We talked more today in class about how society is gendered - here is another example, from MetroLeague.org.
Dear class,
Welcome to your long weekend! Teachers have a grading day on Friday (make sure everything is turned in for our class before). 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: "Just A Girl" by No Doubt. Selected for today because of the connection with our Gender unit. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 11/2/17:
Check-In/Review Agreements
Current Event
Gender Questions
Pointlessly Gendered Products
Documentary
Homework: Read the blog! Go out and find ways that stores gender items - are there price differences, too? Post pictures in Google Classroom! Next current event: Alex B, Ebado, Max A, Darius.
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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, before moving on.
Current Event: After checking in, Tess, Raedene, and Sahardeed had the Current Event for the day. Here is the presentation that we went through together as a class:
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:
Gender Questions: This was left over from the end of last class, as students wrote down questions they had during the presentation on Gender. The PowerPoint is here:
The questions were regarding chromosomes/sex and pansexuality/bisexuality. Here are the articles that we showed in class:
We tried to do our best in terms of answering these questions, and will continue to have these avenues to try and help students understand concepts!
Pointlessly Gendered Products: Because students selected that they most wanted to learn about Gender in Society before the unit, we wanted to talk about how products at the store can be "gendered" for no reason, and that very similar products can be more expensive due to gender. Here are a few links to go with this:
We hope this was interesting and helps with understanding how gender impacts society. The assignment for this weekend is related (please submit it on Google Classroom):
Over the weekend of November 3-6, please go out and see if you can find:
1) Products in stores that are "unnecessarily gendered" - assigning a gender to something that really does not need it. This could be in terms of clothing, toys, toiletries, etc. Use the links we shared in class for ideas!
2) A price difference in terms of how much items cost if they are gendered "for women" or "for men" - even if there is not a difference, we still want to know!
3) Take pictures of two comparable items and upload them here with a brief description of what you found.
Documentary: The end of class was devoted to starting the recent National Geographic documentary on Gender. To watch the trailer for the documentary, click here:
During the documentary, we wanted students to take notes on what they were seeing and how it connected to the vocabulary definitions and questions they had at the start of the unit. We will finish the documentary next class. Thanks, everyone! See you next week!
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