PPT-The Theme Study Essay - Prejudice

Ms Murr Year 10 Semester 1 2015 A context essay is different in style to a text response essay Unlike a text response essay where the focus is the text with a theme study essay the focus is ideas. October 2, 2014. Period 4. Independent reading . Theory:. Review theme and symbolism from yesterday. Mini lesson on character. Look at theme, symbols, character, and point of view for “Mr. Know-all. COM 372. Exercise. Where did you see prejudice (specifically, racism)?. Where does “racism” lie?. Who can be racist (sexist, etc.)?. What are some possible causes of racism?. Individual/Cognitive Level. What’s in a Word or Symbol?. Racism . is a negative behaviour based on an incorrect assumption that one race is inherently superior to others. . Discrimination . is unfair actions directed against people based on their race, gender, ethnicity, nationality, language or sexual orientation. . Defining terminology. Race:. Belief that observable differences in skin color (and other perceived physical attributes) are connected to other differences between people; believed by many to be biological, but really there is nothing biologically different about people of different races. . by Jane Austen. Background Notes. "There are a few Typical errors--& a 'said he' or a 'said she' would sometimes make the Dialogue more immediately clear--but 'I do not write for such dull Elves As have not a great deal of Ingenuity themselves.'". How many ways are there to discriminate against people?. List all the ways you can think . of.. What problems are caused by prejudice?. What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?. Prejudice. Why do some groups get treated differently to others?. To recap on full course PRE and know the causes of prejudice and recap on the prejudice and persecution. Learning Objective and Skills. Literacy. Madness. “. The Tell-Tale Heart” shows the madness of one man who is driven to murder. “The Tell-Tale Heart” . shows how madness drives . one man . to . murder. Madness can drive people to do heinous things. *DGP – Week 5. *Binders . *NO textbooks. On a sheet of paper…. Make a list of . Universal Ideas/Big Ideas . that show up in all three Tim Burton movies that we have viewed in class.. Choose 2 or 3 of those Big Ideas that Tim Burton uses to send a message (don’t list them if they are a stretch…). Although its harmful effects are experienced most acutely by its targets, everyone is negatively affected by prejudice. The study of prejudice has been a central focus of social psychology for most of the last century . Rarely stated in the text. Must make an inference. Use the plot, character, and/or setting. Do not confuse . Theme. . with topic, main idea, or plot!. Theme. is the message we take away from the written piece about people, life, and the world around us.. Jane Austen. Quick Facts about Jane Austen. Austen was born in 1775. She was born in Hampshire, England. Jane never married and never had any children. Famous works:. . Sense and Sensibility. (1811). The Play (written in 1954): . Social Context - McCarthyism. Joseph McCarthy. Ed. Murrow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQQaX2h1plo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIkU4MMQZ54&feature=related. The Play (written in 1954): . Writing to think about a message or theme. I learned from (the character, the event) that in life it is important to . . .. Even if . . . You should . . .. This story teaches us not only about . . . But also about . . ..