StereotypesGA

Student will be able to:
 * 1) define stereotype
 * 2) describe stereotypes in the time of Jesus
 * 3) compare and contrast negative and positive and neutral stereotypes.

Assignment: - Copy the info below. Paste it on a wiki page that you create called Stereotypecodeinitials. A. What do you understand by the term "stereotype"? What is the definition?

B. View a story about stereotypes: The Good Samaritan Then discuss
 * 1) How do you think stereotypes come about? I think stereotypes came about when people started grouping individuals based on their whole group of people or minority that they belonged to.
 * 2) Do we only create stereotypes of people we fear or distrust? No. Sometimes we make stereotypes of people we think are inferior to us. This is extremely wrong but it does happen.
 * 3) Do stereotypes ever have any truth in them? Usually not.
 * 4) How does point of view influence the telling of a current or historical event? For example if a child were to tell a historical story it might have more action. Now if an adult told the story it might be more realistic but not as funny or dramatic.
 * 5) How does one culture influence another? They could help one another enrich each others culture.
 * 6) What can stories tell us about a culture? It can tell us the history of a culture.
 * 7) What is the impact of stereotyping on cultural understanding? Political action? Personal experience? It can degrade a person in that certain group and make them feel horrible.

FYI C. View the info on the links below. Detail both positive and negative representations.
 * Choctaw Nation helped Ireland during 1847 famine
 * How Squanto became a Thanksgiving Symbol
 * Time to do away with the Redskins labels
 * School mascots blamed for escalation of stereotypes
 * Indian Mascot PSA

D. If we were to develop a mascot for Incarnation Catholic School, what would the mascot be? How would he/she be dressed? How would it present ICS? I would make our mascot a big clover. She would literally just wear a big clover with a green morf suit to cover the persons legs and arms. It would represent ICS in a great way.

E. What is the mascot of the high school you will attend next year? Explain how does it represents the school?