Objective
To raise awareness in students of
the acts of sexism that they see every day.
Activity
Before the class the teacher prints copies of the adverts below and sticks them around the classroom.
5 minutes – The teacher gives
each student three post-its (one of which also has a number from one to five) and
explains the activity.
10 minutes – The students
circulate around the classroom looking at all of the adverts. They then choose
three and on their post-its write adjectives that describe the women in those
adverts, sticking them on the advert. Whilst they do so, the teacher places
papers with questions at six stations around the classroom.
20 minutes – The students form
six groups of five students according to their numbers from the start of class.
Each group is assigned a station with a question which they must discuss for
five minutes, taking notes about their ideas on a piece of paper. After five
minutes they change station until each group has seen all three questions and
added their ideas to the communal piece of paper. The questions would be: ‘Do
you think some jobs are for girls or for boys? Which? Why?’, ‘What toys did you
play with when you were younger? Are these different for the girls and boys in
your group? How?’, ‘Think about the adjectives that you wrote down about the
women in the adverts. How would you describe the men in those adverts? What is
different?’.
15 minutes – Each group feeds
back to the whole class their ideas and the ideas of the previous groups at
their station about their final question. The class discusses any differences
of opinion that have arisen and where those opinions may have come from.
Very good activity. What a coincidence that I should be reading it on March 8th!
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