LESSON PLAN 1.2.

TOPIC: "You Kids Are All Alike" introductory exercise on stereotyping. It illustrates the point that we all have stereotypes and that they can be dysfunctional.

THEME OR CORE QUESTION: What are stereotypes?

TIME REQUIRED: 1-2 class periods

SUGGESTED GRADE LEVEL: 6-12

NEW JERSEY CORE CURRICULUM STANDARD: 6.4, 6.5

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:

1. Learner will deepen the understanding of stereotyping.
2. earner will better understand how stereotypes limit our thinking.

STRATEGIES OR METHODS:

1. Distribute a copy of the reading and ask students to read and fill out appropriate parts.
2. Hold a class discussion: Question: According to what you know and read in the assigned reading, what is a stereotypes?
   Question: Do all people, except infants, have stereotypes?
   Make a list the situations when stereotyping can be harmful?
   Question: Are stereotypes harmful only to those who are stereotyped? Are they harmful to you when you stereotype others?

VOCABULARY: stereotype, stereotyping (applying stereotypes to others).

ACTIVITIES: discussion, drawing a list.

MATERIALS: reading: "You Kids Are All Alike." Available from http://www.du.edu/ctir/pubs_culture.html . Teaching About Cultural Awareness, George Otero with Gary Smith CTIR, revised 1994, $29.95 (Comb-bound with reproducible student handouts. Grades 5-12).

ASSESSMENT: collect, evaluate and grade worksheets.