Sunday, October 28, 2012

Portfolio Exercise #5 - Stereotyping & Blue Eyes Video


With a partner, please answer the following. You may use internet resources to help you.

 

1.      Define:

a.       Stereotyping: a thought that may adopt about specific types of individuals or certain  ways of doing things, but the belief may or not accurately reflect reality.

b.      Prejudice: is most often used to refer to preconceived, usually unfavorable, judgments toward people or a person because of gender, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race/ethnicity, language, nationality or other personal characteristics

c.       Bias: is an inclination to present or hold a partial perspective at the expense of (possibly equally valid) alternatives

d.      Discrimination: is the prejudicial or distinguishing treatment of an individual based on his or her membership - or perceived membership - in a certain group or category

2.      Give an example of each.

Stereotyping: Cultural and ethnic, Sexuality related, Gender

Prejudice: race, gender, nationality, social status, sexual orientation or religious affiliation

Discrimination: the persons race, deformities, mental issues, the clothes they wear, what size they are.

 

 
Watch  Class Divided

ü Understanding

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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