Looking for indicators of social class at the Metra station (and staying on the right side of the law by avoiding deviant behavior -- mostly).
https://goo.gl/photos/16rUEBxwS1yjPGVw8
Adapted from Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Why are we looking at these factors in a unit on class?
As budding sociologists, in our continuing quest to critically consume information, consider the following recent article, posted in the North Cook News:
- Who authored this article (Who made this message)?
- Who owns/runs this website (Who paid for this)?
- What is this about (and what makes you think that)?
- What are the sources of the information, ideas, or assertions?
- Is this article fact, opinion, or something else?
- How credible is this (and what makes you think that)?
Questions adapted from NAMLE (National Association of Media Literacy Education)