Friday, November 2, 2012

Portfolio 5


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
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
                   Ø  a time she or he witnessed discrimination and did something about it

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