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Pyramid of Hate
Take the next few minutes to read through the “Have You Ever” questionnaire.
At first, please respond to these questions with a simple “Yes” or “No”.
BE HONEST- this paper is for YOUR EYES ONLYAfter you have answered each question, read
through them once again and summarize any specific incidents or stories that come to mind related to each question/topic. (ONLY DO THIS IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE & HAVE A RELEVANT STORY TO REFLECT UPON)
Have You Ever?
As I click through the following slides our goal as a class is to engage in an open and mature class discussion
Some of these discussion prompts relate to sensitive topics, please remain respectful of your classmates as we discuss them
The Floor is YOURS
Why do you think people tell ethnic jokes
about other groups, insult others, or exclude
them socially?
Why would these differences cause a person
to “put down” someone else?
Where do people learn to disrespect people
who seem different?
Can you give examples of a prejudice you
have learned through the media?
Imagine the following…
STORY TIME
In one school, a group of four boys beganwhispering and laughing about another
boy intheir school that they thought was gay.
Theybegan making comments when they
walkedby him in the hall.
Soon, they started callingthe boy insulting anti-gay slurs. By the
end ofthe month, they had taken their
harassmentto another level, tripping him when he
walkedby and pushing him into a locker while
theyyelled slurs.
Some time during the nextmonth, they increased the seriousness oftheir conduct — they surrounded him and
two boys held his arms while the others hitand kicked him. Eventually, one of the boys
threatened to bring his father’s gun intoschool the next day to kill the boy. At this
point another student overheard the threatand the police were notified.
Do you believe something similar to this story COULD happen at Perry?
Connections
How could a situation like this effect our entire school?
What could have been done to stop the situation from escalating?
Connections
The story we just read displays a situation that started out as just “laughing and whispering”, and then escalated quickly to a much more violent situation.
This type of progression can be better understood by taking a look at the “Pyramid of Hate”
Connections
Turn over your “Have You Ever” worksheet and read through the “Pyramid of Hate”.
Label each level of the Pyramid with a number 1-5 (1 is the bottom level of the pyramid)
Read through each level and observe the progression from “Prejudiced Attitudes” to “Genocide”.
On the margins of the handout label each level with 1 to 2 examples that you believe exemplify each level.
The Pyramid of Hate
Where would you categorize “whispering and laughing”?’
Why do you think that something which, at
first, seemed harmless, progressed into violence?
Based Upon the Case Study We Read…
Even if it seemed harmless to the perpetrators and bystanders, do you think it felt harmless to the victim? How do you think he felt?
Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes…
At what level of the pyramid do you think it
would be easiest for someone to intervene?
What would be some possible ways tointervene?
Solutions
Considering everything we have discussed today, please respond to the following writing prompt in your composition book relating it back to the focus of today’s lesson.
What is the result of an intolerant society?
Closure Activity
