Prejudice

• Citizenship
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)

Introduction

Everyone is prejudiced. That’s normal. But what exactly is prejudice, and where does it come from? Students learn to answer these questions by watching an animated video. Then, they reflect on what it means when people are prejudiced against you and explore how they can deal with their own prejudice.

Instructions

Preparation

• Watch the video and determine whether you will need to pause for explanations.

• Check whether the IWB sound is on

• Optional: Have the students download the LessonUp app on their own device/ install it on the classroom device or have students participate via lessonup.app

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Prejudice

This slide introduce the topic and give a brief lesson description for the students.

As a warm-up, you could analyse the picture with the students. How is the picture connected to prejudice? In the follow-up, you can reflect on the following keywords: pigeonholing, snap judgments, in-group and out-group, othering, classifying people, etc.

In this lesson, we are going to talk about prejudice.

What do you know about prejudice, and how do you deal with it?

This slide introduce the topic and give a brief lesson description for the students.

As a warm-up, you could analyse the picture with the students. How is the picture connected to prejudice? In the follow-up, you can reflect on the following keywords: pigeonholing, snap judgments, in-group and out-group, othering, classifying people, etc.

What do you know about prejudice?

This interactive assignment has students reflect on what they already know about prejudice. This activates their prior knowledge. Briefly discuss the words. Ask students to explain the words and give examples.

Does everyone have prejudices?

Yes

No

Ask some students to explain their answers.

Please note that there are no right or wrong answers!

Watch the video with the class. Don’t forget to turn on the sound.

How do you counter prejudice?

Have students discuss the question with the class.

Discuss in pairs:  
An example (recent or past) of when prejudice resulted in the exclusion of people.

Have students discuss the question in pairs.

What does it mean to someone when others are prejudiced against them?

Students answer the question in pairs. The goal is for students to reflect on the adverse effects of prejudice.

What have you learnt about prejudice?

This last question will give you an insight into the students’ learning process. What did students know at the beginning of the lesson, and what do they know now? What have they learnt?

https://www.annefrank.org/nl/themas/discriminatie-en-gelijke-rechten/

(@marieke: kan je alle 4 de video's in de slide integreren ipv link?)

See what other young people say about prejudice:

Watch the videos:

Do you want to know what other young people say about prejudice? Watch the videos with the class.