Stereotypes+HE


 * 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.**

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

In my own words, I think stereotype is when you have a judgement or opinion about a person or group based on their background. The definition according to dictionary.com is, "a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing."

B. View a story about stereotypes: The Good Samaritan Then discuss
 * 1) Are stereotypes new? Stereotypes have been around for a very long time. They have even been around since the time of the Lord.
 * 2) How do you think stereotypes come about? I think people get the automatic feeling like people who are outside of their race or type of group, are somehow less than them. They start to categorize people and then begin to judge them.
 * 3) Do we only create stereotypes of people we fear or distrust? I think that people stereotype others because they are different from them.
 * 4) Do stereotypes ever have any truth in them? I think that some people could fit the definition of the stereotype. I think that the person's decisions in their life would shape whether or not they fit the stereotype.

C. View the info on the links below. Detail both positive and negative representations. The story talks about the Native Americans in a good way because it uses words like "extraordinary" to describe them. They also talk about how the Native Americans were a big help during the times of famine.
 * Choctaw Nation helped Ireland during 1847 famine

They talk about Squanto in a good way because the descriptive words they use to describe him are knowledgeable and smart. The rest of the article is mostly just facts. This article is more negative because it talks mostly about how the team with the mascot Redskins was taken to court. It also talks a lot about the different arguments. This passage mostly has a negative connotation because it talks about how it was "disrespectful" and a "mockery." The school has to find a new mascot because some people thought it was stereotypical for the school to depict their mascot after the olden day Indians. The background music is mostly dull and sad.
 * 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? If we were to have a mascot at ICS, the mascot would probably be a four leaf clover because we are the Irish. The mascot would probably just dress in green clothing or green body paint.

E. What is the mascot of the high school you will attend next year? Explain how does it represents the school? The mascot for my future high school is the Alonso Ravens. The characteristics Alonso wished for their mascot to have were intelligence, loyalty, tenacity. It also wanted to be unique and different from other schools.