English: Quarter 3 - Module 1: Biases and Prejudices in Everyday Life
English: Quarter 3 - Module 1: Biases and Prejudices in Everyday Life
English: Quarter 3 - Module 1: Biases and Prejudices in Everyday Life
English
Quarter 3 – Module 1:
Biases and Prejudices in
Everyday Life
English– Grade 9
Quarter 3 – Module 1: Biases and Prejudices
First Edition, 2020
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For the learner:
Welcome to the New Normal learning under the competency of English Grade
Prejudices.
deeper learning of the topic that will surely help you, students, to be guided
There will be several activities in this module that will explore you more about
the topic. You need to read and understand the concept discussed and do the
activities required. If you have already finished answering the module and still
did not understand the topic, do not hesitate to approach your teacher for
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answers.
with it.
not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that
can do it!
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Let Us Learn!
In this module, you will learn dynamically the different issues in the
society and its colorful and contextualized examples, particularly the distinct
May you find significant learning experiences and joy in this module.
Let Us Try
In this activity, let us try if you can differentiate the difference between
DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter
on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Movies, television, and family members can _____ prejudices that a person
may have.
a. racial
b. gender
c. siblings
d. influence
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2. An example of _____ prejudice is thinking a girl cannot be as good of an
athlete as a boy.
a. racial
b. gender
c. neutral
d. religious
3. Posting a negative comment about an economic social status of a family is
an example of _____ :
a) racism
b) prejudice
c) stereotype
d) discrimination
4. Hearing a group of adults say "kids never do anything but play their
games".
This sentence is a:
a) racism
b) prejudice
c) stereotype
d) discrimination
5. Not being invited to play soccer because you are a girl is a form of _____.
a. racism
b. sexism
c. Prejudice
d. discrimination
6. Carlos wants to know the favorite sport of people at his school so he asks
his baseball team.
This sentence is a/an:
a. bias
b. racism
c. unbiased
d. prejudice
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7. A radio host wants to know where his listeners go for vacation. He takes
10 phone calls.
This sentence is a:
a. bias
b. racism
c. unbiased
d. prejudice
8. "Eating tomatoes is one of the best things you can do."
This sentence is a:
a. bias
b. fact
c. opinion
d. unbiased
9. “Not serving someone inside a restaurant because of the color of the skin”
This line is a:
a. bias
b. racism
c. prejudice
d. unbiased
10. Tomatoes contain vitamin C.
This sentence is a:
a. bias
b. fact
c. opinion
d. unbiased
11. Research studies show that eating carrots lower the risk of eye
problems because they contain beta carotene.
This sentence is a:
a. bias
b. fact
c. opinion
d. unbiased
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12. Readers of papers judge first page stories to be more significant than
those buried in the back.
This sentence is a:
a. bias
b. fact
c. opinion
d. unbiased
13. The bow in many countries and cultural communities that practice this
custom and gesture is a sign of:
a. love
b. loyalty
c. respect
d. promise
14. The meaning of the gesture ‘thumbs up’ is culture specific. What does
the gesture ‘thumbs up’ mean in the Philippines?
a. All is well
b. I’m not in the mood
c. It is a rude gesture
d. I’m very happy
a. A woman believes it will rain because she sees many grey clouds
in the sky.
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Let Us Study
Great job on the first activity! Now, let us know more about our topic by
Direction: Look closely and analyze the picture below. Answer the following
Source: http://childhoodobesitynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fat-shaming-illustration.jpg
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2. Does the girl favor a slimmer body type? Why do you say so?
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3. Does it show bias? What is bias?
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Direction: Unlock some difficult words using context clues in the following
her son.
appearance.
the street.
palette.
path in life.
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vaviicous His attractive mother walks fast with him in the
street.
clothes.
Direction: Read the short story and analyze its content to get the lesson.
(Note: Image does not illustrate or has any resemblance with characters depicted in the story)
A Prejudiced Mind
The oppressing heat entered from every pore of my body, the stench of sweat mixing
with the heady perfume of Chamoli garland worn by the women, the occasional draft of
wind reminding of the fish that lay in the baskets at the entrance of the coach. The coach
was packed with daily commuters, the early morning rush, the brushing bodies making
space – some forcefully while some apologetically.
I clutched the hands of my five-year-old; afraid that the deluge of human bodies
would wash her away from me, my eyes wary and the mind ever burdened with the fear of
the fatal that only a mother can concoct. The raspy voice of the nankeen vendor pierced
through my thoughts and I looked up into a pair of bright eyes set in a frail body that was
barely covered in rags.
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“No” came my curt reply as I gestured him to move ahead only to be cut in the middle by
an insistent tugging on my sari.
“Please Maa”, Rimi said.
“Please Maa” echoed the man.
I glared at the man with all the hatred that I could muster onto my face, my nose
flaring up in distaste at being juxtaposed into such close proximity with the likes of these
dirty bodies. “Go away” I said rudely, pulling my daughter closer towards myself, the latter
also being at the receiving end of my foul mood. Lips quivering, Rimi gave a tiny wave as
he departed, implanting a smile in his hollowed cheek as he reciprocated her wave. The
remainder of the journey she spent in mournful sadness and refused to engage in any form
of communication whatsoever with me, preferring to sulk and stare out of the window.
She regained her vivaciousness when she found him sitting prostrate in front of the
toilet door as we stood in the queue of people waiting to disembark the train. Her eyes lit
up at the sight of him.
“Mummy can we give him some money? He looks hungry…” she said looking at me with
her round eyes that were filled to the brim with hope.
But I didn’t want to entertain any such thoughts; my mind having reached the
peak of anger at being forced to make an uncomfortable journey in the train, forsaking the
comfort of an AC car, and now desperate to escape this labyrinth of human bodies, smell
and display of abject life.
“Ignore him, these are not good people. They take little girls away in their bags” was my
final advice to my daughter, the man and the incident to be dismissed and forgotten at the
earliest.
Or so I thought.
We had hardly gone a few paces on the platform when I heard a voice screaming in
my direction. I turned to see the nankeen vendor, flagging his arms in the air and shouting
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“O Madam ji…”
The impudence of the man! It fueled my anger further at his audacity to follow us.
I pulled my daughter behind me and increased my pace, ignoring the shouts from behind.
Half running and half walking I headed out of the station, turning back to see that the man
still followed, limping and balancing his bag by shifting it from one shoulder to the other.
At the exit I hailed for a taxi, praying that it would arrive before the man did and we could
escape this nightmare before any untoward incident occurred.
I didn’t wait for the taxi to come to a complete halt before I opened the door and
pushed Rimi inside. Quickly I got into the cab and had just closed the door when there was
an incessant banging on the windows. I told the driver of the cab to step on the accelerator,
but he hesitated. The banging on the window increased, and I could hear the vendor scream
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“Madam wait….”
Something bright and shiny caught my eye. My eyes widened as I recognized it. The man
held a gold bracelet in his hand – it was Rimi’s!
I rolled the window down, and he instantly thrust it towards me – I was too shocked
to speak, a paralysis taking hold of my reactions. My mind conjured up images of what had
possibly transpired when I had momentarily turned my back to my daughter and the
vendor.
He pulled out a peanut packet from his pocket “for the child” he mumbled with a
deference that is typical of their creed, giving it to Rimi who jumped on the seat with
excitement, smiled at her innocence, waved and was gone.
Gone before I could thank him – not for the peanuts, and not for returning the
bangle, but to thank him for managing to crack the wall of prejudice that I had built around
myself and changing my world forever…
Source: http://breakingprejudice.org/teaching/group-activities/social-media-activity/
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2. What lines or parts of the story that made you think it is bias?
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3. Do you have the same judgement of the mother in the story? Why do you
say so?
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4. Now that you have talked about the concepts of bias and prejudice, would
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Let’s discuss: What do you mean by bias?
Biases
“Every day, biases are hard to wrap our heads around because they're
so much more personal, and you can point to other reasons.” This is part of
our life as an individual. It seems like we are seeing more and more news and
social media stories about people experiencing bias as they go about their
If someone has a bias about women, they can take two different
approaches. If they're biased toward women, they might hire only women
because they feel they make better employees for some gender-related
reason. Conversely, if they're biased against women, they might hire a man
over a more-qualified female candidate.
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RELIGION
POLITICAL AFFILIATION
Source: www.researchgate.net
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If someone is biased toward a political affiliation, they will tend to speak
more positively of politicians belonging to the same party. If that same person
is biased against a different political affiliation, he or she might show their
bias by quickly dismissing or disagreeing with anyone who aligns with that
opposing political view.
PREJUDICE
What comes in your mind if you see or hear the word prejudice?
Prejudice can have a strong influence on how people behave and inter-
act with others, particularly with those who are different from them, even un-
consciously or without the person realizing they are under the influence of
their internalized prejudices.
TYPES OF PREJUDICE
Racism
Source: www.shutterscock.com
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Racism is prejudice and discrimination against an individual based
solely on one’s membership in a specific racial group. Racism exists for many
racial and ethnic groups.
Sexism
Ageism
Source: www.ageismqoute.com
People often make judgments and hold expectations about others based
on their age. These judgments and expectations can lead to ageism or
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prejudices and discriminations toward individuals based solely on their age.
Typically, ageism occurs against not only in older adults but also can occur
toward younger adults.
In other words, we depend upon our ability to place people’s ideas, and
objects into different categories in order to make the world simpler and easier
to understand. We are simply overwhelmed with too much information to sort
through all of it in a logical, methodical, and rational fashion.
There are different ways that can avoid or even eliminate prejudice. For
a long time, training the people to become more empathetic to others is a
method that has shown considerable success. We should be able to
understand one another and to be sensitive enough in considering the feelings
of others which is right and justifiable.
Let Us Practice
https://images.creativetemplate.net/wp-
Source: www.creativeworkmarketing.com
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Bubble-Comic-Strip.jpg
What is/are the similarity/ies
of both pictures?
PICTURE 1
Does picture 1 show bias?
Write your explanation.
PICTURE 2
Does picture 2 show prejudice?
Write your explanation.
Directions: Read the article by Amy Alkon. Determine what the biases are
from the author’s point of view according to the article. Write your answer on
the box provided after the text.
The Truth About Beauty
By: Amy Alkon
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grumbling about this. Yet, while feminist journalists deforest North America
publishing articles urging women to bow out of the beauty arms race and
"Learn to love that woman in the mirror!", nobody gets into the ridiculous
position of advising men to "Learn to love that unemployed guy sprawled on
the couch!" Now, before you brand me a traitor to my gender, let me say
that I'm all for women having the vote, and I think a woman with a mustache
should make the same money as a man with a mustache. But you don't
help that woman by advising her, "No need to wax that lip fringe or work off
that beer belly!" (Because the road to female empowerment is...looking just
like a hairy old man?
Source: https://www.google.com/search?q=AMY+ALKON&source
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Activity No. 6: It’s a meme!________________________________________________
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Directions: Analyze the picture of a meme about ageism below. Answer the
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following questions.
Ageism
SOURCE: https://www.google.com/search?q=examples+of+bias+meme+
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2. Should elderly people be excluded from the current trend in the
technology? Why do you say so?
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Let Us Remember
Before going to the next activity, let us try checking our knowledge
certain issue in order to have a good relationship with one another. Refer to
Example:
Source: www.everydayfeminism.com
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Rubrics:
Criteria 4 3 2 1
Clarity and Comic is easy to Comic is easy to Comic is hard Comic is hard
Neatness read and all read and most to read with few to read and
elements are so elements are illustrations understand.
clearly written, clearly written, and labels
labeled and labeled and
illustrated. illustrated.
Spelling & No spelling or No spelling or One to 4 More than 4
Grammar grammatical grammatical spelling or spelling and/or
mistakes on mistakes on a grammatical grammatical
comic strip with comic strip with errors on the errors on the
lots of text. little text. comic strip. comic.
Content There are There are There are very There are no
references to references to few references references to
the topic the topic to the assigned the assigned
assigned in assigned in topic in the a topic in the
each frame. most frames. few frames. comic strip.
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Let Us Assess
Now our last activity will help you identify the difference between
biases and prejudices as we encounter it in our daily lives.
ACTIVITY No. 8: Making Connections!
__________1. Maria won the contest because one of the judges was her father.
__________2. Dani was not entertained well by the receptionist at the hotel for
his accommodation because he wore ragged clothes.
__________3. The manager instructed the person with disability that he will
just call him again next time for any other vacancies in their company even if
he was over qualified based on the academic requirements.
__________4. There were students who got qualified for the scholarship
because they got a reviewer containing exactly the same questions given in
the test questionnaires during the examination period.
__________6. The twins Anthony and Arnold can never be on top of the class
because their parents are just famers.
__________10. The nurse did not entertain the patient inside the emergency
room because he doesn’t have a down payment.
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Direction: Study the image below and determine the bias/prejudice. Explain
how it is depicted in the box.
What do you
think about
our new
classmate?
Geezz! She
doesn’t belong
to our class.
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Criteria:
Total - _______________
Let Us Enhance
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1. ____________________
Source: www.elsevier.com
2. ___________________
Source: www.everywoman.com
3. ___________________
Source: www.practice.net
4. __________________
Source: www.thegreatcoursedaily.com
5. ___________________
Source: www.cartoonstock.com
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Let Us Reflect
BIAS VS PREJUDICE
BIAS PREJUDICE
Results in
Results in unfairness discrimination
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Answer Key to Activities:
Activity 1
Let Us Study
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1. B 6. B
2. P 7.B
3. P 8. P
4. B 9. P
5. B 10. B
Activity 9: Picture Perfect! Activity 8: Making Connections
1. The picture shows discrimination in elderly people.
2. The prejudice is illustrated by undertaking communicating of outdated knowledge
about the technology because they are old.
3. Answer may vary from the students.
4. Answer may vary from the students.
Activity 6: It’s a Meme!
References
“Empathy, attitudes, and action: Can feeling for a member of a stigmatized group
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1656”- Accessed January 1,
20211666.http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/014616702237647
“Social Motivation, Self-esteem, and Social Identity” Accessed January 1, 2021 In
D. Abrams & M. A. Hogg (Eds.), Social identity theory: Constructive and
critical advances (pp. 28-47). New York, NY: Harvester Wheatsheaf
“Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and
Do” by Jennifer L. Eberhardt Accessed January 11,2021 stereotypes-
prejudice-and-discrimination/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40407320-biased
“The Psychology of Prejudice” by Todd Nelson, Accessed January 13,2021
http://breakingprejudice.org/teaching/group-activities/social-media-
activity/
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