Writing Assignment Read Missing People + Others and Should We Generalize About Others: On Stereotypes in order to complete the questions How would women qualify as “missing people” and “others” according to Arturo Madrid’s article? Provide specific examples. Why is not wrong to generalize about others? How are generalizations fundamentally different from stereotypes? How are […]
What assumptions does the audience have about this community? What stereotypes, biases, generalizations, or confusions does the audience have that they writer is trying to fix?
DISCUSSION Choose ONE to explore in this discussion. Answer the following questions: Who did you choose as your mentor and why were you drawn to this story? Do a tiny bit of research on the author. Give 1-2 interesting facts about them, when they were writing, or what surrounding context is interesting to know to […]
Respond to arguments made in two readings from Week 2 of the course.
News Media In this paper, respond to arguments made in two readings from Week 2 of the course. This assignment aims to allow you to demonstrate your understanding of the arguments made by the writers and have you introduce an example that will enable you to explain the use of stereotypes in advertising.
PREPARE POWER POINT PRESENTATION ON PERSONAL BIASES AND STEREOTYPES THAT SURFACED BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THIS COMMUNITY ACTIVITY.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITY PRESENTATION SHOULD BE 1) THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS BEFORE AND AFTER ATTENDING 2) WHAT YOU LEARN ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR BELIEF SYSTEM 3) WHAT YOU EXPECTED AND DID NOT EXPECT TO EXPERIENCE 4) WHAT YOU SAW/OBSERVED AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE GROUP IN WHICH YOU INFUSED YOURSELF. PREPARE POWER POINT PRESENTATION ON PERSONAL […]
Describe some multicultural applications in the classroom that will allow all students to be represented and have a voice. Be sure to include aspects of socioeconomic diversity, gender diversity and language diversity.
Multicultural education Define and discuss the rationale for multicultural education and how group stereotypes can be avoided. Describe some multicultural applications in the classroom that will allow all students to be represented and have a voice. Be sure to include aspects of socioeconomic diversity, gender diversity and language diversity.
Discuss how your personal ethnocentrism, stereotypes, attitudes, beliefs, etc. were challenged and/or changed as a result of each experience.
Term Paper Attending an ethnic restaurant in an ethnic neighborhood and writing about the experience i.e. the food, neighborhood, language usage of menu, staff, etc. Discuss how your personal ethnocentrism, stereotypes, attitudes, beliefs, etc. were challenged and/or changed as a result of each experience. Discuss how it served as an exercise for personal growth, what […]
Write a summary explaining alternate ways of reporting the story that would not perpetuate stereotypes of people with mental illness.
Topic: Media Coverage Analysis 1. Collect 4 articles from the internet that discuss mental wellness/mental health, or provide an account of an incident involving a person with mental illness. It is particularly effective if you can find coverage of the same story or event from different news sources. 2. Analyze and compare the way each […]
Discuss negative stereotypes around gaming and try to inform people about video games that you know anything about them.
Reflections journal Make a 10 pages reflection journal using bullet points. NOT ESSAY FORM. 10 PAGES but only the writing of 8, can be double spaced and again using bullet points. Find sources and write a brief summary of the sources. Include couple lines about what they’re about. Also relate it to Video Games and […]
What are some ways of reducing ageism through our own individual actions, as well as through larger societal and cultural changes?
Stereotypes and Aging Text to be cited: Cavanaugh, J. C. & Blanchard-Fields, F. (2015). Adult development and aging (7th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning Ageism is arguably a widespread –ism that affects American life and popular culture in the early 21st century. To explore to what extent your own beliefs among older people have a […]
Research shows that social class impacts how children are raised and their life chances. Explain this with two relevant points from the reading (6)Mintz and two relevant points from the reading (31)Furstenberg, Jr.
Answer the following question. 2) In the US, many people believe that most poor people are lazy people who don’t want to work and instead rely completely on welfare. Explain with facts / statistics / examples how we know these stereotypes are false. Next, research shows that social class impacts how children are raised and […]