Year 4 PSHE: Summer 1 worksheet

“Spotting Stereotypes” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 4 PSHE unit “PSHE: Summer 1”, for children aged 8 to 9, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 25 to 30 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Spotting Stereotypes

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 4 · PSHE · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can tell a stereotype from a fact about one person, and ask a curiosity question instead of assuming.

A Look back3 min

1.
Fill the blank in this cycle. Which step goes in the blank?
Ask what it meansHide the feelingForget it
2.
A friend says: “Don't play with Ali or you're out.” Which step goes in the blank?
Say no kindlyJoin inStay quiet
3.
Which word names a feeling?
NervousTablePencil

B Watch me, then you4 min

Sam hears someone say: “All boys are rough.” Sam stops and checks the idea before believing it.

A quiet park with a bench beside a path and a tall tree

Watch me

A kitchen table with a mug and an open notebook, with no one sitting at it

Sam hears: “All boys are rough.”

That is about a whole group, so it is a stereotype.

Judging someone unfairly because of a stereotype is called prejudice.

A curiosity question: “What have you seen that makes you think that?”

Now you

1.
Mia hears someone say: “Old people can't use phones.” Write one curiosity question Mia could ask them.

C Your turn6 min

Each sentence is either about a whole group, or about one person. Circle the right answer.

An empty school playground with a football goal and a climbing frame

1.
“All children in Year 4 love football.”
A stereotype about a whole groupAbout one person
2.
“Every teacher is strict.”
A stereotype about a whole groupAbout one person
3.
“My grandad says he likes gardening.”
A stereotype about a whole groupAbout one person
4.
“People with curly hair are always messy.”
A stereotype about a whole groupAbout one person

Say it out loud: Which words told you it was about a whole group? Which words told you it was about one person?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Jay says: “It is fine to repeat a joke about a group if I don't mean it.”

1.
Why is Jay wrong? Write one reason.

E Think deeper3 min

A library shelf with rows of books and a reading chair

1.
Think of a group you know well, such as children your age. Write one stereotype people might have about it, then one question to check it.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Spotting Stereotypes · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Ask what it means

2. Say no kindly

3. Nervous

B

1. Look for: A question that checks the claim, such as asking what the person has seen or can do. If your child writes a statement instead of a question, ask: what would you ask to find out the truth?

C

1. A stereotype about a whole group If your child picks the second card, ask: does this sentence talk about every child in the group?

2. A stereotype about a whole group

3. About one person If your child picks the first card, ask: is this about every grandad, or about one grandad?

4. A stereotype about a whole group

D

1. Look for: A reason that repeating a joke about a group still hurts people or spreads the stereotype. If your child writes that Jay is right, ask: how might someone from that group feel hearing the joke?

E

1. Look for: A stereotype about a group and a question that checks it instead of assuming.

Words to use

Say“Does that sentence talk about every person in the group, or about one person?”

Instead of“Tell them they are being silly and move on.”

After the sheet

Next time someone says 'all ... are ...', ask: how could we check that? Try it over dinner with a made-up example.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

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Britain's Many Roots(with a plan)
Who counts in a vote?(with a plan)
How councils look after us(with a plan)
Climate Change Causes and Actions(with a plan)

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