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Google Classroom: Class Codes and Journal Quick Write

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Reading Logs and Classroom Reading Time

Discussion Vocabulary: Bias, Gender, Generalization, Stereotype

Discuss Quick Write Responses With a Partner

Male/Female Word Wall: Group Discussion

A Class That Turned Around Kids' Assumptions of Gender Roles!

Newsela Activity

1. Go to the Newsela sign-in page

2. Enter the class code

3. Find the article: "Allowance gap: Parents pay boys twice as much as girls, study finds"

4. Based on the title, what do you think might be the author's purpose in writing this article? Who might the intended audience be?

5. Read the article at the 1050 Level. Complete the Power Words, Quiz, and Write Activities.

6. How could the wording from this quote from a professor be improved?

"I have no doubt that these parent are not trying to create an unequal world for their children to enter."

Homework:

1. Gender Diary. Between now and Thursday make a note of any time you notice that treats you (with words or behavior) in a way that you think they would do differently if you were of the opposite sex.

2. Finish Newsela "Write" Activity

Stereo - a film about reversed gender stereotypes