Stereotyping & Blue Eyes Brown Eyes Video
With a partner, please answer the
following. You may use internet resources to help you.
1. Define:-
a.
Stereotyping: Generalizations
about all members of a group, both positive and negative.
b.
Prejudice: Over-generalized
and oversimplified negative beliefs about a group of people.
c.
Bias: Negative
opinion or attitude toward group or someone based on their race, religion, or national
origin.
d.
Discrimination: Any
action that denies opportunities to a person on the basis of their race,
gender, age, religion.
2. Give an example of each term:-
a.
Stereotyping: 1.All
black are good in sports, 2.Italian and French are best lover.
b.
Prejudice: Women
are too emotional, so they don’t make good managers.
c.
Bias: All Arabs and Muslims are terrorists.
d.
Discrimination: 1.slavery of blacks by the whites which caused the
civil wars, 2.Hitler’s concentration camps for Jews.
Watch Class Divided
Ø
a time she or he
witnessed discrimination and did
something about it
Watch Class Divided
With partners, answer the following:
1. Where,
when and with whom did this experiment take place?
- Midwest, USA – Late 1960’s – 3rd grade class.
2. Describe
the experiment.
- Colors of eyes (blue and brown); discrimination.
- Divide the class into two groups ( blue eyes and brown eyes groups)
3. What
were the results?
- Remove the idea of discrimination.
- The children felt how to be discriminated by others.
4. How
successful do you believe it was?
- It was very successful because the experiment affect the children
- Never treat others by eyes color or skin color.
Going
Deeper
In groups of four, discuss the following:
Ø
a time she or he experienced prejudice or discrimination
Ø
a time she or he discriminated against somebody else
Ø
a time she or he
witnessed discrimination and did nothing
about it
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