1. How do property, power, and prestige affect your personal social class? According to Marx's conflict perspective in what social class do you belong and why?
2. From your perspective, what are the current shifts in global stratification? How does this affect the economic and political power of the United States?
3. In the current economic situation in the United States what do you project will happen to social mobility and the American Dream?
4. Describe the Horatio Alger myth. Based on your own experience discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the myth for both men and women.