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Prejudice and Discrimination

Personal & Social Development · Empathy & Social Awareness · ages 9-11
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. What is discrimination?

    • Treating someone unfairly because of who they are, like their race or religion
    • Having an unfair feeling about someone without acting on it
    • Choosing your own friends at recess

  2. What is prejudice?

    • An unfair feeling or belief about someone before you know them
    • Any opinion you have about a game or food
    • The unfair action of leaving someone out

  3. Discrimination can make a person feel lonely or embarrassed, even if they don't say anything about it.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Mia is often left out of games because she uses a wheelchair. How is this likely to make her feel?

    • Confident and included
    • Lonely and left out
    • Excited to play

  5. Which situation is an example of discrimination?

    • A team captain picks players based on who's the fastest runner
    • A boy is turned away from a birthday party because of his skin color
    • A teacher gives the same homework to everyone

  6. You see a classmate being teased because of his accent. What's a good upstander action?

    • Laugh along so you don't stand out
    • Walk away and ignore it
    • Tell the classmate you'll sit with him and tell a teacher

  7. Your friend won't let a girl with a disability join the game and says 'she'll just slow us down.' What best challenges this unfair treatment?

    • Stay quiet so your friend doesn't get upset
    • Tell your friend that's unfair and invite her to play
    • Join in and agree with your friend

  8. Sofia says, 'I'm not prejudiced, I just don't want to sit with people from that country.' What's wrong with what Sofia said?

    • Nothing, it's just a personal choice
    • She is showing prejudice by judging people based on their country before knowing them
    • She is just being shy around new people
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  1. Treating someone unfairly because of who they are, like their race or religion · Discrimination is what happens when someone acts on an unfair feeling about a person's identity.
  2. An unfair feeling or belief about someone before you know them · Prejudice is the unfair feeling or belief itself, before anyone acts on it.
  3. True · Even silent unfair treatment can hurt someone's feelings and make them feel like they don't belong.
  4. Lonely and left out · Being left out again and again can make Mia feel lonely, even if no one says anything mean out loud.
  5. A boy is turned away from a birthday party because of his skin color · Picking players by skill is fair. Turning someone away because of their skin color is discrimination.
  6. Tell the classmate you'll sit with him and tell a teacher · Telling a teacher and including the classmate are upstander actions that challenge the unfair treatment.
  7. Tell your friend that's unfair and invite her to play · Speaking up and inviting her to play challenges the unfair treatment instead of letting it continue.
  8. She is showing prejudice by judging people based on their country before knowing them · Sofia is judging a whole group of people by their country before getting to know anyone. That is prejudice.
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