1. Workshop 2: Stereotypes and Prejudices
Ageism
Teachers:
Aira Broka and Liga Grundsteine
12th March, 2013
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2. The results of the workshop 2
1.You can tell the difference between a
stereotype and a prejudice and you know
how they work in reality
2.You know how does an age
discrimination (ageism) work
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3. Thermometer of agreeing.
Place yourself in the corner you agree with most
(0°-don’t agree, 50° – partly agree, 100° – fully agree)
1.The persons’ age, ethnic group an gender
isn’t important- I can be friends with
everybody
2.Men are good at Maths
3.All young girls like pink colour
4. Old people are always much weaker than
young people.
5.Men should earn more money than
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4. Thermometer of agreeing.
Place yourself in the corner you agree with most
(0°-don’t agree, 50° – partly agree, 100° – fully agree)
6.You can’t trust teenagers
7.Some ethnic groups can’t be friends
8. Men do not do housework and they are
not responsible for taking care of children
9.Young people can’t speak about politics
because they don’t understand it
10.There are jobs for women and jobs for
men.
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5. Age – stereotypes an prejudices
Work in 3 groups (5 minutes)
Write at least 10 characteristics of what is this group like
(For example: Unserious, Have too much free time, etc.)
Mark 3 important ones with a star *
We’ll come back to your ideas in a second
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Teenagers
Aggressive
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6. Stereotype
-Thoughs of some group of people
-Everybody in the group have the
same characteristics
-Can be good or bad
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10. Age – stereotypes an prejudices
Tell you group’s 3 most important
characteristics.
The others will vote:
1.Stereotype
2.Prejudice
3.Fact
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11. Questions to answer:
1.Which group has the most stereotypes
2.Why do we have these kind of prejudices
3.Have you faced any situation when
somebodydiscriminated you because of your age
4.Have you ever notived that you have
prejudices against other ages – children/old
people.
5.What can we do to fight prejudices?
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14. What was unusual in this video?
What age stereotypes were
broken?
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15. Stereotypes and prejudices in the work life
Work in 5 groups
Put the qualities that ARE or ARE not important
for these professions.
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16. Questions to answer:
1.Why are these criteria important for these
professions?
2.Is any group discrimanated in some of the
jobs?
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17. We all live in a city Juglio next to an ocean. There is a huge tsunami to come to our
city. The city’s council will evacuate all the inhabitants to a safe place.
Make a poster or a small play to show what difficulties your group would have.
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18. The results of the workshop 2
1.You can tell the difference between a
stereotype and a prejudice an you know
how they work in reality
2.You know how does an age
discrimination (ageism) work
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