STEREOTYPES LESSON – BIAS, DIVERSITY & CULTURAL AWARENESS – Peer Pressure SEL

Are you looking for an engaging, thought-provoking way to help teens recognize stereotypes, challenge bias, and build empathy and critical thinking skills? Our Breaking the Bias: Recognizing Bias & Stereotypes Challenge is our interactive digital PowerPoint game designed for Grades 9–12 to help students explore stereotypes, assumptions, social bias, media influence, perspective taking, and inclusive thinking in a meaningful and age-appropriate way.

Through guided discussion, interactive questions, real-world scenarios, and team collaboration, students develop a deeper understanding of how bias can impact relationships, school environments, social interactions, and mental well-being. This engaging social-emotional learning (SEL) game encourages teenagers to reflect on their own thinking, examine media messages, practice empathy, and develop respectful ways to challenge unfair assumptions and stereotypes.

Rather than simply teaching definitions, this interactive bias and stereotypes game helps students actively explore how labels, assumptions, and social influences can shape the way people think and treat others. Students build important SEL, communication, critical thinking, self-awareness, and perspective-taking skills that support healthy relationships and inclusive school communities.

GAME FEATURES: Our Breaking the Bias digital game includes 5 engaging categories, each with 5 questions and increasing point values (100–500), designed to encourage reflection, discussion, and social awareness. The five categories include:

1.Labels & Assumptions — Explores stereotypes, labels, and unfair judgments

2.Everyday Bias — Helps students recognize bias in daily life and social situations

3.Media Messages — Examines how media and social media can influence beliefs and stereotypes

4.Walk in Their Shoes — Builds empathy, perspective taking, and emotional awareness

5.Breaking the Bias — Encourages respectful ways to challenge stereotypes and promote inclusion

HOW IT WORKS:

• Play directly in PowerPoint™ — no special software required
• Choose 2–10 teams for flexible group sizes
• Teams earn points by answering discussion-based questions
• Answers are revealed instantly with one click
• Encourages critical thinking, empathy, and respectful discussion
• Press RESET to replay again and again — unlimited use

WHY TEACHERS & COUNSELORS LOVE IT:

• Supports social-emotional learning (SEL) and perspective-taking skills
• Encourages respectful discussion, empathy, and critical thinking
• Helps students recognize stereotypes and challenge unfair assumptions
• Supports inclusive classroom conversations and restorative practices
• Perfect for school counseling, advisory, psychology, SEL lessons, and health classes
• Uses real-world topics and age-appropriate discussion prompts for teens

Our interactive SEL game helps students build empathy, self-awareness, and inclusive thinking skills while encouraging meaningful conversations about stereotypes, assumptions, fairness, and respect in today’s world.

IMPORTANT TECH NOTE

This resource requires the desktop version of Microsoft PowerPoint (Windows or Mac). It is not compatible with Google Slides, PowerPoint Online, or Chromebooks without PowerPoint installed.