Chart 1

The following chart is to be filled out first.  You are to fill in the stereotype you have been assigned in the top blank and then write a hypothesis stating whether you think this stereotype is true or false and WHYMake sure your name is on all forms!

Name:______________________________ Period: _____________
Stereotype Assigned to Group: Begin your hypothesis here:
Hypothesis (Do you think this stereotype is true or false? Why?)  Must be in complete sentences.

Answer the following question:

What might have been a (southern and  northern) white newspaper editor's bias about your issue during the Civil War period?  How might this influence the information you find during your research?