Social Progress in the U.S.A.
Critical Analysis
What does the social progress index measure?
Out of 193 countries in the world, how does the U.S. rank on the social progress index?
What is the big picture this data paints of the social progress of the U.S.?
Why is that?
What is one consequence of this?
Is this good or bad news?
Which of the measures of the social progress index are political?
The U.S. is now a tier 2 country lower ranked than Greece or Cyprus, Slovenia, or Estonia. How does this data make you feel and is being 28th best in the world good enough?
Identify three specific things the U.S. government could do to increase American social progress?
How much of the blame for these low rankings should go to our system of government?
In what way will our low and falling ranking impact the 2020 elections?
Most Americans don’t know our Social Progress Index Ranking, but I would claim that although they cannot name it they can feel it.
Explain the connection between our nation’s falling social progress and our desire to be better “Make America Great Again”
Learning Extension
Read this hilarious op-ed by Nick Kristof. You can listen to it if you hate reading. It’s only 6 minutes long.