The 57 Bus Lesson Plan

Implicit Preferences

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will learn if they hold an implicit preference about sexuality and reflect on how this might affect others

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1

Structure:

Ask students what an implicit verse explicit preference is. Make sure the students understand that an explicit preference is one that is deliberately thought about and reported whereas implicit preferences are unconscious. For example, one might state that apple pie is their favorite type of pie (explicit preference) but it is possible that one's subconscious actually associates apple pie with negativity. In this example, one's...