1. Get out a blank sheet of paper (or get one from the front table).

2. Title your paper “Prejudice Survey” but do not head your paper. DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON THIS.

3. Write the following sentence and choose the word that makes it most correct to you: Racism is

something you are born withsomething you are taught

You are not graded on your feelings. Disagreeing with your teacher doesn’t mean you have the wrong answer today.

BELL RINGER

Choose one!

PLEASE WRITE THE UNDERLINED PARTS OF THIS SURVEY.

YOUR WRITING PROMPTS WILL BE ITALICIZED.

Survey Question 1

Where do you find prejudice in the world around you?

Think about family conversations, jokes you have shared with friends, the lyrics of popular songs, and the social cliques at school.

You have four minutes to write down three examples of prejudice that you may have hardly noticed before.

Survey Question 2

What are some ways you tolerate prejudiced attitudes in others?

Again, think about family conversations, jokes you have shared with friends, the lyrics of popular

songs, and the social cliques at school. Put yourselves in someone else’s shoes.

You have three minutes to answer this question in a complete+ sentence. Even though you wrote the

question out, please answer in a complete+ sentence.

Survey Question 3

Copy this chart: Group Your Honest Attitude

Fill in the chart with fourgroups of people that havebeen the target ofprejudice in our society. I need you to be

honest; I will not read this if you put a huge star next to your chart. However, having honest answers here is essential.

You have four minutes to fill in the chart with at least four groups of people and your honest attitudes towards those people.

Survey Question 4

Copy the following sentence 4 times, each time filling in the blanks with details from

your chart and from your head.

Even though I think ________ are ________, I know that they have contributed to

American society by _________________________________________.

You can ask others for help if you need it. You have six minutes.

Group

Your Honest Attitude

Survey Question 5

What are some prejudiced attitudes you would like to change in yourself?

Think about your life. Think about your behavior.

You have three minutes to answer this question in a complete+ sentence. Even though you wrote the question out, please answer in a complete+ sentence.

Survey Question 6

How and when do prejudiced attitudes turn into prejudice actions and/or violence?

Think about what you have learned in world history as well as what is going on in our

modern world.

You have three minutes to answer this question as completely as possible.

Survey Question 7

What can you do to keep yourself from crossing that line?

Think about your life. Think about your behavior.

You have three minutes to answer this question as completely as possible.