Socio-Economic Classes
Vocabulary
| wealthy | boutique | entrepreneurship |
| gap | urban decay | manufacturing |
| average | food stamps | lower middle class |
| median | EBT Card | urban renewal |
| labor | upper class | household income |
| wage | retirement | minimum wage |
| slum | narcotics | wealth redistribution |
| ghetto | on the dole | progressive tax |
| crime | gentrification | gated community |
| police | security | public housing |
| plush | inner city | housing projects |
| poverty | urban sprawl | low-income neighborhood |
| welfare | middle class | upward mobility |
| benefits | enterprise | high end restaurant |
| union | find dining | Michelin-star Restaurant |
| salary | high class | drug trafficking |
| fired | lower class | small business |
| flat tax | outsource | unemployment check |
| laid off | automation | unemployment |
| factory | plant closure | working class |
| success | prosperity | homelessness |
Here are some pictures. Answer the following questions for each.
1. What is this? This is a . . . . .
2. Where is this place? This is a . . . . .
3. Describe the weather. What season is this? What month is it?
4. Who is this person? He is . . . . . She is a . . . . . They are . . . . .
5. What is she doing? What’s he doing? What are they doing? He is . . . . . .
6. How does he feel? He is . . . . . . .
7. What will happen next? They will . . . . .
Rummaging Begging, Panhandling
Tents in DC A Hood
Homeless Shelter Soup Kitchen
Employment Agency A Machinist
Single, Detached Home Family Meal
Business Strategy Private Cars and Jet
Jeff Bezos’s Home A Family Portrait
Cocktail Party Yacht
