LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET GRADE 9 ENGLISH

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BIAS AND PREJUDICE

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: This Learner’s Activity Sheet will help you learn more
about differentiating biases from prejudices. Follow the instructions given in each
activity.

A. Directions: Complete the diagrams below with the ideas that are associated with
the words Bias and Prejudice. Choose your answers from the world pool.

Bias

Prejudice

unfair in favor of
preconception prior
against one sided
feeling of dislike partiality

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Specific Week: Week 4
Target Competency: Define bias and prejudice; differentiate bias from prejudice; and identify situations that
show biases and prejudice.
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B. Directions: Read carefully each of the following situations below. Tell whether it
is Bias or Prejudice. Write your answer on the blank.
________________ 1. A basketball coach noticed that one of his rookie players
was unprepared for a professional ball, so he did not include him in the
championship game.
________________ 2. A man tends to speak more positively about politicians
belonging to a certain party and disagrees with anyone who supports the opposing
political view.
________________ 3. While at a subway station in a western country, people
seem to avoid a woman who appeared to be Asian and was wearing a face
mask.
________________ 4. While purchasing wall decorations for her newly
renovated house, the woman disregards artworks done by local artists.
________________ 5. As a suspicious man wearing a hoodie came near me, I
asked myself, “Is he going to hurt me?”
C. Look intently at the following scenarios. Write a description for each situation on
the space provided and identify whether it shows BIAS or PREJUDICE.

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Specific Week: Week 4
Target Competency: Define bias and prejudice; differentiate bias from prejudice; and identify situations that
show biases and prejudice.
Note to the Teacher:

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D. Read the text below and answer the questions that follow.

I had just reached the railway station and was waiting for my train to arrive
as I had to travel to Jaipur for a family function of my friend. When I asked the
Train Enquiry Department, they told me that the train will arrive at 9.00 pm, which
meant I had to wait for an extra hour. So I tried to pass my time by having a look at
the station and the things happening there. Since it was a small station, there were
very few passengers.
I saw a group of boys playing with the pebbles. The boys were all dressed
up quite pathetically as their clothes were very dirty and torn. But still they were
quite happy with the pebbles and were enjoying to the fullest.

Suddenly I developed anurge todrink tea as it was a cold evening, but to

my misfortune, I couldn‟t find any tea vendors at the station. The only tea vendor
was sitting outside the station and I couldn‟t take the risk of leaving all my
luggage at the station just to drink the tea.

I called one of the boys from the guys and asked him to bring me a cup of
tea by handing him a coin of 5 rupees. He agreed and went to bring me the
tea.Time passed and after half an hour,I heard the announcement which said that
my train would be arriving in a couple of minutes. Now I was sure that the child
ran away with the money and cursed myself for trusting a road side boy. I stood
up to pick my luggage as the train arrived. I was just about to enter the coach
when I heard a voice which said, “Babuji,Apki chai” (translates to „Sir, your tea‟).
Surprised with the voice, I looked back and asked him, “Why did he bring the
tea so late?”
He told me, he lost the 5 rupees coin and so he had to clean the utensils of
the tea vendor, to bring me a cup of tea.

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1. What did the man think when the boy did not return at once?
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2. What took the boy too long to return?

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Specific Week: Week 4
Target Competency: Define bias and prejudice; differentiate bias from prejudice; and identify situations that
show biases and prejudice.
Note to the Teacher:

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3. What do you think the man felt after knowing it? Why?
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4. Doeshis experience reflect bias or prejudice? Why? ______________________

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5. How can we avoid this kind of situation? ________________________________

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Specific Week: Week 4
Target Competency: Define bias and prejudice; differentiate bias from prejudice; and identify situations that
show biases and prejudice.
Note to the Teacher:

(This is a Government Property. Not For Sale.)