The opening to chapter ten begins with a brief summary of Jonathan Kozol's (2005) Shame of the Nation in which the author reports on his visits to 60 U.S. schools in urban low-income areas. The elementary school years coincide with Erikson's fourth stage of psychosocial development. First, identify the principal elements of this stage of psychosocial development. Then, consider that ways

in which the conditions highlighted by Kozol in our textbook might undermine or even advance the successful resolution of Erikson's fourth stage of Industry versus Inferiority.