Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Camden, New Jersey - Located just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, this city fell into disrepair when GE, RCA Victor, and Campbell's moved out of the area.

Chicago - A huge, powerful city in Illinois with a mix of ultra-exclusive suburbs, housing projects, and slums and whose educational system suffers from a lack of teachers.

East St. Louis - A factory town across the river from the more glamorous and prosperous city with a similar name.

New York, NY - A place that has 32 school districts and whose ghetto area schools...
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