NCERT class 6 chapter 2। Diversity and Discrimination। English Medium

Diversity and Discrimination

QUESTIONS

1. Match the following statements in way that challenges stereotypes.

a. Two surgeons were sitting down to                            1. suffers from chronic asthma.

lunch when one of them made a call

on the mobile phone

b. The boy who won the drawing                                  2. to become an astronaut which she did.

competition went to the dias

c. One of the fastest athletes in the world                     3. to speak with her daughter who

had just returned from school.

d. She was not that well-off but had a dream                4. on a wheelchair to collect his prize.

2. How can the stereotype that girls are a burden on their parents affect the life of

a daughter? Imagine this situation and list at least five different effects that this

stereotype can have on the way daughters get treated in the house.

Answer:

3. What does the Constitution say with regard to equality? Why do you think it is

important for all people to be equal?

Answer:

4. Sometimes people make prejudiced comments in our presence. We are often not in a

position to do anything about this because it is difficult to say something right then

and there. Divide the class into groups and each group discuss what they could do in

one of the following situations:

a. A friend begins to tease a classmate because he is poor.

b. You are watching TV with your family and one of them makes a prejudicial

comment about a particular religious community.

c. Children in your class refuse to share their food with a particular person

because they think she is dirty.

d. Someone tells you a joke that makes fun of a community because of their

accent.

e. Some boys make remarks about girls not being able to play games as well

as them.