Curated OER
Apartheid and Segregation
Students view a television program that depicts the history South African Apartheid and the United States' system of segregation. They discuss how laws were used to uphold these institutions and compare and contrast racism and...
Curated OER
"He Says, She Says"
Stuents compare and contrast male and female views of love and beauty in classic Chinese and Japanese society through the reading and evaluation of prose and poetry. Chinese and Japanese art is also studied.
Curated OER
Alien Visitor's Rewrite
Pupils role play the role of an alien who analyzes how the media represents the different social groups. In groups, they write their own story in which they add or revise a character to make it non-stereotypical. They share their...
Other
Family Law Center: Gender Bias in the Family Courts
This paper focuses on the subject of gender bias against men in reference to gaining custody of children in the Canadian Family Court system. The article does a good job at defining the bias and presenting examples of the myths and...
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Avoiding Gender Bias in Pronouns
Essay that focuses on how to shift writing from biased language to non-gender specific writing. Five examples are given from various publications to show how to become unbiased in writing.
Other
Jerz's Literacy Weblog: Gender Neutral Language
This very readable piece uses charts, examples and brief discussions to explain ways to create gender-neutral writing and speech.
Other
Learning for Justice: Test Yourself for Hidden Bias
Test for your hidden bias. Even though we believe we see and treat people as equals, hidden biases may still influence our perceptions and actions. Each test takes about five minutes, and your privacy is protected.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communications: Understanding Bias in Language
This lesson plan focuses on bias in language such as gender and cultural bias and how to avoid them in public speaking. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2.e
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Avoiding Sexist Language by Using Gender Fair Pronouns
Contains plans for two lessons that teach students how to avoid gender stereotyping while using pronouns. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment...
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Gender Inclusive Language
This handout helps students understand both the need for gender-sensitive language in their writing, and ways to change their writing to make sure that it is gender-sensitive or gender-neutral.
Other
O.w.l.: Avoiding Sexist Language
Article that looks at and suggests ways to avoid sexist language in writing. The premise of the article is that language must not unnecessarily identify gender.
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Examining Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Media
Contains plans for five lessons that teach students how to recognize and avoid stereotyping in media. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Point of View: Who, Me? Biased?: Understanding Implicit Bias
In this interactive lesson, students explore the extent to which society (and they themselves) may discriminate based on factors they're not even aware of, implicit biases. Why haven't laws been enough to eliminate discrimination? After...
Other
University of Central Florida: Avoiding Sexist Writing [Pdf]
One-pager that focuses on avoiding stereotypes of gender in writing. Offers suggestions on how to correct stereotypical writing including: using plural nouns, using second person nouns, and using no pronouns.
Other
Optimistic Bias in Perceiving Physical and Mental Health
This article looks at the tendency to view oneself as invulnerable to experience negative life events. They suggest this goes hand in hand with the tendency to overestimate one's probability of experiencing postive life events. (Miami...
Other
Ithaca College: Aggression Lab
Summary of research that looks at potential gender bias in aggression studies. Describes a few of the studies and their outcomes.
Other
Gendercide Watch: Case Study: Female Infanticide
A look at the ongoing problem of female infanticide in India and China. Contains statistical information along with summaries and background information for each case.
Media Smarts
Media Awareness Network: What's in a Word? Lesson Plan
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.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Restoring Women to World Studies [Pdf]
In much of the social studies-especially courses focused on world history, geography, and culture-there has been a long-standing awareness that the experience of women has been left out of the narrative. Recent changes in state,...
United Nations
Unesco: Artificial Intelligence: Examples of Ethical Dilemmas
Discusses ethical issues with the use of artificial intelligence, including gender bias, autonomous vehicles, art created by AI, and applications in a court of law.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Unbiased Language
Resource acknowledges the changes in social awareness and how language is influenced by it. It presents suggestions as to how to avoid bias in writing. Some of the changes in terminology can have subtle differences in meaning. W.9-10.1d...
City University of New York
Chinese Cultural Studies: Women in China: Past and the Present
This article discusses the equality problems women in China face even though things have changed since 1949. Includes information on divorce.
Digital History
Digital History: Opponents of Suffrage
Read a short description of the many reasons men were opposed to women's suffrage. There were many fears about what the women might vote for or against.
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