What is a stereotype?
Stereotypes are ____ ideas used to describe a _____ of people.
It's a way of generalising, of jumping to ________, of assuming that “they’re all ____ .” It’s looking at a whole group of people and assuming that they all ______ certain qualities or defects.
For example, when hearing someone say: "My next door neighbour is a 65 years old lady”, people generally assume that ...
Missing words:
share, fixed, conclusions, group, alike
Personality adjectives
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The Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows
A compendium of invented words written by John Koenig.
Each original definition aims to fill a hole in the language – to give a name to emotions we all might experience, but don't yet have a word for.
We're about to watch a video for the word SONDER.
Before we start, write down a definition for this invented word (keep in mind the overall topic of our unit)
SONDER The Realisation that everyone has a story
Watch again and try to find words to fit these definitions:
1. a story that hasn't ended yet, that's still ongoing = (Adj) u (story)
2. very close (or very soon) = (Adj) I
3. dispersed, disorganised, arranged in no particular order = (Adj) s
4. people you've met, but aren't close to = (Noun) a
5. filled with colour, sound or life = (Adj) v
6. sth you've received from previous generations = (Adj/Verb) I
7. connected, linked (with literal or metaphorical thread) = (V) s... t...
8. many, a large yet undefined number of = (Adj) c
9. drinking slowly, in small increments = (Verb) s
10. in the evening = (Noun) at d
Stereotypes fall into 5 categories:
1. Cultural stereotypes (people from country X are ....)
2. Gender stereotypes (women are ....)
3. Social stereotypes (people who grew up in X conditions are .... / introverts are all ...)
4. Racial stereotypes (people from country X are ....)
5. Religious stereotypes (people who believe in X are ....)
