1. Hertfordshire Achievement of Refugees and Travellers Team Year 8 Media/Citizenship Date: Biased language in the media; The effects of stereotyping on people from Irish Traveller and Romany Gypsy communities

2. Learning Objectives: To be able to recognize the difference between fact and opinion in the media. To understand that language in the media can be used to affect people’s attitudes. To be able to empathise with how Irish Travellers and Romani Gypsies feel when they experience racist stereotyping and name-calling.

3. Irish Travellers FACTS FACTS OPINIONS OPINIONS

4. “What’s the implication?” The newspaper article has sentences which might encourage quite negative attitudes towards Irish Travellers. The newspaper article has sentences which might encourage quite negative attitudes towards Irish Travellers. Can you find any? What might they make the reader think? Can you find any? What might they make the reader think? Match sentences and phrases into the boxes according to what they seem to imply. Match sentences and phrases into the boxes according to what they seem to imply.

5. What have you learnt from doing this activity? What have you learnt from doing this activity? Were all the comments in the newspaper facts? Were all the comments in the newspaper facts? Does the article reinforce stereotyping of Irish Travellers? Does the article reinforce stereotyping of Irish Travellers? Can you imagine how this article might affect Irish Travellers? Can you imagine how this article might affect Irish Travellers?

6. Evaluation Can biased language in newspaper articles affect people’s attitudes? Can biased language in newspaper articles affect people’s attitudes? Can you recognise the difference between facts and opinions in the media? Can you recognise the difference between facts and opinions in the media? Do Irish Travellers find racist stereotyping and name-calling distressing? Do Irish Travellers find racist stereotyping and name-calling distressing?

7. Plenary How will this lesson affect your attitude to the media? How will this lesson affect the way you use language? How will this lesson affect your attitude towards Irish Travellers?