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Workshop 2: Stereotypes and PrejudicesAgeism

Teachers: Aira Broka and Liga Grundsteine12th March, 2013

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The results of the workshop 2

1.You can tell the difference between a stereotype and a prejudice and you know how they work in reality

2.You know how does an age discrimination (ageism) work

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Thermometer of agreeing.Place yourself in the corner you agree with most

(0°-don’t agree, 50° – partly agree, 100° – fully agree)

1.The persons’ age, ethnic group an gender isn’t important- I can be friends with everybody2.Men are good at Maths3.All young girls like pink colour4. Old people are always much weaker than young people.5.Men should earn more money than women

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Thermometer of agreeing.Place yourself in the corner you agree with most

(0°-don’t agree, 50° – partly agree, 100° – fully agree)

6.You can’t trust teenagers7.Some ethnic groups can’t be friends 8. Men do not do housework and they are not responsible for taking care of children 9.Young people can’t speak about politics because they don’t understand it10.There are jobs for women and jobs for men.

Age – stereotypes an prejudicesWork in 3 groups (5 minutes)

Write at least 10 characteristics of what is this group like(For example: Unserious, Have too much free time, etc.)

Mark 3 important ones with a star *

We’ll come back to your ideas in a second

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Teenagers

Aggressive

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Stereotype-Thoughs of some group of people -Everybody in the group have the same characteristics -Can be good or bad

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Make a stereotype about teenagers after this picture

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Prejudice-Stereotype+ emotion -Negative emotions about a group of poeple-Can lead to a discrimination

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Make a prejudice about teenagers after this picture

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Age – stereotypes an prejudices

Tell you group’s 3 most important characteristics.

The others will vote: 1.Stereotype2.Prejudice3.Fact

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Questions to answer:

1.Which group has the most stereotypes2.Why do we have these kind of prejudices3.Have you faced any situation when somebodydiscriminated you because of your age4.Have you ever notived that you have prejudices against other ages – children/old people.5.What can we do to fight prejudices?

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Break 10 min

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvxZcULxfKw

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What was unusual in this video?

What age stereotypes were broken?

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Stereotypes and prejudices in the work life

Work in 5 groupsPut the qualities that ARE or ARE not important for these professions.

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Questions to answer:

1.Why are these criteria important for these professions?2.Is any group discrimanated in some of the jobs?

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We all live in a city Juglio next to an ocean. There is a huge tsunami to come to our city. The city’s council will evacuate all the inhabitants to a safe place.

Make a poster or a small play to show what difficulties your group would have.

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The results of the workshop 2

1.You can tell the difference between a stereotype and a prejudice an you know how they work in reality

2.You know how does an age discrimination (ageism) work

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Let’s revise…

Stereotype is…. Prejudice is….There is age discrimination because…. I will pay more attention to… In this workshop I learned/understood….