Journey Box

Stereotyping
Essential Question: How does stereotyping affect the everyday
lives of those targeted?
1) American Salve Narratives
"Been Here So Long": American Slave Narratives. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://newdeal.feri.org/asn/asn00.htm
1. How did the slavery experience differ for men and women?
2. Were there any common feelings felt by the slaves?
3. Did the slaves have families? If so, what was their family
relationship like?
4. What stereotypes were placed on the slaves? How did it make
them feel?
2) Holocaust Survivor Stories
Holocaust Learning: Survivor Stories. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://vimeo.com/holocaustlearn
1. Who was targeted during the Holocaust? Or, in other words, what
groups of people suffered from the harsh brutalities?
2. How were the Holocaust survivors affected by the brutality? Did
it still affect them later on in their life, or even today?
3. What role did stereotyping play in the Holocaust?
3) Photo: Rosa Parks is arrested
Rosa Parks is arrested. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/chronologyentry
/1955_12_01/index.html

What do you notice about this photo?

What do you think society was like in this point in time?
What types of stereotypes were present during this point in time?
Are these stereotypes still present today?

4) Montgomery Bus Boycott: Letter from Robinson to the

Mayor

Historical Thinking Matters: Rosa Parks. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/rosaparks/1/sources/19/fulltext/

What stereotypes were placed on women during this time? How

did effect their everyday life?
What did the women need to do in order to gain equality, or at
least a strong voice in society?
What stereotypes are placed on women today? Are any of them
similar?

5) The Childrens Crusade: Birmingham- 1963

Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement -- Images of a Peoples'
Movement. (n.d.). Retrieved March 29, 2016, from
http://www.crmvet.org/images/imgbham.htm

What is happening in these photos?

What feelings were associated with these photos?
Who was affected?
How were the crusades dealt with?