Today's class dealt with the intersection of race and gender through Serena Williams. I (Mr. Fritz) am a huge tennis fan and I have seen Serena win multiple grand slam championships. I took this photo in 2013, as she won the French Open in Paris.
Dear class,
Welcome back from your weekend! In DSJ, we looked at the intersection of Race and 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: "American Woman" by Lenny Kravitz. Selected for today because of our start of the Gender unit in class.
AGENDA 5/14/18:
Check-In/Review Agreements
What Can I Do Today?
Serena Williams
Gender as a Social Construct
Gender PowerPoint
Homework: Read the blog! Turn in any missing work, especially Racial Autobiographies!
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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.
We talked for a bit about the Socratic Seminar last class and the Race unit as a whole. Thank you for your input here!
Finally, we talked about the Dia Nelson Scholarship fund. Details of that can be found here:
It is with great joy--amid our shared grief--that we can announce that the Dia Nelson Memorial Scholarship is up and ready to start honoring a wonderful and dearly missed colleague.
Option #1: Online contributions (VISA only) can be made by going to the "Online Payment System" page of the BSD website. Once there, please follow these steps (you do not need to create an account in order to donate):
Click the big blue button, "CLICK HERE TO MAKE A DONATION";
Fill in personal donor information;
Under the "School" drop down menu, choose "BEAVERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT";
Under the "Item"drop down menu, choose "DIA NELSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP";
Both "Memo" and "Amount" are optional.
Option #2: Lenee Gower is able to take cash or check contributions directly in her office here (or mailed to her at Westview). Checks need to be made out to the "Beaverton School District" with a note indicating it is for the "Dia Nelson Memorial Scholarship".
Please contribute if you are able. Dia was a close friend of both Natalie and I. We would love to have her impact on the Westview community memorialized in this way!
What Can I Do Today?: We also asked students if there was anything they wanted to add to the "What Can I Do Today?" poster up at the front of the room, in terms of actions outside of class. We also noted that the list is live on the blog here on the upper right corner, with links!
Serena Williams: This was an activity Mrs. Labossiere likes to run regarding analyzing race and gender. We looked at various different statements about Serena Williams, one of the best tennis players in history, as Mrs. Labossiere annotated her responses.
We asked a few questions in small groups and then had a larger group conversation: how much of these sorts of statements are due to Serena's race and how much is about gender?
We asked a few questions in small groups and then had a larger group conversation: how much of these sorts of statements are due to Serena's race and how much is about gender?
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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