ETH 125 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT ETH 125 Week 1 Appendix A ETH 125 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 ETH 125 Week 2 Assignment Harvard IAT ETH 125 Week 2 Appendix B ETH 125 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 ETH 125 Week 3 Assignment Who Am I Presentation ETH 125 Week 3 Appendix C ETH 125 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 ETH 125 Week 4 Appendix D ETH 125 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2

ETH 125 Week 1 Appendix A FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT ETH 125 Week 1 Appendix A

ETH 125 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT Week 1 DQ 1: If you were to introduce yourself by the ethnic, racial, or other identities to which you feel you belong, what would you say? Do you consider yourself a “typical” American? Why or why not? DQ 2: Name a famous person whom you would consider a “typical” American. What characteristics of this individual do you think make her or him typical? Do you consider these characteristics a stereotype? Why, or why not?

ETH 125 Week 2 Appendix B FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT ETH125 Week 2 Individual Assignment Appendix B

ETH 125 Week 2 Assignment Harvard IAT FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT mplicit Association Test (IAT) Complete the Harvard-hosted Implicit Association Test (IAT) using the following instructions. Each test you choose to take should take about 10 minutes to complete. Navigate to the Project Implicit® home page at and click Demonstration. At the IAT home page, click on Go to the Demonstration Tests. At the Preliminary Information page, read the disclaimer and click on I wish to proceed. You will be prompted to select a test.

ETH 125 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT Week 2 DQ 1 How does Racial and Ethnic Groups define prejudice? Do you agree with this definition? Why orwhy not? Week 2 DQ 2 Racial profiling is frequently in the news and is a prime example of stereotyping in action. How does racial profiling relate to stereotyping? Explain.

ETH 125 Week 3 Appendix C FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT ETH 125 Week 3 Appendix C

ETH 125 Week 3 Assignment Who Am I Presentation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT Who Am I?” Presentation Create and post a presentation (using Microsoft® PowerPoint® or (other presentation software) about your personal background and identity. Attach a separate signed Certificate of Originality. Identify two or three social categories you identify with that you are comfortable sharing. Include the following: Illustrate the racial, ethnic, cultural, gender, or other social categories

ETH 125 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT DQ1: Discrimination against a racial or ethnic group becomes a larger problem when practiced by an institution—especially a governmental one. Do you think institutional discrimination is common? What do you think it looks like? DQ2: Affirmative action programs were intended to remove institutional discrimination and give minorities opportunities that had previously been unfairly denied them. Do you support these programs?

ETH 125 Week 4 Appendix D FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT ETH 125 Week 4 Appendix D

ETH 125 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT Week 4 DQ1: Is there harm in telling jokes about ethnic groups? Explain. DQ2: What are your perspectives on prayer in schools? What are the diversity issues involved?

ETH 125 Week 5 Appendix E FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT ETH 125 Week 5 Appendix E

ETH 125 Week 5 Assignment Historical Report on Race FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT ETH 125 Week 5 Assignment Historical Report on Race Historical Report on Race Search the Internet for groups and organizations promoting racial equality to help you complete this assignment. You may also refer to the Internet Resource Directory in Ch. 13 of Racial and Ethnic Groups. Using the information from the text and your web search, identify one racial group from the list below: African American

ETH 125 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT DQ1: In 1954, Brown v. Board of Education desegregated schools in the United States and deemed desegregated schools separate but unequal. Do you think the legislation was an appropriate reaction to segregation in schools? Do you think the legislation is still relevant? Explain your response. DQ2: Your texts say that according to sociologists, racial categories are misleading and are harmful ways to divide human groups. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why?

ETH 125 Week 6 Appendix F FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT ETH125 Week 6 Individual Assignment Appendix F

ETH 125 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT DQ1: Do social inequities (for example, certain individuals preferred over others for jobs, housing financing, and so on) based on race still occur? If so, what are some examples that you have seen? DQ2: Have you seen changes in racial equality and diversity in the past 5 to 10 years? If so, what was the motivating factor behind these changes? If not, why do you think things haven’t changed?

ETH 125 Week 7 Appendix G FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT ETH125 Week 7 Individual Assignment Appendix G

ETH 125 Week 7 Appendix H FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT ETH125 Week 7 Individual Assignment Appendix H

ETH 125 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT DQ1: The women’s and feminist movements have been somewhat successful; women have gained access to high-ranking and high-paying jobs in many industries and fields. Are there still issues for women in the workforce? If so, what are they and what changes still need to occur? If not, what do you think made the movements so successful? DQ 2: In contemporary American society, somegay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) individuals are open about their sexual orientation in the workplace. There is some representation

ETH 125 Week 7 Gender and Sexual Orientation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT ETH 125 Week 7 Gender and Sexual Orientation

ETH 125 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT DQ 1 Person-centered thinking places people and their capabilities, interests, and gifts before their diagnoses or treatments. For example, a child diagnosed with cerebral palsy would not be called “the child in the wheelchair” but instead would be recognized by the same traits that any other child might be: “Tommy likes trains and always remembers everyone’s birthday.” DQ 2: Ageism refers to prejudice and prejudicial treatment against people older than a certain age (usually in the mid-50s). What do you think is the most common expression of ageism?

ETH 125 Week 8 Individual Assignment Appendix I FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT ETH 125 Week 8Individual Assignment Appendix I

ETH 125 Week 9 DQ 1 and DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT DQ 1: During his campaign for president, Barack Obama used the phrase “post-racial America,” which was understood to mean that race and other identity groups would cease to be targets of prejudice. Although such tolerance has come a long way since the 1950s, what more could be done to bring us to a completely “post-racial” society? DQ 2: In his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” What has yet to be done to fulfillDr. King’s dream

ETH 125 Week 9 Final Project /Essay FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT Final Project Write and post a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper that answers the following questions: (Attach a separate Certificate of Originality). Have you learned something new about your own racial, ethnic, or cultural history? What information about diversity