Sarah Ahmed
Savannah Todd
Amanda Hughes
ED 301 Section 4
Lesson 1
Gender Diversity Unit
Grade 9
Lesson 1
Understanding
Gender Differences
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Objectives
• To familiarize students with gender
diversities and stereotypes
• To increase awareness of gender issues in
the workplace and schools
• To understand how culture can influence
the views of gender diversity
• How to understand the opposite sex and to
use critical thinking when solving gender
issues
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Materials Needed
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Male and female students
Paper, Glue, Scissors
Magazines
Clothes (Typical attire of males and females)
Writing utensil
Journal
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Activity 1
“Top Ten question to ask the opposite sex?”
• Students are split into boys and girls
• Girls write down top ten questions they want to know of
boys and the boys write the top ten questions they want
to know of girls
• Papers are exchanged and answered by respective groups
• The genders receive their questions back and discuss the
answers
Helps the opposite sex know where the other is
coming from. Learn how the opposite sex thinks.
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Activity 2
“Know and Experience”
• Male and female pair up as partners
• Each partner experiences a stereotype that their partners
have felt against themselves
A role reversal activity, teaching how it feels to be
stereotyped against with each gender. Helps
students appreciate and understand the opposite
gender.
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Activity 3
“Gender Collage”
• Have students look through magazines and find ads with
gender bias
• Make a collage of the images
Ex. Power tools, dish soap. Who appears in these types of
ads?
Lets students realize the stereotypes our society has
placed on merchandise.
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Activity 4
“Occupations”
• Teacher provides a list of common jobs in the world
• Students write next to that job what gender they
associate with that occupation
• Compare answers with the rest of the class
Bring awareness of stereotypes in the workplace.
Helps students accept being the minority in a
“gender” occupation.
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Activity 5
“Is that a Male or a Female”
• Have students dress up as the opposite gender and
appear in a public setting that was unfamiliar to them
• Have students make a journal on how they felt and how
different their perspective was. What stereotypes or
discriminations did they feel? Did they dislike the
experience?
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Gender Diversity websites
• http://www.analytictech.com/mb021/gender.htm
Tells the realities of gender discriminations in the
workplace and how gender can affect the position one
works and gets paid for.
• http://www.theotherside.org/archive/mayjun01/mollenkott.html
A view from a different perspective and how the Christian
society views gender differences. Shows how culture can
change one’s views and stereotypes.
• http://www.gender.org.uk/about/00_diffs.htm
A list of factual differences in men and women. Has
studies showing that some stereotypes are not true of the
opposite sex.
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Websites Continued
• http://alex.edfac.usyd.edu.au/LocalResource/stud
y1/coed.html
A project completed on the study of gender differences in
academics and achievement. Shows studies of how the
opposite gender can conflict in educational settings and
affect performances.
• http://pages.towson.edu/itrow/wmcomm.htm
Shares information on gender differences in
communication. Tells interesting facts on how the two
genders differ and what their natural tendencies are. Ex.
Who talks the most? Who interrupts more often? Helps
to understand the opposite sex and how they respond
and feel in certain situations.
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Websites for educators
• http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/whats_new/ma
th/tips398.shtm#Teacher's%20Source
States what gender equity is and how women can be
discriminated against in certain areas. For ex.
Mathematics. Gives many examples and lesson plans on
how to overcome gender bias. A great source for a
future educator.
• http://www.ed.gov/offices/ODS/g-equity.html
A list of resources that study the issues of gender equity. A
good source of study for girls and women in education.
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