This document discusses how bigotry has challenged societies throughout history and how it can be challenged today. It provides examples of bigotry such as 19th century nativism depicted on a pistol from that time period. The document encourages students to think about and discuss stereotypes, and defines related terms like bias, prejudice, and discrimination. Examples of past challenges to bigotry that are mentioned include the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King Jr. against segregation, Nelson Mandela challenging apartheid in South Africa, and individuals who resisted the Holocaust. The conclusion suggests learning from these examples and asks how bigotry can be ended.

1. “Respect for All”
How has bigotry challenged throughout
history and how can it be challenged
today?

2. Do Now:
1. What type of
object is
this?
2. Who do you
think used
this object?
3. For what

3. • This pistol was made
in the late 1800s.
Inscribed its "The
Chinese Must Go" on
the handle. When the
trigger is pulled, a
Caucasian (white)
American kicks the
back of a Chinese
American (a.k.a.,
coolie).

4. Review: Nativism
 What is
nativism?
 Do we still
have
examples of
“nativism” in
our society
today?

5. Think… Pair…
Share…
With a partner list more characteristics
for each individual. List at least 3
characteristics for each.
Middle
Eastern/ Arab
Mexican Asian
African
American
Women

6. 1. What is a stereotype?
1. How do we hear/know about
stereotypes?
1. Are stereotypes always
harmful? Why or why not?
A simplified image or idea of a particular group
of people.
Parents and other family members, media (TV,
radio, Social Media…)
YES!!!! Stereotypes are always harmful. We
must learn to judge people by the content of
their character.

7. Vocabulary
• Bias – prejudice in favor of or against one thing,
person, or group, usually in an unfair way.
• Prejudice – opinion that is not based on reason.
• bigotry – an unreasonable or irrational attachment
to negative stereotypes and prejudices.
• Discrimination – the
treatment of someone
based on the group in
which that person
belongs to rather than on
that individual’s merit

8. An example of stereotype
& bias

9. Task:  With your partner,
list as many
examples for each
category that you
can recall from
your study of
Global history or
what you have
learned in US
History.

10. Segregation – Jim
Crow Laws
“separate but equal”_ Plessy v.
Ferguson

11. Challengers
Martin Luther King Jr.

12. Apartheid:
Apartheid = separate
Form of legal racial segregation in South Africa
between 1948 and 1994

13. Challenger- Nelson Mandela
• Imprisoned for 27 years
for speaking out against
apartheid
• Becomes the first black
president elected in
South Africa

14. Holocaust under Hitler
Hitler and the Nazi Party killed millions of people
because they were Jewish.

15. Challengers
Priests and nuns hid
Jewish children in
Catholic orphanages.
Jewish people were hidden in
cellars and attics by other
Germans.

16. How can we end
bigotry?

17. - Martin Niemoller

19. Respect for All Week
February 9-12, 2016
GOALS:
• Respect for diversity
• Combat bullying and cyber bullying
• Create a respectful school environment