Lesson Plans
Bias audit
By Judy Bolton
Judy Bolton
Middletown High School North
Middletown, N.J.
Bias audit
Mark your response to the following:
| Positive Negative Undecided Don't care | |
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Administrators |
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Arabs |
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Black Muslims |
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Born-again Christians |
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Buddhists |
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Californians |
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Catholics |
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Chinese |
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Communists |
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Conservatives |
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Democrats |
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Doctors |
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Egyptians |
q q q q |
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Elderly |
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Football |
q q q q |
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French |
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Gays/lesbians |
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Honor Society |
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Iraqis |
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Jews |
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Jocks |
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Ku Klux Klan |
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Lawyers |
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Liberals |
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Muslims |
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Nerds |
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New Yorkers |
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Protestants |
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Republicans |
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Russians |
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Secretaries |
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Socialists |
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Sororities |
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Southerners |
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Teachers |
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Texans |
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Wealth |
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Welfare |
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Working class |
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The prototype for this list of organizations, etc., for students to gauge their emotional response/bias is a "Skill Drill" in Mencher's Workbook that accompanies "News Reporting and Writing." It's on page 127 in the Ninth Edition (c. 2003).