SCENARIO/CONTEXT
Activity for year 1: Read to the class William’s Doll, by Charlotte Zolotow and discuss. Students will learn how the characters in the book are feeling and become familiar with gender stereotypes.
Learning experience/curriculum plan template (primary)
OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES
Write the specific objectives and/or outcomes of the learning experience AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Content: identify the specific content you will teach for a learning area or learning areas. HINT: be focused so do not choose too many.
• By the end of the learning experience, students will be able to:
• Define what gender stereotypes are.
• Describe the meaning of the terms gender and stereotypes.
• Define the meaning of family.
• Explore and recognise the …show more content…
• Book
• Interactive whiteboard
• Paper, coloured pencils,
• Printer
• Paper
Learning experience
Describe the learning experience/s or activity either in paragraph form, or step by step.
1. Have all the students come to the front of the class and sit in a circle. Read to the class William’s Doll by Charlotte Zolotow (National Union of Teachers, Breaking the Mould, 2014).
2. Have a group discussion and ask the students these questions:
• Why was William teased?
• Why did William 's friends and family make fun of him because he wanted a doll?
• Are girls only allowed to play with dolls? Where did this thought originate from?
• In this story, who was William 's friend?
3. Take feedback on each question.
4. Introduce the words ‘gender’ and ‘stereotype’ to the discussion.
• Show the students this video clip on gender stereotypes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=381belOZreA
5. Now ask the students to reflect back on the story, William’s doll and ask:
• What is the stereotype in this story? Only girls play with dolls.
• Who disagreed with the stereotype?
• Why did they disagree and what did they do?
• What does the story teach
Activity for year 1: Read to the class William’s Doll, by Charlotte Zolotow and discuss. Students will learn how the characters in the book are feeling and become familiar with gender stereotypes.
Learning experience/curriculum plan template (primary)
OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES
Write the specific objectives and/or outcomes of the learning experience AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Content: identify the specific content you will teach for a learning area or learning areas. HINT: be focused so do not choose too many.
• By the end of the learning experience, students will be able to:
• Define what gender stereotypes are.
• Describe the meaning of the terms gender and stereotypes.
• Define the meaning of family.
• Explore and recognise the …show more content…
• Book
• Interactive whiteboard
• Paper, coloured pencils,
• Printer
• Paper
Learning experience
Describe the learning experience/s or activity either in paragraph form, or step by step.
1. Have all the students come to the front of the class and sit in a circle. Read to the class William’s Doll by Charlotte Zolotow (National Union of Teachers, Breaking the Mould, 2014).
2. Have a group discussion and ask the students these questions:
• Why was William teased?
• Why did William 's friends and family make fun of him because he wanted a doll?
• Are girls only allowed to play with dolls? Where did this thought originate from?
• In this story, who was William 's friend?
3. Take feedback on each question.
4. Introduce the words ‘gender’ and ‘stereotype’ to the discussion.
• Show the students this video clip on gender stereotypes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=381belOZreA
5. Now ask the students to reflect back on the story, William’s doll and ask:
• What is the stereotype in this story? Only girls play with dolls.
• Who disagreed with the stereotype?
• Why did they disagree and what did they do?
• What does the story teach