Deborah Stone, 2008, Why do we care about The Should Samaritan’s Dilemma: New York: Nation inequality? Government Help Your Neighbor? Books, Chapter 1. (Blackboard) Should government do Parable of the Good Samaritan anything to alleviate inequality? _____________________________________________ What is the Samaritan's Due by September 10. Dilemma and how is it Wikipedia Assignment relevant to how we think Create an account and then complete the online about inequality? training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia. Create a User page. To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself on the user talk page of one of your classmates, who should also be enrolled in the table at the bottom of the page. Explore topics related to your topic area to get a feel for how Wikipedia is organized. What areas seem to be missing? As you explore, make a mental note of articles that seem like good candidates for improvement. Resources: II. Trends in Inequality 9/15 Changes in inequality Readings: & How has inequality changed 9/17 Income equality in the United States over time in the United States? How has inequality changed ____________________________________________ for different groups? Wikipedia Assignment Handouts: How do we measure inequality? 9/22 Trends in inequality Ohio Readings: – How has inequality changed in Ohio over Discussion of Plagiarism and Adding New time? information. How have working people in Ohio done over time? Wikipedia Assignment What parts of the state are * Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up the most unequal? with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class. Due by What do you think September 22. explains the changes in __________________________________________ inequality? Paper Assignment
Why do we care about inequality? Should government do anything to alleviate inequality? What is the Samaritan's Dilemma and how is it relevant to how we think about inequality? Deborah Stone, 2008, The Samaritan’s Dilemma: Should Government Help Your Neighbor? New York: Nation Books, Chapter 1. (Blackboard) Parable of the Good Samaritan _____________________________________________ Wikipedia Assignment Due by September 10. Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia. Create a User page. To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself on the user talk page of one of your classmates, who should also be enrolled in the table at the bottom of the page. Explore topics related to your topic area to get a feel for how Wikipedia is organized. What areas seem to be missing? As you explore, make a mental note of articles that seem like good candidates for improvement. Resources: II. Trends in Inequality 9/15 & 9/17 Changes in inequality How has inequality changed over time in the United States? How has inequality changed for different groups? How do we measure inequality? Readings: Income equality in the United States ____________________________________________ Wikipedia Assignment Handouts: 9/22 Trends in inequality – Ohio How has inequality changed in Ohio over time? How have working people in Ohio done over time? What parts of the state are the most unequal? What do you think explains the changes in inequality? Readings: Discussion of Plagiarism and Adding New information. Wikipedia Assignment * Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class. Due by September 22. __________________________________________ Paper Assignment
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