The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

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The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

• An Exploration of Theme
• Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Suspicion
• Created by
  Ms. Ariel Warden

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What does Rod Serling mean when he says

• The tools of conquest do not necessarily come
  with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are
  weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes,
  prejudices-to be found only in the minds of
  men.For the record, prejudices can kill, and
  suspicion can destroy, and the thoughtless,
  frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout
  all of its own for the children...the children
  yet unborn.

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What is a STEREOTYPE?

• A stereotype is a too-simple and therefore
  distorted image of a group of people.
• What stereotypes do you have?

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• What comes to your mind?

person with glasses
girl
A Honor Roll
blonde
boy
teacher
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What is a PREJUDICE?

• A prejudice is a preconceived NEGATIVE notion
  about a person, simply based on a characteristic
  or their belonging to a certain group.
• Prejudices typically lead to some type of action
  towards that person, whether it is a comment,
  exclusion, or violence.

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• How are stereotypes and prejudices related?
• What prejudices do you have?

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What do you think of him?
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• What damages have prejudices caused throughout
  history?
• Lets look at a few examples

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How did the Nazis gain control?
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• Why were the Germans pleased with Hitler and
  the Nazis?

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Why do you think most people did nothing to stop
the Nazis?

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• What prejudices did the Nazis have?

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Has the US ever been involved in systematic,
acceptable prejudice?List as many instances as
you can.
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• Why were the Japanese Americans sent to
  internment camps?
• How were the internment camps similar to Nazi
  concentration camp?
• How were they different?

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IS IT RIGHT?

• Is it OK to take away citizens freedoms in order
  to protect others? Is it acceptable to do this
  simply because there is a possibility that they
  may cause harm to others? (Ultimately, which is
  more important freedom or safety?)

YES or NO?
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Has there ever been a Holocaust in the United
States?
Poll Everywhere
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Is all this prejudice in our PAST?
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• Why do these teenagers embrace white power?
• Do you think they should be allowed to share
  their racist views? Why or why not?
• What would you do if you met these teenagers or
  other kids like them? Explain.
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• Is it ok to be prejudice if you dont act out on
  it?
• Have stereotypes or prejudice ever influenced how
  you have acted?
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Who are these men?
Timothy Mcveigh Okalahoma City bomber
Dr.Jumaa Khalfan BelhoulMedical doctor
Do you think of them differently NOW?
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• They came first for the Communists, And I didnt
  speak up because I wasnt a Communist
• And then they came for the trade unionists, And I
  didnt speak up because I wasnt a trade
  unionist
• And then they came for the Jews, And I didnt
  speak up because I wasnt a Jew
• And then . . . they came for me . . . And by that
  time there was no one left to speak up."
• --Pastor Martin Niemöller