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LIFE DOESN’T FRIGHTEN ME
Students examine gender bias and stereotypes. In this discrimination lesson students participate in class discussions and poetry reading in order to examine the gender stereotypes of fears and develop the...
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Cinderella: an Adaptation
Students create a list of characteristics for the heroine of a fairy tale and discuss ways these images affect behavior and self-esteem. In this, The House on Mango Street gender equity lesson, students identify common...
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WOMEN'S AND MEN'S ROLES IN DIFFERENT CULTURES
Students examine careers that are not traditional to their gender.
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Learning Social Roles: Boys and Girls
Students write and share short pieces about how their gender identities were affected through childhood messages about what it meant to be a boy or a girl. This activity can be used to introduce a discussion on gender issues.
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Women in India: Tradition vs. Modernity
Students explore cultural aspects such as gender roles and their impact on Indian culture and compare and contrast issues associated with those roles in America through literature.
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Who Will Wear the Hat? Who Will Use the Tool?
Students determine that there are nontraditional careers for their gender. In this gender equity instructional activity, students along with the guidance counselor discuss different jobs and vocations by looking at associated tools and...
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COUNTERACTING MEDIA STEREOTYPING
Students explore the effects of gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination.
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Can We Draw Working People?
Students examine non-traditional careers by gender. In this guidance lesson plan, students discover career options are not limited by gender. Students identify a career of interest to them and illustrate themselves.
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CHOOSING A CAREER - WITHOUT LIMITATIONS
Students identify career areas that are not traditional for their gender.
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The Staffing Exercise: A Lesson Cluster for Civics
Students discuss gender bias and non-traditional career areas as they relate to governmental appointed positions. The participate in a simulation in which they apply for and decide who would get traditionally male positions in the Dept....
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Fair Game?
Students evaluate possible gender stereotypes perpetuated by computer games, particularly those designed for girls. They design a prototype for a gender bias-free computer game that would appeal to both males and females.
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Peer Exclusion
Students role play on how they could solve problems of boys and girls not wanting to include each other in their play. In this role playing lesson plan, students discuss the gender exclusion that sometimes happens on the playground and...
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I can do What I Want
Students recognize gender bias and stereotyping. In this self-esteem lesson, students listen to Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and discuss how girls can be successful and provide positive role models for others.
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IS MY SCHOOL EQUITABLE?
Students analyze the students handbook and revise each section to make it equitable for males and females. In this stereotypes lesson students engage in a discussion of gender inequality and then look through the student handbook for...
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INVESTIGATING NONTRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS
Students identify careers that are nontraditional for their gender. In this occupations lesson plan students research careers that are nontraditional for their gender and conduct interviews with individuals employed in...
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Identification of Career Choices
Take some time to have your pupils identify careers that are not traditional for their gender.
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I Am More Than You See
Students examine their personal interests in culture/ethnicity and what they value in terms of physical vs. Personal characteristics. They discuss the forces in society that cause gender discrimination.
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Strategies for a Successful World
Young scholars solve real-life social issues. In this character education lesson, students discuss instances of gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination. Young scholars then discuss how to address the social issues.
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Men and Women
Students explore gender roles and expectations of women in society. In this gender roles lesson, students read the play Much Ado About Nothing and give examples of imagery in the play that express men's expectation of women.
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Mathematics in Various Carees
Young scholars consider gender equity in mathematics careers. Students will view 12 15 minute episodes on future math careers then discuss that particular career as well as how women have been treated in both traditional and non...
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When Johnny Came Marching Home
High schoolers examine the concept of gender bias. In this discrimination lesson, students research 1940's and 1950's America and determine how historical events shaped the changing role of women in the country.
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Digital Sexism Quiz
In this digital age quiz, students respond to 10 true or false questions based on their opinions of gender bias in contemporary society.
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Going to Bat for Girls
Students explore gender equality. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students listen to a lecture regarding a family's struggles with inequality. Students respond to discussion questions following the lecture.
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