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Handout
Other

Jerz's Literacy Weblog: Gender Neutral Language

For Students 9th - 10th
This very readable piece uses charts, examples and brief discussions to explain ways to create gender-neutral writing and speech.
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Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Using Unbiased Language

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives guidelines to sensitive language by presenting preferred substitute words or phrases for potentially offensive ones. Covers sexism, race, age, sexual orientation, disabilities, and language that patronizes, demeans, excludes or...
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Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Media Awareness Network: What's in a Word? Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Help 5th through 7th graders explore the power of words and their capacity to influence our thinking with this lesson from the Media Awareness Network. An easy-to-print .pdf version is linked from the top of the page.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Comic Makeovers: Examining Race,class,ethnicity,and Genderin Media

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore stereotypes in the media and representations of race, class, ethnicity, and gender by analyzing comics over a two-week period and then re-envisioning them with a "comic character makeover."