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Anti-Defamation League

The Gender Allowance Gap

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Does the pay gap begin with allowance? That is the big question scholars answer in a lesson examining how gender affects how much money an individual earns. Class members conduct a survey to identify how the allowance is paid, take their...
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Southern Poverty Law Center

Analyzing Gender Stereotypes in Media

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Why might toy advertisers use gender stereotypes to sell their products? Young people think critically about media messages and its role in gender stereotyping with a thought-provoking instructional activity.
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Curated OER

Gender Issues Lesson Plan

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine gender biases. In this educational issues lesson, students participate in activities that require them to analyze gender issues in the classroom and challenge to break out of the mode.
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Curated OER

GENDER ROLE DEVELOPMENT

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students 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

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students 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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Statistical Analysis of Data by Gender

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students examine and identify gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in school materials, activities, and classroom instruction. They apply descriptive statistics knowledge to real-world data.
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TV Tells it All

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students discuss the concept of gender bias and stereotyping. In this social science lesson, students determine what the influence of television on gender roles represents and compares the chage in gender roles of today to those of their...
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Curated OER

How Are We Different?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners explain and accept the similarities and differences between girls and boys. They focus on gender neutrality and recognize gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in school materials, activities, and classroom instruction.
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The Gingerbread Person

For Teachers K - 2nd
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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Anti-Defamation League

What "Draw-A-Scientist" Reveals about Gender Stereotypes

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
What do you picture when you hear the word scientist? Challenge scholars to put pencil to paper, draw a scientist, and then reflect on the patterns they observe. Learners read an article about a female scientist and write a story about a...
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Curated OER

EXPLORING GENDER BIAS IN THE WORKPLACE

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore gender bias in the workplace.
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Strategies to Overcome Gender Bias in the Machine Shop: Knurling

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students demonstrate the use of a knurling tool. In this machine shop technique lesson plan, students will demonstrate safety as they properly use the knurling tool to create a diamond knurl and a straight knurl on a cylindrical piece of...
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Curated OER

Choosing A Career - Without Limitations

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine their views on gender bias in the classroom. In this gender bias/gender equity lesson, students define non-traditional career areas for their gender. They discuss their perception of "male and female" jobs before...
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Curated OER

Voting

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the importance of voter participation while examine gender bias in voting situations. They design a campaign aimed at increasing voter participation after experiencing an activity which only allows the boys in the...
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Gender Shouldn't Limit You!

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine political gender biases. In this Teaching Tolerance instructional activity, students participate in a mock classroom election which requires them to vote for a boy or a girl. Students discuss the election results and...
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Curated OER

Gender Equity: Gender Role Assignment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze and compare personal and societal perception of gender roles.  In this gender roles activity, students record their personal point of view on various tasks such as doing dishes or car maintenance.  Students then work in...
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What Influences Our Perception of Gender Roles?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research gender equity and the media.  In this gender equity instructional activity, students evaluate the influence of various media on both individuals and society.  Students discuss examples of media that portray gender roles...
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Gender Equity: I Said, She Said

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students collect and analyze data on classroom participation.  In this gender equity lesson, students use tally marks to collect data on the sex and numbers of students who participate in classroom discussions.  Students work in small...
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Infusing Equity by Gender into the Classroom: Those Ancient Greeks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers compare the treatment of men and women in Athens and Sparta. In this gender roles lesson, students research daily life in the Greek cities and create charts that compare the lives of women and men in both of the cities.
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Media Smarts

TV Dads: Immature and Irresponsible?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Examine gender stereotypes on television, focusing on fathers portrayed in sitcoms and advertising. Questions on a handout direct learners to consider the types of fathers they see on television and one advertisement is highlighted as...
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Curated OER

Be the Kiwi: Gender Roles

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners take a look at gender roles in New Zealand. In this global issues instructional activity, students analyze statistics that reveal the divide between men and women employees in the country.
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Right to Equal Opportunity

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate the concept of equal opportunity in school. In this equal opportunity lesson, students participate in a discussion about the fairness of certain situations in school. They listen to a story entitled, "Left Out",...
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Learning for Justice

Challenging Gender Stereotyping and Homophobia in Sports

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young learners are asked to challenge what they see as stereotyping and homophobia in sports and the arts. Participants read an article about sexual orientation in the NFL and statements from public figures like Theodore Roosevelt. They...
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Cinderella: an Adaptation

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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 instructional activity, students identify common...

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