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What Are Stereotypes

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Perspective and Stereotypes

SEL & Anti-Bias Theme

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Topic 14

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This Topic’s Objectives

Unit Overview

TK-2

3-5

This unit provides lessons to create a viable and inclusive school and classroom climate by helping students understand bias and discrimination. The lessons help students explore bullying, stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination (and the differences between those) and reflect on the cycle of inequality.

  • Students will be able to define stereotype and generalization
  • Students will identify stereotypes about ‘girls and boys’
  • Students will reflect on their own experience with stereotypes
  • Students will be able to define stereotype
  • Students will identify and reflect on stereotypes they have heard about themselves or others
  • Students will examine specific stereotypes, where they come from and information that dispels the stereotype

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Mary Wears What She Wants

—by Keith Negley

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  • What’s this story about?
  • What did you like most about it? Why?
  • How do you feel about this story? Why?

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Dinnertime Discussions

What is Perspective?

Boy and Girl Boxes

What is a Stereotype?

Discuss perspective. What are some things that might influence someone’s perspective? What are some things that people might see differently? Why do people look at the same thing but see it differently?

Ask your child, “What have you heard about how girls should play, what they should like, and what they should do? What about boys? Do you know people that don’t do/like these things? Why is it important that we don’t assume who people are, what they like, and what they should do because of how they look or identify?

Have a discussion about stereotypes. What is the problem with stereotypes? How can a stereotype that seems positive, like “boys are good at math”, be harmful? Where do you think stereotypes come from? How do they make you feel?

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