To Kill a Mockingbird #5: Exploring Stereotypes

A stereotype is a way of judging and labeling others, usually in a negative way.   In a new Word document.   Use magazines or the Internet to  find a picture that portrays the best stereotype of the following people.   Paste the picture into a new Word document.  Label  and write 6 adjectives that best describe each picture:  3 must be positive and 3 must negative.  (Keep it clean and appropriate, please!)

Jock	Preppie	Bookworm
Dude	Lawyer	Motorcyclist
Grunge	Townie	Cheerleader
Babe	Tomboy	Televangelist
Hunk	Redneck	Computer geek

Now, please read the interviews, Growing Up Black in the 1930’s in McCulley Quarters, Alabama and Growing up White in the South in the 1930’s.   When you have read both articles, please answer the following questions in the same Word document

1. After reading both interview, what type of stereotypes could you pick out?
2.  Do you think Mrs. Barge would agree with the three white women’s views of growing up in the South in the 1930’s?  Why or Why not.
3. What is the nature of a stereotype?
4. How do stereotypes form?
5. What is necessary for the general acceptance of a stereotype?
6. Identify a stereotyped character in TKM and explain how the stereotype formed.  

Works Cited

Prince William Network. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: Then and Now: A Distance Learning Adventure. 1997. Oracle ThinkQuest. 1 April 2012. <http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/>.