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Welcome:Breaking Stereotypes
Description: This webquest is about preventing
stereotypes
Grade level: 12 – 17
Curriculum: Social Studies
Keywords: stereotypes, beliefs, prior assumptions,
conceptions , cultures
Author: Irene Tiago
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3. Stereotypes prevent us from understanding people who are different from
us . If you use stereotypes you will not understand other social groups .
Unfortunately , many stereotypes are inaccurate.
You are an anthropologist making a research on stereotypes people have on
different cultures . Your mission is to find out some stereotypes on three
ethnic or religious groups then justify why they are false beliefs about them .
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DEFINITION
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PROCESS
This project is two weeks long . Here are the steps to follow :
1-You work in groups of four to five students
2-You decide on the ethnic community to work on .
3-You decide on the sub tasks to do within your group .
4- You explore the provided references and collect relevant information
5-You prepare a presentation on your findings to the class
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PROCESS
Organization :
You work in five groups and each group is going to gather information on
stereotypes people have on an ethnic group :
The first group is going to work on Hungarian
The second group is going to work on Polish
The third group is going to work on Estonian
The fourth group is going to work on Spaniards
The fifth group is going to work on Italian
8. Task1
Copy this chart and classify the stereotypes you collected into the
following categories :
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TASK 2
Obvious Surprising Convincing Unconvincing
9. Task2
Try to discover the inaccuracies of each of these categories of stereotypes.
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TASK 3
10. Task3
Use your insight as an antropologist to tell the world about the dangers
of each category of stereotypes and its negative effect on crosscultural
understanding .
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TASK 4
11. Task4
Present your search and findings to the class in a PowerPoint presentation .
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14. Students discuss the changes this project has brought to their perception
of stereotypes and to their attitudes towards the studied cultural
communities .
Good Work!
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