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Name of resource: Explanations of prejudice 'marketplace' activity
Submitted by: Aidan Sammons
Specification details: AQA-B
Other spec: AQA-A, Edexcel possibly
Details: activity for teaching about explanations of prejudice (authoritarianism, realistic
conflict, social identity).  Uses the 'Marketplace' format popularised by Paul Ginnis but which
bears many similarities to Aronson's 'Jigsaw' approach.

Divide students into groups (three per group is best).
Each group gets pens & poster paper, access to texts/info sources (e.g. a copy of Gross).
Each group gets one of the sheets in the resource (each covers a different theory).
Activity proceeds as follows:

1.  Each group must read and comprehend the info on the sheet.  Using the text/info they should
research/think through some evaluation points based on the Qs provided.  
2.  Each group should prepare a poster and a set of notes (optional) which they will use to teach other class members about their theory.  The poster may contain signs, symbols, 
pictures but a maximum of ten words.
3.  Once posters etc. have been prepared each group must select one 'teacher' who will stay behind
to teach other class members about their theory.  The others will be 'students' whose job it is
to go off and find out about the theories covered by other groups.
4.  Students now teach/learn from each other.  'Students' may take notes if they wish.  'Teachers'
may refer to their notes but may only show the poster to 'students'.  Also wise to have a 'no
dictation' rule.
5.  'Students' return to their original groups and teach the 'teacher' about the theories they
have just learned about.
6.  Give some sort of test of learning.

Make sure you set a time limit for each phase - how long to give depends on your students.  Also
a good idea to have a meta-cognitive plenary where students reflect on what was hard/easy & why,
what they learned most from & why & what this tells them about the learning strategies they should
use.