Stereotypes in Montana 1948

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Stereotypes in Montana 1948
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• Answer these questions on your own
• What stereotypes do you have about certain
  cultures? (Try to be honest, but keep your
  language respectful)
• Where did these stereotypes come from?
• You will share your thoughts with the class.

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• Heres another question
• What are your stereotypes of Native Americans
  and their culture?

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The Only Traffic Signal on the Reservation
Doesnt Flash Red Anymore,

• Write these character names down (leave some room
  to take notes as you listen)
• AdrianVictors friend
• Victor---Narrator
• Julius Windmaker---high school basketball star
• Silas Sirius---former high school basketball
  player
• Lucy---future basketball star

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As I read the short story The Only Traffic
Signal on the Reservation Doesnt Flash Red
Anymore, I want you to take notes on the
following

• When in the story are your stereotypes proven to
  be true?
• When in the story are your stereotypes proven
  false?
• How did your stereotypes influence the ways you
  understood the story?
• What events or characters do you find more
  likable or believable? Why?

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Homework for Tuesday, Sept. 21Answer these
questions

• What are your stereotypes on the following ideas
  or questions
• Law enforcement (police/lawyers)
• Doctors
• Small town life
• What does the model family look like?
• What does it mean to be a man or woman? What are
  the traditional roles for each?
• What is justice?
• Where did these your answers come from?