ABSTRACT
Ms. Whitney was taken aback when she saw this sentence on one of the posters: “People in Mexico are poor so they want to come to the United States.” She was dismayed by the overgeneralization and the fact that it was displayed for everybody to read. As she scanned the other projects, she found herself equally dismayed by other generalizations she found. In addition to the misinformation, she noticed that some students were not consistent with their verb tenses, which resulted in inaccurate statements. One student, Michael, had chosen Japan for his project. He had included a paragraph about World War II in the corner of the poster. One of his sentences read, “Japanese people in America are in special camps because Japan was at war with the United States.” Ms. Whitney could not believe what she had just read. How can this type of work be hung in the hallways for others to read? , she wondered.
