Lesson on Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Aim: How is poverty defined and what is the evolution of public assistance programs designed to address poverty? 

Bell Ringer: SOCIAL INSURANCE ASSIGNMENT (present and collect)

Objectives:

18.3 Describe the origins and evolution of Social Security as well as the funding and benefit issues facing the program. 

18.4 Explain how poverty is defined and trace the evolution of public assistance programs designed to address it.

18.5 Differentiate among Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 and explain how each program addresses the issues of health-care delivery. 

Agenda:

1. Review multiple choice questions

2. Grade FRQs  questions 1 and 2 (rest of class)

Terms to know: distributive policies, redistributional policies, regulation, agenda setting, policy formulation, implementation, policy evaluation, feedback, fragmentation, issue network, welfare state, social welfare programs, Great Depression, New Deal, Great Society, War on Poverty, social insurance, entitlements, Social Security, Social Security Act, public assistance, poverty level, feminization of poverty, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicare, Medicaid, 

note: in the Chapter 18 Vocabulary Quiz, you will be asked to list the four steps of the Policymaking Process (listed above in the correct order and in bold) all as the answer to one question. You must list them in the correct order in order to get the answer correct. 




Home Learning: 

1. Read 18.6 - 18.8

2. Journal 125 - What was the main feature of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and why has it been controversial? (18.6)

3. Journal 126 - Contrast means-tested and non-means tested benefits. (18.8)

1-3 are due on tomorrow, April 25, 2018; tomorrow we will grade our FRQs. 

Chapter 18 Vocabulary Quiz: tomorrow, April 25, 2018