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AUTHORS Contents KAREN HUME SHARON JEROSKI JILL KEDERSHA McCLAY KATHLEEN GREGORY DON JONES ELAINE ROSE IS A WORLD RICH MACPHERSON WITHOUT STEREOTYPES POSSIBLE? 6 ADVISORS CLUSTER ONE and REVIEWERS ARE STEREOTYPES AND PREJUDICE THE Nancy Annibale (ON) Anna Filice-Gagliardi (ON) Vincent Obrien (ON) SAME THING? Ray Appel (BC) Kelly Denneny Forsyth (ON) Yvonne Oral (ON) Janet Atkinson (ON) Diane Graves (BC) Lisa Ottenbreit (BC) What’s Your POV? 8 Terry Barron (NL) Lori Gray (SK) Mark Reimer (MB) Patrick Belmonte (ON) Kathy Puharich Hodgins (BC) Bill Schneider (ON) Is Labelling a Big Deal? article 9 J. Robert Brady (ON) Heather Jakobi (ON) Philip Sexsmith (NB) by Aisha Muharrar Kimberly Briggs (ON) Leslie L. Kennedy (NL) Mary-Anne Smirle (BC) Brave New World—Same Old Stereotypes? opinion piece 13 Cheryl Caldwell (ON) Kathy Keyworth (BC) Tamar Stein (ON) by Carlos Moreno Leah Christensen (BC) Noeline Laccetti (ON) Jim Stewart (ON) Christopher Clarke (ON) Noel Lim (ON) Andrea Sullivan (ON) Debi Coffin (SK) Michele Litster (ON) Robyn Michaud-Turgeon (ON) STRATEGY SPOTLIGHT Rachel Cooke (ON) Terry MacDonald (ON) Cat Turner (AB) Reading Opinions Cathy Costello (ON) Ian McKergow (NS) Jill Watson (ON) Predicting 14 Bibiana Couto (ON) Charles Myfanwy (ON) Lori Whiteman (SK) Making Connections 14 Bryan Curtis (ON) Mari Natress (SK) Jill Windsor (ON) Analyzing 15 Gary Dogterom (AB) Donna L. Nentwig (MB) Nadia Young (ON) Kate Elliott (ON) Sheri Nicholls (ON) Lisa Epp (AB) Yaw Obeng (ON) What’s Wrong with Video Games? opinion piece with graphs 16 by Kate Shaftoe Pearson Canada would like to thank all the field-test teachers and students for their feedback and recommendations during the I’m Tired of Skaters Getting a Bad Rap opinion piece 20 by Nick Propios development of Live Ink. Hurdles graphic story 22 by Derek Kirk Kim One-Armed TV Host news report 24 by Mike Celizic CHECKPOINT: Are stereotypes and prejudice the same thing? 26 3 ©P ©P CLUSTER THREE CLUSTER TWO WHY IS IT SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE STEREOTYPING? HOW DOES STEREOTYPING AFFECT US? Snow White Rewrite graphic text 55 Still Me Inside personal narrative 27 by Chelsea Donaldson by Mai Goda Where Are You From? Message in a Bottle graphic story 30 Untitled opinion piece 58 by Rodolphe Guenoden by Michelle Scott Responses for Resistance dialogue 59 by Joyce Brown STRATEGY SPOTLIGHT Comments on “Where Are You From?” message board 61 Media by various authors Analyzing Purpose 40 Using Visuals for a Purpose 41 STRATEGY SPOTLIGHT Writing Opinions Double Take poster 42 from Urban Alliance on Race Relations Persuade Me! 62 Getting Started 63 The Canyon short story 44 by Don Aker Homer Simpson—Harmless Dumb Dad or Pet Names poem 49 Dangerous Stereotype? letters to the editor 64 by Caroline Garrod by J.T., Saskatoon and S.R., Sudbury Same Song poem 50 Injins Among Us script 66 by Pat Mora by Drew Hayden Taylor Seven Things You Can Do to Help Address Racism and Hate STRATEGY SPOTLIGHT graphic text 69 Speaking and Listening to Opinions by Ivan Suvanjieff and Dawn Gifford Engle Sharing Opinions 52 Listening to Evaluate 53 CHECKPOINT: Why is it sometimes difficult to recognize stereotyping? 71 CHECKPOINT: How does stereotyping affect us? 54 YOUDECIDE... Is a world without stereotypes possible? 72 STRATEGY SURVIVAL GUIDE Reading, Listening, Viewing 74 Writing, Speaking, Creating 76 Credits 78 4 5 ©P ©P I Fluffy In this module you will … I think critically about stereotyping ARE STEREOTYPES in our world AND PREJUDICE I read a variety of texts, focusing on opinion pieces and graphic THE SAME THING? texts I identify the purpose of media texts I speak and listen to share and evaluate points of view I write to support and share personal opinions I create a multimedia presentation to express your point of view about stereotyping IS A WORLD WITHOUT POSSIBLE? STEREOTYPES HOW DOES STEREOTYPING WHY IS IT AFFECT US? SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE STEREOTYPING? 7 discrimination diversity oppressed ©P prejudice ©P label stereotype Key Vocabulary ARE STEREOTYPES AND PREJUDICE THE SAME THING? WHAT ’S YOURPOV? IS LABELLING A Big Deal? BY AISHA MUHARRAR Decide your point of view. Agree or disagree with each of the statements in the chart below. BEFORE YOU READ Make a connection to your own experiences and decide how you would answer the JOCK question in the title. Share strong, athletic, could 1. Old people shouldn’t try to act young. your thinking with a partner. be dumb 2. Teens with tattoos and piercings should expect to be treated badly by adults. POSER 3. Dumb blond jokes are funny because they’re true. fake, like a wannabe 4. It’s fair to limit the number of teens who can be in a convenience store at one time. 5. Asking people what country they’re from is a form of prejudice. 6. Preschool kids shouldn’t be exposed to people with disabilities. TECHIE 7. Guys shouldn’t knit or sew. likes to play with computers 8. Stereotypes are okay in video games—they’re just games! SHORTY a female or young kid Now choose one statement you strongly agree with and one GAMER into video games statement you strongly disagree with. Be prepared to share and SKATER support your point of view with your classmates. into punk culture, skateboards, long shorts, and big, bright T-shirts stereotype the belief that all members of a certain group are the same GOODY-GOODY honour student, volunteer, teacher’s favourite Talking about stereotypes can easily become personal. So always consider the way your comments might make others feel. Think hard. 8 Discuss honestly. But be sensitive. 9 ©P ©P Why We Label PREP/PREPPY What Are Labels? short for prep school; Labels are simple words, but they have a powerful impact. You’re “old money,” lacrosse It’s four minutes before first period at your typical high letting one word describe someone as a “type.” That person is no games/tennis matches school. Lockers are slamming as everyone scrambles to get longer seen as an individual because the label says it all. to class. So many voices are mingled together that you On the surface, labels seem to simplify the process of getting can’t even hear what anyone’s saying. Listen closer: to know other people. You don’t even have to meet the person HIP-HOPPER “This hallway’s closed—to geeks.” likes hip-hop who’s being labelled—the label you’ve heard is the only music, baggy “Preps are such clones.” INDIE introduction you need … or is it? clothes “He’s a thug!” bohemian clothes, au naturel, most Some labels—like jock—are almost universal. Others aren’t as Labels. They’re everywhere. You hear them at school likely to be voted familiar. Your school probably has well-known and not-so-well- and out in the world. They’re a part of our language. unique known labels, just like other schools throughout the country. Labels are so fixed in everyday speech that you may not Why do we have to be called nerds just because we get even think twice about them. What exactly is a label? straight A’s? Why do we get called jocks when we play a sport? Here’s my own definition: GOTH What is the point of judging people on what they do and like? Label: A word used to define or make assumptions black clothing, black Wouldn’t everything be easier if we didn’t have labels? So why eye makeup, quiet do we? about an individual. Labels are usually based on how and pensive someone looks, dresses, acts, or talks—or who the Partly, we label to try to make life simpler. We skip the part person hangs out with. about getting to know someone and go straight to making assumptions. This saves us the trouble of connecting an individual identity with every individual. NERD GEEK smart, expert in something, loves HIPPIE awkward, shy to learn, ignores popular ’60s look, free spirit, trends, possibly dorky wears protest 4 buttons The Five Factors These are five factors commonly associated with labelling. DITZ really dopey and scatterbrained 1 Clothing Style/Appearance 2 Interests/Activities/Music Preferences 3 Behaviour/Personality 4 Grades/Intellect 5 Friends Other factors include wealth (or lack of it), race or ethnic background, religion, hometown, and being male or female. With the possible exception of religion, these additional factors aren’t things teens can choose about themselves or their families. 10 11 ©P ©P STRATEGYSPOTLIGHT READINGOPINIONS As you’ll see in the chart below, teens have their reasons for labelling or not labelling. It’s interesting that one teen who said yes DON’T LABEL ME! to labelling pointed out that labelling makes things simpler. As human beings, we like to put things in categories so they’re easier to understand and communicate about.