Stereotype & Bias

Bias, stereotypes and opinions exist because people see them in which of the following? Choose all that apply. 

• Movies

• Television

• Social Media

• Family, friends and other people

• Life Experience

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

Stereotypes can be positive or negative.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

You don't need to support opinionated statements in your argument.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

Match the following terms with the following definitions. 

• Bias

• A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

• Stereotype

• A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.

• Opinion

• A prejudice that is suggested but not directly worded or expressed.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

Read the sentence below. Identify which form of loaded language is present.

 

The shire's new plan for recycling and waste management is a pointless misuse of time, resources, and manpower.

• Bias

• Stereotype

• Opinion

Read the sentence below. Identify which form of loaded language is present.

 

Since it's a strategy game and I'm not smart, I won't be playing Dungeons and Dragons.

• Bias

• Stereotype

• Opinion

Read the sentence below. Identify which form of loaded language is present.

 

Men in Black proved that aliens aren't green, slimy, and unintelligent. 

• 
  Stereotype

• Opinion

• Bias

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Read the sentence below. Identify which form of loaded language is present.

 

Girls shouldn't be allowed to visit Jurassic Park since boys like dinosaurs.

• Bias

• Opinion

• Stereotype

Read the sentence below. Identify which form of loaded language is present.

 

The newly appointed president of the Babysitter's Club has brought nothing but drama.

• Bias

• Opinion

• Stereotype

Read the sentence below. Identify which form of loaded language is present.

 

Since I work at Apple, I know that we make the best technology in the world.

• Bias

• Opinion

• Stereotype

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.8.5