How economically unequal is US society today and how has inequality changed over time? What factors limit social mobility and reproduce class inequalities across generations? Why is it important to have an understanding of class stratification? (For this last issue, you could discuss how class stratification plays a role in the social-health crisis unfolding right now.)
a) data presented in the article by the EPI, the Data Analysis Activity, or the film Inequality for All
b) the arguments made in the articles by Putnam, Lareau, Anyon, and Chamblis