Stereotypes

Topic:
**Sample Essential Question (establish a focus for your research)**

What if social standards did not exist? Would it cause even more social conflicts due to the absence of labeling and generalizations which could in turn lead to a extreme fear of the unknown? **List Supporting Questions (provide background and guide your research):**
 * 1.How often does this type of discrimination occur in schools across the nation, and what are the effects on student’s academics ||
 * 2.What if social standards did not exist? Would it cause even more social conflicts due to the absence of labeling and generalizations which could in turn lead to a extreme fear of the unknown? ||
 * 3.Why is the human mind so dependable on the presence of labeling and generalizations? ||
 * 4.How often does this type of discrimination occur in schools across the nation, and what are the effects on student’s academics? ||
 * 5.Should there be stricter rules and laws against any type of discrimination? ||
 * <[[file:Think_before_you_begin.pdf]]> worksheet **

==** 2. Information seeking strategies: Use these Keywords to search online databases for books, articles and websites. Use Boolean Operators ( AND, OR, NOT ) to combine these terms and refine your search: **==
 * || **racial profiling** ||  || **racism** ||   || **feminism** ||
 * || **peer pressure** ||  || **ageism** ||   || **prejudice** ||

**Look for Books under these Dewey Numbers:**

 * =  ||= **302.3**
 * Social interactions within groups **
 * (street gangs, bullying) ** ||=  ||=   ||= **305.26**
 * Young Adults** ||=  ||||   ||= **362.83**


 * Problem of and services**
 * to other groups** ||

**Books** in the Library Collection that will support your topic: Click on the Thomas Dale OPAC(Online Catalog) to locate additional books in our collection
 * = 302.3 GAR ||  || Street Gangs by: Sandra Gardner ||
 * 302.3 GOL ||  || Gangs by: Debra Goldentyer ||


 * Sample Subscription Database searches: **

[[file:st_abc.pdf]][[file:st_ebsco.pdf]]
ABC_CLIO || Link to database search for EBSCO ||
 * Link to database search for
 * Try your own searches ||  ||


 * = **SportsIllustrated.cnn** ||= **FAIR** ||= **jstor.org** ||
 * = Click for link ||= Click for link ||= Click for link ||


 * Now try your own search **

Step 4: Use of Information; take notes; record bibliographic information for each source.
See citation & notecard guides under Roadmap to Research on the main library page.

Use the <>,Citation Machine or Easy Bib for your works Cited list.

Step 6. Evaluate your work that you have successfully completed all steps.
See <>; <>.


 * Steps in the “Big6™” are copyright © (1987) Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz. For more on Big6, visit: www.big6.com **

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