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High schoolers recognize and modify generalizations. They challenge generalizations made about people, insist on knowing the evidence that supports these, and be willing to modify their own generalizations when confronted by evidence showing them to be false.

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stereotypes

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generalizations, prejedice, social studies
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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