Get your thinking cap on!!

Your Task:

Write an article expressing your point of view with reference to the title above.

Please bear in mind 

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Before you write your article, I would like you to read the definition and watch the two clips from you tube which should fuel your creative flair to write an engaging and thought provoking article.

1. Read the following definition of a stereotype:

A stereotype is a phrase relating to all the members of class or set. The term is often used with a negative connotation when referring to an oversimplified, exaggerated, or demeaning assumption that a particular individual possesses the characteristics associated with the class due to his or her membership in it. Stereotypes can be used to deny individuals respect or legitimacy based on their membership in that group.

Stereotypes often form the basis of prejudice and are usually employed to explain real or imaginary differences due to race, gender, religion, ethnicity, socio-economic class, disability, occupation, etc. A stereotype can be a conventional and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image based on the belief that there are attitudes, appearances, or behaviors shared by all members of a group. Stereotypes are forms of social consensus rather than individual judgments. Stereotypes are sometimes formed by a previous illusory correlation, a false association between two variables that are loosely correlated if correlated at all. Stereotypes may be occasionally positive.

 2. Watch the following clip on singing sensation Susan Boyle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk 

 

3. Whilst watching the following clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f2K3gzaGoI  from the film Titanic. Focus on the character of Molly Brown. Molly Brown is an important character. Although she has wealth her basic upbringing projects a stereotypical image. Due to the lack of etiquette she wasn’t accepted into the cliques and circles of the social elite. Think about how she is showing  Jack how to conduct himself whilst dining with the elite passengers on the board.

 

Now you have seen the two clips think about the fictional character Molly Brown and the real person Susan Boyle. Do you think Britain judges people too quickly based on appearance and class? Consider the title:  Is Britain caught in the class warp? How far do you agree or disagree? begin to write your article.