THE BUZZ

What is your job?

How much do you earn?
Is it enough to sustain your needs and your family?
How do people react when they know your job?
How do people call you in the workplace? (ex. Ma’am, Sir, Ms., Mr., or your name)
Are you happy with your job?
If you can have any job in the world, what would it be? Why?
DISCIPLINE & IDEAS IN THE SOCIAL SCEINCE
CONFLICT THEORY
ANALYZE SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN TERMS OF CLASS CONFLICT
1. What was the song about?
2. Is the song happening in real life? Give an example.
3. What part/line of the song do you remember?
paradigm views society as an arena of
inequality that generates conflict and
social change.
 society is structured in ways to
benefit a few at the expense of the majority

RACE SEX CLASS AGE

The conflict theory has been used to explain a
wide range of social phenomena,
WARS WEALTH DISCRIMINATION

REVOLUTIONS POVERTY
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
 Father
of the
Social Conflict
Theory
How can people be free?
Humans are incredibly constrained.
NATURAL CONSTRAINTS vs. SOCIAL CONSTRAINTS
 PRIMARY
CONCERN
to understand
other aspects of

FAMILY society

POLITICS RELIGION
MATERIAL REALITY
(Production, Food, Money, Control of Resources)
1. What are the inequalities that you can see in our society?
2. What do you think caused this inequalities?
3. Have you experienced inequality in your life? Share your
story?
4. What did you feel?
5. What can you do to prevent inequality?