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Before explaining the purpose of the Lifeboat Activity, ask for ten student volunteers. Have them line up at the front of the room facing the class. Explain to them that each student is going to have a label taped to their forehead. They will not be able to see their own labels, but they can look at the other students labels.(It is very important to prepare the class for the stereotyping activity. Stress to them that a high level of maturity is required for this activity to work as intended. Let the students know that the labels given to individual student do not reflect that individual whatsoever. They are only part of the activity to teach the dangers of labeling or stereotyping others.)
To begin the Stereotyping Activity, each student volunteer will try to guess what the label on their forehead is. In order to do this, the rest of the class, and even the teacher, will treat that student like their label. Once they have guessed their label, move onto the next student and continue down the line until each student has guessed their label.
Open up a class discussion about how each student was stereotyped based on their label. Many times, we as individuals, will label, judge or stereotype people around us based on first impressions or limited information. It is important for each of us to broaden our perspective of the people around us and to stop stereotyping people we could build relationships with. The purpose of the Lifeboat Activity was to show that the survivors chosen, were chosen because of their labels. Likewise, many of the people not chosen to survive, were not chosen because of their labels.
Another component to discuss is that many times we allow these labels or stereotypes to "stick" to ourselves, which can lower our self-esteem. We can learn to recognize these labels and to not allow them to affect our sense of self-worth or self-esteem.
After the class discussion, hand out the Who Am I? Worksheet. (Instructions are found on the worksheet.)The purpose of this activity is for the students to recognize the positive qualities and characteristics about themselves. By recognizing these qualities, it is easier to push away labels and stereotypes and keep them from "sticking" to us.
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