Anne Frank Pre-Reading Terms

A person is caught spray-painting the front door of a Jewish Synagogue/Temple (place of worship) with hateful words about Jewish people. This is an example of:

• anti-semitism

• stereotype

• discrimination

• bystander

A woman named Kitty Genovese was brutally murdered in Queens. 38 people heard her screams and cries for help. None of them attempted to help her and no one called the police. These 38 people are all considered:

• Bystanders

• Upstanders

• Perpetrators

• Victims

A judgment made about a particular group of people that is often negative. 

• stereotype

• bystander

• racism

• discrimination

Groups of people (usually the largest in number) onlookers, or spectators, who witnesses an event or wrong doing, but choose not to get involved; someone who doesn’t help the victim.

• stereotype

• perpetrator

• bystander

• upstander

The hatred of or the hostility toward Jewish people. 

• racism

• discrimination

• anti-semitism

• stereotype

People who commit injustices toward others.  

• victim

• bystander

• upstander

• perpetrator

A message that is intended primarily to serve the interests of the messenger. It may also be defined as the spreading of information in order to influence public opinion and to manipulate other people’s beliefs. Information can be delivered in many ways.

• Discrimination

• Racism

• Propaganda

• Bystander

My aunt could not get a job when she came to the US from Italy. There were signs hung in store windows saying, "We don't hire Italian people". This is an example of

• racism

• discrimination

• anti-semitism

• stereotype

Which of the following shows how Nazis used propaganda to negatively depict Jewish people during WWII?

• A radio show saying everyone should get along, no matter their background.

• A poster with a mean picture of a Jewish person, showing them holding lots of money and causing trouble.

• A video about how Jewish scientists and artists helped Germany before the Nazis came to power.

• A booklet talking about how everyone, no matter their religion or background, should have the same chances in Germany.

The Nazis viewed the world as being divided up into competing inferior and superior races, each struggling for survival. They believed the Jews were not a religious group, but a dangerous non-European “race.” The Nazi belief that the Aryans were superior to (better than) all other races is an example of:

• discrimination

• stereotype

• perpetrator

• racism