GC2 3. Lesson 1 - Prejudice and discrimination intro lesson

• Global Citizenship
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Prejudice and discrimination

Goals

At the end of this lesson:

1. I will have an improved understanding of what prejudice and discrimination are 

2. I will have an increased knowledge of the types of prejudice and discrimination that exist in our society 

3. I will have gained an understanding of where prejudiced views and discrimination forms come from

4. How this affects young people

What does the word prejudice mean?

Examples of prejudice

‘Women make bad drivers.’ 

            ‘Unemployed people are lazy.’  

            ‘Groups of young people are looking to cause trouble.’  

            ‘Football fans are hooligans.’

Exercise

Come up with your own examples of prejudice views

Write it down

In pairs or a group of 3

5 mins

What examples of prejudice views did you come up with.

Exercise

Answer the following questions in your same group or pair. Write it down - 5/8 minutes

Are they all true?

 If not, then why are they commonly said? 

Are they dangerous in any way? 

What do they all have in common?

Where do these views come from?

What examples of prejudice views did you choose? Are they all true?
If not, then why are they commonly said?
Are they dangerous in any way?
What do they all have in common?
Where do these views come from?

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination??

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?

Prejudice is the view

Discrimination is the act

Prejudice

- All Muslims hate the West and are potential terrorists

Discrimination

- What could be the discrimination (act) of this prejudice viewpoint?

Prejudice

- All Muslims hate the West and are potential terrorists

Discrimination

- Violent attacks on innocent Muslims and mosques, especially following major terrorist attacks such as 9/11. Think about how many countries with a Muslim majority, were prevented travel/visas to the USA

Exercise

Make your own table using the prejudices you wrote down earlier in your groups or pairs

10 minutes

Effects of discrimination

Discuss in your pairs or groups what the effect of those discriminatory acts could have on different types of people. 

Also, how could this affect young people? If these people are discriminated against at school or at home, what form would this take and how would it affect young people? 

Not finished? Homework!

Goals?

Did we?

1. Improve our understanding of what prejudice and discrimination are? 

2. Increase our knowledge of the types of prejudice and discrimination that exist in our society?

3. Gain an understanding of where prejudiced views and discrimination forms come from?

4. Think about how this affects young people?