BELONGING BASICS
The feeling of acceptance, security, identity, or connection that comes from being part of a group.
What is belonging?
People we see as “us.”
What is an in-group?
Changing your behavior, beliefs, or choices to match the expectations of a group.
What is conformity?
What aspect of Hogwarts creates one of the clearest examples of students being divided into competing social groups?
What are Hogwarts Houses?
What does the acronym “smh” stand for?
What is shaking my head?
The spoken or unspoken rule that determines who counts as a member of a group and who remains outside.
What is a boundary?
True or false:
Simply being different from a group automatically means you are being excluded.
False
Difference alone is not exclusion; the difference has to become a reason for treating someone as fundamentally outside what is normal or acceptable.
The ways a group pressures its members to follow its rules, values, or traditions.
What is social enforcement?
Harry arrives at Hogwarts and finally experiences friendship, acceptance, and a sense of home.
Which lens BEST describes this?
What is belonging?
What Korean-language Netflix series about deadly children's games became the platform's most-watched show in 2021?
What are Squid Games?
The process of deciding who is allowed through a group's boundary and who is kept outside.
What is inclusion / exclusion?
People we see as “them.”
What is an out-group?
In yesterday's Find the Leader game, nobody forced the class to copy the leader, yet almost everyone immediately copied the movements.
Which term BEST describes the behavior of the followers?
What is conformity?
Draco treats students differently based on family background and whether he thinks they belong in the wizarding world.
Which lens BEST analyzes this behavior?
What is othering?
The 'moonwalk' was popularized by Michael Jackson performing what song at Motown 25 (1983)?
Groups can change how members see themselves. Which part of the Belonging Cycle describes this?
What is identity?
Treating a person or group as fundamentally different from what the group considers normal.
What is othering?
When people feel less personally responsible because responsibility for an action is spread across many people.
What is DOR; diffusion of responsibility?
House points, peer approval, reputation, punishment, and praise all influence how Hogwarts students behave.
Which lens does this represent?
What is social enforcement?
What is the alternate dimension from 'Stranger Things' called?
What is The Upside Down?
Put these parts of the Belonging Cycle in order:
Behavior — Boundary — Identity — Group — Inclusion/Exclusion
Group → Boundary → Inclusion/Exclusion → Identity → Behavior
Tessie participates willingly until her own family is selected, then suddenly argues that the lottery is unfair.
Which major issue from our discussion does this illustrate?
If it's not them, it's you
A student follows a harmful command because an authority figure gave it.
According to Mr. George, who carries the greater moral responsibility?
The person giving the command.
One of the greatest forms of bonding and decision-making for social enforcement and cooperation in groups
What is gossip?
Who is the oldest Kardashian sister?
Who is Kourtney?