Monday, November 5, 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: 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: Slavery of blacks by the whites which caused the civil wars.

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 affects the children
·        Never treat others by eyes color or skin color.

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