What is the purpose of this assignment?
To explore what life is like for the top one percent of Americans and other features of the upper
class in American society.
What film do I need to watch?
Please watch “The One Percent.”
What should be included in my write-up?
There are two questions for you to answer and each answer must be 150 words minimum per
question. Be sure that you answer all parts of the questions.
1. Discuss four key features, characteristics, etc. you observe of the upper classtwo from
the textbook and two from the film.
2. Choose a major CEO (An American, NOT Donald Trump or the Johnson & Johnson
CEO. It can be one mentioned in the film or someone else) and research him/her. Provide
detailed information about their rise to the top and style of management (use this article
from Wikipedia to determine types of leadership). In addition, indicate whether this
individual appears to belong to the power elite, supply detail in support of your
conclusion.
The answer to each question must be 150 words minimum. Be sure that you answer all parts of
the questions. Anytime you are asked to pull answers or examples directly from the
textbook, film, podcast, or other external source, you are expected to use appropriate
citation. Appropriate citations include using in-text citations and full text citations for the
resources you are pulling from. For this assignment, you should include an in-text and full
text reference for the textbook, the film, and any external resources you use for your CEO
discussion. Copying definitions or examples word for word from the textbook or failing to cite
when paraphrasing or quoting will result in an automatic 50% grade reduction on this
assignment.
