StereotypeLJ115

A. What do you understand by the term "stereotype"? What is the definition?
 * The term stereotype is a way we think about someone based on the ways other people who have traits in common with them act or look.**
 * Stereotype- 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? **Stereotypes have been around since the ancient times, they just happen based on what society thinks of people with a certain trait.**
 * 2) Do we only create stereotypes of people we fear or distrust? **No we create stereotypes about people who we should or shouldn't trust, should speak to and shouldn't, should befriend or not befriend.**
 * 3) Do stereotypes ever have any truth in them? **They may have truth.**
 * 4) How does point of view influence the telling of a current or historical event? **Because based on what stereotypes you have about certain people, you may tell the story differently letting your personal opinions influence it.**
 * 5) How does one culture influence another? **All cultures influence each other because people from different cultures travel to places with other's and that affects each culture greatly.**
 * 6) What can stories tell us about a culture? Stories can tell us about the beliefs, customs, and daily life of people from certain cultures.
 * 7) What is the impact of stereotyping on cultural understanding? Political action? Personal experience? **Stereotyping can negatively impact all of these things because you could automatically judge people based on stereotyping, before actually looking into the situation first.**

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


 * Positive**
 * 1) ** The opinions of both groups were represented **
 * 2) ** The people of that culture calmly represented their opinion **


 * Negative**
 * 1) ** People that weren't of the culture that the situation involved probably didn't have the same opinions as those who were **
 * 2) ** The problem involved stereotyping Indians **

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?
 * The mascot would be a leprechaun dressed in all green because our teams are the "Irish". It would represent us as being lucky.**

E. What is the mascot of the high school you will attend next year? Explain how does it represents the school?
 * The Crusaders, it represents the school as being strong and powerful.**