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Define key concepts and terms Place major events in chronological order Participants . Stereotype. What I think it means What my partner thinks it means What it really means: A generalized image of a person or group, which does not acknowledge individual differences. Often prejudicial.
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Define key concepts and terms Place major events in chronological order Participants
Stereotype What I think it means What my partner thinks it means What it really means: A generalized image of a person or group, which does not acknowledge individual differences. Often prejudicial. For Jewish people, a stereotype would be that they are frugal (cheap) with their money.
Prejudice What I think it means What my partner thinks it means What it really means: An unfavorable opinion formed against a person or group based on stereotypes
Racism What I think it means What my partner thinks it means What it really means: A belief that one race is superior (better than) another. Adolf Hitler believed that the Aryan race was superior to all others.
Ethnocentrism What it means: The belief that one’s own ethnic, religious, or political group is superior to all others.
Propaganda What I think it means What my partner thinks it means What it really means: Information used to promote a cause or injure or enhance the reputation of a group, individual, or position. It may be factual, “bend the facts”, or does not tell the entire story. It suits the purposes of the author.
Disinformation What I think it means What my partner thinks it means What it really means: Purposefully incorrect information Why? Propaganda.
Ghetto What I think it means What my partner thinks it means What it really means: A section of the city where Jews were required to live, surrounded by walls. Today? Socio-economic barriers rather than physical ones.
Genocide What I think it means What my partner thinks it means What it really means: Genos = people, race, kind Cide = murder The use of deliberate, systematic measures to bring about the destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.
Holocaust What I think it means What my partner thinks it means What it really means: Literally, “Fire that causes destruction” The systematic murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis during World War II