ERIC Number: ED288752
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1982-Sep
Pages: 41
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A Packet of Elementary Classroom Activities To Teach Students about Sex Role Stereotyping.
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Office for Sex Equity.
Designed to help elementary school students understand sex role stereotyping, these classroom activities have been compiled from sex equity projects at local, state, and national levels. The selection criteria included: (1) appeal to elementary students; (2) the inclusion of mathematics or language arts exercises within an activity; and (3) usefulness in sex role stereotyping instruction. Nine worksheet activities feature lessons on role predicting, sex stereotyping within selected race and ethnic groups, a comparison of male and female incomes, and puzzles featuring Susan B. Anthony and Emmy Noether. Four specific situations and accompanying discussion questions are included in which student perceptions of specific sex roles can be identified and compared; and homework assignments, involving evaluations of television programs, advertisements, and male/female shopping patterns, are described. Class projects are suggested to explore careers in science, interaction with persons of the opposite sex, the sex and the role of main characters in storybooks, and birthday celebrations of outstanding women. Surveys, quizzes, and games are also included. (JHP)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Class Activities, Educational Media, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Resource Materials, Resource Units, Sex Bias, Sex Fairness, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes
Michigan Department of Education, Office for Sex Equity in Education, 622 Michigan Tower Building, P.O. Box 30008, Lansing, MI 48909.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Practitioners; Students; Teachers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Office for Sex Equity.
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