Inequality Language

What definition best describes the word "culture" as you understand it?

• How someone acts around other people who are like them

• The raising of plants and animals, or how they improve

• The behaviors and beliefs of a social or ethnic group

• The things we like and enjoy in a community

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What definition best describes the word "bias" as you understand it?

• What you think and feel about something

• A good feeling you have about a topic

• The reason you make a choice

• A tendency or opinion about something

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

What definition best describes the word "prejudice" as you understand it?

• What you think about someone

• A bad feeling about someone or something

• A preconceived opinion or feeling that is formed beforehand

• An attitude you have that is not a good one

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

What definition best describes the word "race" as you understand it?

• A group of people that have somethings in common like skin color

• A group of people that are related by common descent or heredity

• A group of people who are related by a common language

What definition best describes the word "racism" as you understand it?

• Being against a kind of people

• The unwillingness to learn about someone

• The intolerance of another race

• Believing you and your friends are better than someone at something

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

If someone is "sexist," they...

• Have a behavior that treats someone based on their gender

• Hate boys or girls

• Are only speaking on behalf of one sex

• Only like boys or girls.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What definition best describes the word "religion" as you understand it?

• The holidays that someone observes.

• Someone's set of beliefs regarding a superhuman power like a God or gods

• If someone believes in life or death

• The rules that determine what happens to your future

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If someone is a "minority" group, they probably...

• Have different color skin than most

• Have different wants or needs than most

• A group in society that is more dominant than the others

• A group in society that is less dominant than the others

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

A "stereotype" is...

• A fixed form for something or someone

• A character

• To know what someone is already like

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Author's Purpose" means...

• What the text is about

• What the author is saying

• The main point of view in the story

• The reason for writing

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.9