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PREJUDICE-REDUCING
STORIES
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Read
the cluster of stories from these students. Think
about the different teacher behaviors that had a
positive impact on the students below.
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Prejudice-Reducing
K-12 Stories: Questions/Activities
1. Which of the stories about prejudice-reducing
experiences
touched you most deeply? Select 4 stories and talk
about how
they (will) affect you as a teacher of children.
2. Spend some time in the hallways, corridors, recess
fields, and
lunch areas of your school/s. Are children calling one
another
names? Is so, what are the most common names you hear?
Do
you see any other examples of prejudice/discrimination in
the
children's behavior?
3. Read Responding
to Hate-Motivated Behavior in
Schools.
Look at the school rules where you presently teach. Do
they
reflect a belief in justice and respect for all people?
Which rules
do you feel are the most important to have (and
enforce)?
4. Read A
World of Difference Pledge.
Write your own personal
pledge to your students.
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Myths
about Prejudice Reduction
Children
of the Holocaust
101
Ways You Can Beat Prejudice
We
Hold these Truths to be
Self-Evident
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Prejudice-Building K-12 Stories: Questions &
Activities
1. What were some of the prejudices in the stories you
read?
Read Chris' story again. Then read Causes
of Obesity.
Did you
learn anything that changed your own thinking?
2. Read Media
Influences & Self-Image.
Identify at least 2 TV
shows, books, magazines, films, etc. that present
stereotypical
views of various groups of people. What are the
stereotypes
portrayed in your examples?
3. Visit What
to Tell Your Child about Prejudice and
Discrimination.
Select one of the following child comments and
provide a response that would help that child be less
prejudice:
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"If you like to dance, you must be a fag."
• "Old people are mean."
• "People who smoke are stupid."
• "Poor people are lazy."
• "Rich people are snobs."
4.
Read What
Can Parents Do about
Prejudice?
. Select one
item from the list and give several examples of ways
teachers
might also help at school.
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Tools
for Teachers
Awareness
Activities
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Making of a Skinhead
Prejudice:
A WebQuest
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