Teaching and Learning in a Democratic Society
Dr. Gerri August
Feburuary 15 2012
The passage that I found the most important after reading pages 3-9 was the passage called “Charting Stereotypes” because it was the beginning of the teacher’s efforts in helping the students analyze the cartoons that they watched while growing up, s/he exposed the hidden messages in those cartoons that were molding the students’ perspectives on how they perceived what rich people dressed like, what fat people’s roles should be in life, how women should act or look like and where every other race, excluding Caucasians, should be placed in a movie. The passage also reveals that the students start to notice all the messages in these cartoons and also the hidden messages in everything on television. They notice stereotypes in the world including politics, comedy, magazines and billboards.
Another part that I found important in this passage was about how the teacher made the students notice the hidden messages by giving them charts with different questions on them like “who plays the buffoon?”, “what are the characters’ motivation?” And “if there are people of color in the film, what do they look like?” The students filled out the chart answering those questions. It was a motivating way to get the students involved and interested in unraveling the mysteries of the cartoons that were shaping them as they grew up.
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