UMES 2019 Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference! George - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

UMES 2019 Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference! George Ojie-Ahamiojie, Ed.D, Ed.S, CHE, Department of Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Management, Wor-Wic Community College, Salisbury, Maryland

Potato Activity • Goal • To teach people how to eliminate stereotypes and recognize the uniqueness of each individual.

My Friend – Mr. Potato • Examine your potatoes. • Get to know its bumps, scars, and defects and make friends with it for about one minute or so in silence. • Get to know your potato well enough to be able to introduce your ‘friend’ to the group.

Activity • Introduction of your friend to the group. • “Would you agree with this statement: • “All potatoes are the same’? Why or why not?”

Discussion • People who live in the trailer park. • Kids of a certain religion • Students in the gifted program. • Students in special education classes. • People from a certain racial or ethnic group. • People who live in rural settings. • People who live in the city.

Questions • When we lump everyone from the same group together and assume they all have the same characteristics, what are we doing? What is this called? • Do you know a lot of people from the groups we tend to lump together? Do they all fit the stereotype? • Why are stereotypes dangerous?

Reference • More Diversity Activities for Youth and Adults https://extension.psu.edu/more-diversity-activities-for-youth-and-adults