-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//.**

B. View a story about stereotypes: The Good Samaritan Then discuss
 * 1) Are stereotypes new? No they are not.
 * 2) How do you think stereotypes come about? When people gain false information about others.
 * 3) Do we only create stereotypes of people we fear or distrust? No we do not.
 * 4) Do stereotypes ever have any truth in them? Sometimes they do.

C. View the info on the links below. Detail both positive and negative representations. There are no positive representations. Negative representations are that the native Americans have to move.
 * The Ransom of Red Chief
 * 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? If we did have a mascot it would probably be a Leprechaun. He/she would be dressed in green. It would represent ICS because we are the Irish.

E. What is the mascot of the high school you will attend next year? Explain how does it represents the school? The mascot of the high school I will attend next year is a tiger. It represents the school because tigers are agile, intelligent, and cunning.