Teach students about this history of Barbie, reflect on their own experiences with Barbie and consider what identity groups may be missing from Barbie's collection.
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Civics Lesson
GRADE LEVEL: High School What is Bias? What is Implicit Bias?
In What Ways Could Bias Have an Impact on Your Civic Participation?
The U.S. Constitution embodies ideals of equal opportunity and fair treatment for all and is reinforced by laws like the Civil Rights Act and Title IX. Yet, marginalized people who have experienced discrimination and unfair treatment historically, continue to do so in the present day. The current surge of stories in the news…
GRADE LEVEL: High School
COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening, Language The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution granted women the right to vote and was ratified on August 18, 1920.
Women's Suffrage Movement: Seeking the Right to Vote
Suffrage is the right or privilege of voting. In 1848, hundreds of mostly women and some men attended the first woman's rights convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y. to “discuss the social, civic and religious condition…
GRADE LEVEL: High School COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening, Language Presidential Elections: Sexism at Work
The 2020 presidential election is unique in that six of the Democratic candidates who ran or are running for President are women. This unprecedented number of women candidates has led to a heightened awareness of how they are perceived, treated and scrutinized as viable candidates.
The Most Female Presidential Candidates in History
In 2019, six…
Teach students about the U.S. women’s soccer team’s lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation and explore how sexism manifests in a variety of ways in women’s sports.
Teach students about the landscape of the 116th Congress and Presidential hopefuls, exploring what this means in terms of diversity and representation.
Explore with students the letters between Riley Morrison and Steph Curry and reflect on an experience with bias by writing a persuasive letter.
Teach students about the gender allowance gap and have them express their knowledge and thoughts about it through a persuasive letter.
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School
COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening In 1983, a social scientist named David Chambers published a research study on children’s drawings. The study summarized data from the late 1960s and 1970s in which teachers asked 5,000 children to “draw a scientist.” One theme appeared strongly: the scientist drawings were almost all men. Recently, researchers looked at 78 “draw-a-scientist” studies (from 1985 to…
Teach students about why slurs are and why they are harmful, helping them explore possible responses to slurs when they hear them.
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School, Middle School, High School
COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Language, Speaking and Listening In commemoration of Women’s History Month, this resource helps educators engage students in thinking broadly and critically about the experience of women and gender in all of its complexity. In highlighting the significant events as well as people that have made a substantial contribution to women’s experience, instruction should…
Teach students how to critically examine certain media forms and their portrayals of women and girls.
Teach students about the 2016 Olympics, helping them assess the extent to which there is sexism and stereotypes in the media coverage of it.
Teach students about changes in U.S. currency and the role of symbols and their impact.
Teach students about the gender pay gap, what it reflects about sexism and strategies to address the gender pay gap.
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School
COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Writing, Speaking and Listening, Language Teaching Opportunity: Exploring the Electoral Process
Political debates can provide important learning opportunities. When election time comes around—whether it be a presidential election or a local contest for mayor, city council member, governor or member of Congress—these debates give teachers an opening to explore candidates, issues and the electoral process with…
Teach students about Henry and Henriet’s actions that led to the change in school lunch policy, while exploring students' opinions about gender norms and separating children by gender.
Teach students about what heterosexism is, how it manifests and discuss ways they can act as an ally.
Engage students in exploring their experiences and opinions about movies, analyze demographic information about the movie industry and explore the role of implicit bias.
Engage students in exploring how as a society, we view boys and men and understand concepts of masculinity.