1. You are a small business owner. Write a petition for Wal-Mart executives persuading them with reasons not to open.
2. You are a recent college graduate. Returning to high school, explain in a speech what role education plays in class division.
3. You are a big city mayor. Justify to a group of citizens why funds should be used to alleviate homelessness.
4. You are young single Latina mother. Write an editorial explaining the connection between race, gender and class.
5. You are considered ‘working poor’. Write a eulogy to a group of wealthy citizens about the symbolic death of poverty.
6. You are a young African American male. In a rap to whites, explain how opportunity is limited by institutional racism.
7. You are an elderly woman. In a speech to a Senior Citizens Center, persuade your peers to change health care policy.
8. You are 13 and employed in a sweatshop in Bangladesh. Describe in a speech the benefits of unionizing your labor force.
9. You are for welfare reform. Justify your position against welfare reform and answer criticism concerning corporate welfare.
10. Your income ranks you as the top 1% in America. Write in your will what makes you different from the other 99%.
