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Student Dress Codes: What's Fair? Lesson PlanStudent Dress Codes: What's Fair? Lesson Plan
Publisher
Anti-Defamation League
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2014
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Student Dress Codes: What's Fair?

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The controversy over school dress codes continues. The debate involves questions like, why is there a policy? Who sets the policy? Who enforces the policy? What is a fair policy? Tweens and teens have an opportunity to engage in the debate as they read an article about dress codes and study incidences involving these policies. They then design a dress code for their own school.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

dress codes, sexism, stereotypes, freedoms, gender bias, primary source analysis, informational texts

Instructional Ideas

  • The information in the lesson is dated (2014); therefore, have groups investigate current controversies surrounding dress codes

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires copies, one per pupil, of the Fox News article and one copy per group of the "Proposed Dress Code" worksheet

Pros

  • The discussion questions ask learners to think beyond freedom of expression to other concerns like school safety

Cons

  • None

Common Core

CCRA.R.1 CCRA.W.4 CCRA.SL.1

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