The "Genderbread Person" that we talked about today in class.
Hi everyone,
Happy Halloween! In DSJ, we continued our study of gender in our society. Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets Addressed:
I can communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
I can apply understanding of ideas and concepts to a new context or problem.
I can demonstrate an understanding of the role of governments in current issues.
I can effectively conduct and apply research.
Soundtrack: "Disturbia" by Rihanna. Selected for today because of Halloween.
AGENDA 10/31/17:
Check-In/Review Agreements
Current Event
#TakeAKnee
Gender as a Social Construct
Gender PowerPoint
Homework: Read the blog! Next current event: Tess, Raedene, Sahardeed.
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Check In/Review Agreements: At the beginning of class, we went over the Courageous Conversations Agreements, as always, to begin our work together for the day. After checking in, we talked for a bit about what is happening in the world outside of class.
Current Event: After checking in, it was time for our first student led current event! Today's was done by Miranda, Mia, Grace, and Paitra. Here was the presentation that they went through:
Here is an article that is about this story:
As a reminder, this is the assignment for the current event:
Here is an article that is about this story:
As a reminder, this is the assignment for the current event:
#TakeAKnee: For this part of class, we talked about the recent national anthem protests here at Westview, which Samson (in our class!) has played a big role in. We showed this ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) Oregon article about the protest here:
Furthermore, the ACLU representative that came out to Westview on last Friday made a video with Samson, which can be found here:
We should point out that we approached Samson before our class and asked him if it would be okay if we talked about this, so he knew in advance that we would be doing so. Both of us are really proud of your activism, Samson! #ImWithSamson
Gender as a Social Construct: Next, we went back to our study of Gender and passed out this article to read, regarding how gender is socially constructed:
We wanted students to continue to be familiar with how terms are used as we start up this unit.
Gender PowerPoint: Finally, near the end of class, I (Mr. Fritz) led everyone through a PowerPoint that is mostly from a staff training that all Westview teachers did last year. The goal was to go into some more depth in defining key terms and understanding the WHY in terms of studying gender. The PowerPoint is here:
This is where we ended for the day. So much to talk about! See you next class!
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