Readings

• Annette Lareau. 2012. Unequal Childhoods. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press (Chapters 4 [Tyrec Taylor] and 5 [Katie Brindle])

Lecture pages

• Some basic questions to ask about welfare programs
• Welfare programs
• (from Unequal Childhoods) Comparing households

Video

(from People Like Us)

• Social class
• WASP lessons
• Understanding the rules of the game
• Bud vs Bordeaux
• Friends in low places
• Gnomes ‘R’ us
• How to marry the rich
• Tammy’s story (13 years later)