Welcome back! I missed you! This week we are focusing on how stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination shape who we are. We will analyze our own subconscious prejudices and study the psychological implications of stereotypes. In preparation for our next novel study, we will also access our prior knowledge about the Holocaust.

Monday:

Name: ___________________________ Period: ___________ Date: ________ TOC#__

Warm-up: Finish at least five of these sentences:

a) All athletes are ________________________________________________________.

b) People on welfare are all ________________________________________________.

c) Drugs are used by _____________________________________________________.

d) All homosexuals are ____________________________________________________.

e) All politicians are ______________________________________________________.

f) All male hairdressers are _________________________________________________.

g) All Jewish people are ___________________________________________________.

h) All rich people are _____________________________________________________.

i) All construction workers are ______________________________________________.

j) He's so smart, he must be _______________________________________________.

Factors: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Dangers: _________________________________________________________________________________________

I. Vocabulary preview

Directions: Write the word that matches the definition on the given line.

persecution

stereotype

Holocaust

ethnocentrism

discrimination

genocide: geno = people cide = murder

prejudice

1. Literally, "fire that causes destruction," has been used to designate the destruction of six million Jews by the Nazis during World War II - _________________________________

2. The belief that one's own ethnic, religious, or political group is superior to all others  - ____________________________

3. The oppression and/or harassment of people based on their race, religion, color, national origin, or other distinguishing characteristic - ____________________________

4. The use of deliberate, systematic measures (as killing, bodily or mental injury, unlivable conditions, prevention of births, forcible transfer of children of the group to another group) calculated to bring about the destruction of a racial, political or cultural group or to destroy the language, religion or culture of a group - ____________________________________

5. An unfavorable opinion (or attitude) formed against a person or group based on a stereotype - ________________________

6. A generalized image of a person or group, which does not acknowledge individual differences and which is often prejudicial to that person or group - __________________________________

7. The behavior or actions, usually negative, towards an individual or group of people, especially on the basis of sex/race/social class, etc. ________________________________

What is the difference between discrimination and prejudice?

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Give an example of discrimination:

Give an example of prejudice:

Tuesday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTYn1WRCuoU

II. Video response:

1. What surprised you most about this video?

2. Explain the purpose and the intended audience of this news video.

3. Is it possible for a person to grow to adulthood without having at least some prejudice towards others?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASDzcvyatgw

III. # ________

Directions: Read the article “Introduction to the Holocaust.”

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143

III. Timeline

Directions: Summarize each of the subsections of the article.

Introduction to the Holocaust:

What was the Holocaust?:

Administration of the Final Solution:

The End of the Holocaust:

IV. Using our seven vocabulary words, describe the Holocaust. Write in complete sentences.

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V. Holocaust Anti-Jewish Laws

Review the Anti-Jewish Laws: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007459

Respond to the following questions in complete sentences.

1. How would you feel if you were subjected to these laws.

2. Choose one of your laws and infer the implication (consequence) of the law. Write in complete sentences.

3. Could laws like this be plausible in today’s world? Do you believe governments and world leaders have the power to enforce laws such as these or do you think they would be met with resistance?

VI. Respond to the following quote:

“Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.”

― Margaret Mead

1. In your own words, summarize the message that Margaret Mead is trying to deliver in this quote.

2. What is your opinion of this quote? How does it connect to your life?