Indiana Social Studies P.7.6

Social StudiesGrades 9–12Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Behavior

The Standard

Explain how stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination influence behavior.

2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students tell apart a stereotype, a belief about a group, prejudice, an unfair judgment, and discrimination, unequal treatment. They explain how these shape choices and how people respond to unfair treatment.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given a hiring or classroom example, students identify the assumption, the judgment, and the unequal action. They explain how the action affects the person targeted and what a bystander could do.
Common Misconceptions: Students often call an unfair thought discrimination, even when no action follows. They may assume stereotypes are always negative or that unfair treatment must be deliberate to count.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: A student assumes a classmate with an accent cannot present, feels uneasy, and assigns them only note-taking. Label the belief, feeling, and action, then explain one effect on the classmate.

Lesson moves

Pairs sort cards saying 'older workers cannot learn apps,' 'I distrust older workers,' and 'I reject an older applicant'; draw arrows between them.
Discuss: How might a student respond after classmates exclude them from a project because they assume an accent means poor English?
Play a matching game: match six short scenarios to stereotype, prejudice, or discrimination, then explain two choices to a partner.
Compare two identical rental applications with different family names; write how a landlord's assumption could change whom they call.

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