

Fa rm.

Auto

Economy

Prable

Problems

industry'

Poverty

Middle East

X

X

XX

1.jving

Standard of

Affluence.

Poverty

1) Underdevel-

oped coun-

try

Employment

Unemployment

l) Structural

10. -Distribution.

a. Money income

b. Real income

Wages

Interest

62

Affluent

Society

American

F Im

Economy.

Problems

Auto

Industry.

Poverty

Middle: East

X

x

x x

xX

X X

XX X

XX

X

1) Interest

rates

e. Rent

P rof is

1 1

.Econom i c

goa i is

a, Economi c

g rowth.

b.

E con om i c s

bility

Econom I c

secur r ty

d.

Economi c

justice

1 2

.Incentlyes

13. Output

a. Gross

Nat Iona 1

P roduc t

63

me r i can

Farm

uto

Economy

P robl ems

1 ndus try

addle . East

X

Technology

1) research

) productiv-

ity

investment

1) Capital

goods and

capital

formation

)S

avin

gs.

Organiza-

tional

structure

1) Effi-

ciency

2) Division

of labor

Speciali-

zation

64

Affluent

Society

American

Ecionomy

Farm,

Problems

Auto

Industry

Poverty

Middle. East

X

x

XX

XX

!

X

11

X

X

XX

XX

X

X X,

X

(1) Economic

I nterde

pendence

b) Mass

pro-

duction

(1) Standardi-

zation of

parts

c) Diversifica-

tion

d) Law of dimin-

ishing returns

14. Business fluctu-

ations and busi-

ness cycles

a. Prosperity

b.

Inflation

15. Allocation

a. Econ mic

system.

Affluent

'Society

American

Economy

1) command system

2) private enterprise

system

a) market system

(i) Prices

(a) supplY

(b) demand

(i) elasticity

disposable income

ii) purchasing

power

aggregate demand

(2) Competition

(a) Costs

(1).fixed costs

66

,

Affluent

Society

can

ertyl

cast

Economy

Prob

1P-fs

try

I

Profits

Cc) Advertising

(d) Pr aduct differentiation

third party costs

3) Tra ditional economic system

a) Reciprocal relationships s

4) Mixed economy

-Pore r

Agglomeration of power

1) collusion

2) labor union

a) collective bargaining

67Affluent Amer4-

Society

can

Ec'O

nb'my

Farm

Auto

Prob-

IrJul,5try

1

lems

ql

X

Inte

rest

political party

corporation

6) monopoly

7) oligopoly

8) coal i

ion

9) alliance

Autocracy

Oligarchy

Access

17. Decision-making

.

68.

Society'

can

Economy

f

X

Culture.

a. Norms and valises

btudes

I ) Prejudice

c .

Percept i ons

1) Frame of

reference

Poi t ca I ce1

ire.

1I deal ogy

a) Democracy

e.

Int e vatedwhole

Cha nge

to

69

i -

can

obi ems!

Economy

I

)9. Political activity'

20.

Ins itutions

a. S

ocia

l

Poli

ical

)Legislative

Electoral system

cFamily

Religion

Ec c nomic

2l

Socia/ structure

Role

70

Affluent

Society

Ameri-

can

Economy

Auto

Industry

P verty

Mid

dle

East X

22. Social function

23

Stratification

a. Scarce. goals

Status

e. Class

24. Social

Processes

a. Compet tion

Discrimination

1) Scapegoating

c. Conflict

) Poll ical

71

Affluent

Society

Ameri,-.

-Farm

can

Problems

Economy'

Auto,

industry

Poverty'

Middle.

East

XVp.

2) Cultural

3) War

Accommodat n On

13iCb p romi se

5, Modal Personal at y-

1 ob al ism

cat ion

P los i t i Ofl

S u tuat ion,

te

72.

Amer I -

can

Economy

F a rani

P r rob 1 ems

,u to

I n du s

Pove

) Climate

a) Temperature

b) Precipitation.

3) Soli

4) Vegetation

28. Population.

a. Dispersion

b. Density

c. Overpopulation

29. Cultural

use of environment

a, irrigation

30. Region

31. Interma V nal

system

73

Affluen

Society

Ameri-

can

Economy

Farm

Problems

Auto

industry

IPcverty

iddie

EastXXX

National

power

Nationalism

imperialism

0nter dependence.

Multiple causation

Affluent

Society

74 Ame

can

Economy

Pave

East