Stereotypes+LV

A. What do you understand by the term "stereotype"? What is the definition?


 * The term stereotype means to put something or someone in groups depending on their differences.
 * The definition of stereotype 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) How do you think stereotypes come about?
 * 2) Do we only create stereotypes of people we fear or distrust?
 * 3) Do stereotypes ever have any truth in them?
 * 4) How does point of view influence the telling of a current or historical event?
 * 5) How does one culture influence another?
 * 6) What can stories tell us about a culture?
 * 7) What is the impact of stereotyping on cultural understanding? Political action? Personal experience?


 * 1) **Stereotypes can be based on religion, items, people, races, or anything that could be classified or something that is important.**
 * 2) **No, we can create them by anything,**

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?

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