Complete the following tasks
- Work through the PowerPoint of representation copying key slides into your exercise books and completing all activities
- Complete the activity on the four celebrities. This work must be completed on word and then glued into your exercise books
- Select four celebrities of your own choice and complete the same activity as 2. Complete work on word and glue into your book.
FINISH FOR HOMEWORK. Deadline Wednesday 11th November.
STRETCH VOCABULARY
Stereotype - a generalisation (often true but can contain falsehoods) e.g. Brits drink tea
Countertype - a challenge to a stereotype, presents an alternative view of a group e.g. women being practical and good at DIY or men being sensitive and understanding
Atypical - not representative of a type, group, or class
Quintessential - representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class. Often timeless e.g. Bowler hats and suits for upper class Brits
Zeitgeist - typical of the time, captures the dominant mood/fashion of a time. Only popular for a fleeting moment e.g. a particular fashion or musical movement
EXTENSION WORK
Everything we have done revolves around 'stereotypes'
1. Find a definition of a stereotype and write this into your books.
2. Next copy Tessa Perkins' views on stereotypes into you books
3. Include an example for each (I have done the first for you) as well as an example from TV, Film or Magazine
Stereotypes - Tessa Perkins
Rethinking Stereotypes - (Tessa Perkins)
1. Stereotypes are not always wrong - The English do drink tea
2. They are not always negative concepts
3. They are about groups with whom we have little or no social contact; by implication, therefore, they are not held about our own group(s)
4. They are not always about minority (or oppressed) groups
5. They can be simple or complicated
6. They are not rigid and can change
7. People often believe some parts of a stereotype but not always all
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