Life in the USA

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1. Life in the USA
2. Introduction.People may move up or down the
3. Social mobility in the UK and the
4. The Middle Class.The middle class is large.
5. The middle class ideal is...The more prosperous
6. Families Are ChangingOf course, these are stereotypes.
7. The Lower ClassThe American lower class is
8. The Upper Class A small upper class
9. The Upper ClassSociety people attend many sporting
10. Conclusion... The very rich control corporations and
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Introduction.People may move up or down the social ladder within their lifetime or from one generation to the next.

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Слайд 1LIFE IN THE USA
Society

Слайд 2Introduction.
People may move up or down the social ladder within

their lifetime or from one generation to the next.

Introduction.People may move up or down the social ladder within their lifetime or from one generation to

Слайд 3Social mobility in the UK and the US.
Can children of

poor families become rich?
Researchers found

that Britain appeared to have one of the worst records for social mobility in the developed world.

Слайд 4The Middle Class.
The middle class is large. America is a

middle class country.
The middle class ideal is portrayed frequently on

television.

The Middle Class.The middle class is large. America is a middle class country.The middle class ideal is

Слайд 5The middle class ideal is...
The more prosperous members of the

middle class might have a vacation home, many televisions and

electronic gadgets, motor boats or even airplanes.

...The family, white or black, living in a spotlessly clean house with two or three children and two cars, possibly a family pet. One or both spouses will be a professional or will work for a corporation.

The middle class ideal is...The more prosperous members of the middle class might have a vacation home,

Слайд 6Families Are Changing
Of course, these are stereotypes.
More

than half of American marriages end in divorce. People often

live together without being married. Divorced people also remarry and mix children of previous marriages to form rather large households. All these living arrangements are becoming acceptable to the vast American middle class.

Families Are ChangingOf course, these are stereotypes. More than half of American marriages end in

Слайд 7The Lower Class
The American lower class is made up of

the poor. Poverty, though difficult to measure, is a real

problem in the United States.

Major social welfare organizations exist, but they, like the government, have had little success in eradicating poverty.

The Lower ClassThe American lower class is made up of the poor. Poverty, though difficult to measure,

Слайд 8The Upper Class
A small upper class “high society” exists,

though most Americans have little contact with these people.

The Upper Class A small upper class “high society” exists, though most Americans have little contact with

Слайд 9The Upper Class
Society people attend many sporting and formal evening

events designed to raise money for charities.
They

are wealthy people, mostly in the Northeast, who can trace their family lines back to the English or Dutch Colonial days.

The Upper ClassSociety people attend many sporting and formal evening events designed to raise money for charities.

Слайд 10Conclusion...
The very rich control corporations and have some political

power, but the lifestyle and values of the very wealthy

do not have much impact on the country in general. The upper classes are not given as much respect by the general population as they are in many other countries.

America is a middle class nation.

Many Americans live with the belief that their tradition of social mobility has made them a classless society. Most of them prefer to refer to themselves as “middle class.”