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CAN WE SWITCH GENDERS OF STORY CHARACTERS?
Analyze characters and stories to identify stereotyping. Learners will examine the concept of character gender to evaluate bias in classroom story books. They are asked to read a story or play and change the gender of the character to...
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Proving (a Theorem) and Disproving (a Theory)
As a cross-curricular lesson, your class examines the issues of gender discrimination, careers, and gender roles. They read and discuss an article, prepare a proof of the Pythagorean theorem as a class, and develop a creative...
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Barbie Girl: Gender Equity
Students examine gender bias and strategies to overcome it. In this gender equity lesson, students discuss what gender bias is, identify the presence of bias and discrimination and examine vocabulary that indicates the presence of...
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Women in Skiing: Winter Sports, Gender Roles, Discrimination, Women's History
Pupils create a newsletter about women in skiing, addressing issues of gender discrimination in sports and women's achievements.
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INFUSING EQUITY BY GENDER INTO THE CLASSROOM:A Handbook of Classroom Practices
Pupils examine how gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination impacts their lives. Students examine behaviors they believe are acceptable for males and females and will compose an essay based on their findings.
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Exploring Gender Bias in the Workplace
Students investigate gender bias in the work place. In this secondary mathematics lesson, students gather research on the current statistics about a profession which focuses on the female//male ratios and the pay scale of the...
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EXPLORING GENDER BIAS IN THE WORKPLACE
High schoolers explore gender bias in the workplace.
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HOW TO COMBAT HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION
Young scholars explore discrimination and tell about harassment they have experienced.
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GENDER ROLE DEVELOPMENT
Young scholars explore gender bias and identify some examples of it.
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Infusing Equity by Gender Into the Classroom: A Handbook of Classroom Practices
Learners match their natural proclivities to possible future careers which are nontraditional for their genders. They further examine gender stereotypes through other activities.
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WHAT INFLUENCES OUR PERCEPTION OF GENDER ROLES?
Students talk about the influence of media on gender equity perception.
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Infusing Equity by Gender into the Classroom
Students discover the biases between the two genders by comparing males and females in different species. In this gender identity activity, students research National Geographic Magazine and view videos demonstrating the...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Instructional Unit Plan
Maya Angelou's first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, demonstrates both the author's exemplary writing and the themes of gender and racial injustice that perpetuate beyond the limits of the 20th century. Use a...
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The Gingerbread Person
Students discuss gender bias and stereotyping. In this social science lesson, students read the book "The Gingerbread Boy" and discuss why it is a boy. Students then write their own story changing it to a gingerbread girl and a female fox.
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GENDER BIASED WORD PROBLEMS
Students identify word problems that show stereotyping and calculate the percentages.
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DETERMINING THE EXISTENCE OF GENDER BIAS IN DAILY TASKS
Students identify task assignments by gender.
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COUNTERACTING MEDIA STEREOTYPING
Students explore the effects of gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination.
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PRINCESSES DON'T HAVE TO BE PASSIVE
Pupils learn the effects of stereotyping and discrimination.
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INVESTIGATING NONTRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS
Young scholars identify careers that are nontraditional for their gender. In this occupations instructional activity students research careers that are nontraditional for their gender and conduct interviews with individuals employed...
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HOW DOES IT FEEL?
Young scholars explore how it feels to be discriminated against and explain the concepts of it.
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IS MY SCHOOL EQUITABLE?
Learners analyze the students handbook and revise each section to make it equitable for males and females. In this stereotypes lesson learners engage in a discussion of gender inequality and then look through the student handbook for...
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Strategies to Overcome Gender Bias in the Machine Shop: Knurling
Young scholars participate in putting a straight knurl on a piece of steel.
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Diversity: a World of Difference
First graders each add a different item to a classroom salad while discussing the connection to a multicultural society. They also create a friendship web with yarn by each of them contributing some unique quality about themselves. ...