Social
Change: Gender Roles in Society
Introduction
In the past century there have been many elements of
social change that have affected the perception of gender roles within society
/ culture. How have these roles evolved
and changed? What has triggered these
changes? How have these changes impacted
the various institutions and policies within society? What stereotypes and forms of discrimination
and gender bias still exist?
Task
In small groups, students will examine a specific theme related to gender roles
in society. Groups will research and
create a photostory to present to the class.
Students will then discuss and analyze various themes of gender roles in
society and its impact in the 21st century.
Themes
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Theme |
Students |
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Gender
Roles in Television Shows |
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Gender
Roles in Music / Music Videos |
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Gender
Roles in Sports |
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Gender
Roles in Marriage and Family |
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Gender
Roles in Workplace |
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Gender
Roles in Media (news-radio) / Advertising |
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Gender
Roles in Politics |
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Gender
Roles in War |
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Gender
Roles in Crime / Violence |
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Gender
Roles in Education |
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Gender
Roles in Body Image |
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Gender
Roles in Abuse (physical and emotional) |
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Other: teacher approved |
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Step 1:
Gender Roles Survey (Personal View)
1. Below is a list of common jobs or
roles. On the space provided
indicate what percent (%) of doing the job or taking the role you believe
should be assigned to a female? Male? Percents can range from 0% to 100%, but
must total 100%.
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Female % |
Male % |
Job/Role |
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Female % |
Male % |
Job/Role |
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Family Income |
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Driving Children to
School |
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House Cleaning |
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Picking Out Toys for
Girls |
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Car Maintenance |
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Doing the Dishes |
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Making the Decisions
for the Family |
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Driver of Car When
Both are There |
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Attending Children's
Teacher Conferences |
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Staying Home From Work
to Care for Sick Child |
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Washing Clothes |
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Asking a Person Out on
a Date |
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Mowing the Lawn |
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Putting Children to
Bed |
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Cooking |
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Participating in Any
Sport |
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Discipline of Children
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Paying the Bills |
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Opening Door |
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Grocery Shopping |
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Selecting What to
Watch on TV |
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Driving Children to
Lessons |
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Going Back to College
for a Degree or Another Degree |
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Obtaining a Job Promotion
When Equally Qualified |
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Leaving Work to
Pick-Up Sick Child From School |
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Paying For Social
Events (i.e. movies, dinner out, tickets) |
2. Upload your survey to
Moodle. I will be collaborating the
surveys for a class discussion on perceived gender roles.
3. Give this same survey to
a male friend and a female friend and a female adult and male adult. What are similarities / differences between
male and female surveys? What are
similarities between these surveys and the ones completed by adults of a
different generation? What conclusions
can be drawn regarding gender roles and gender bias?
Step 2:
Research, Photostory and Presentation
In your groups, students will research, create and present a Photostory presentation that
focuses on their selected THEME that contains the following
criteria:
a) a timeline that showcases the
progression / evolvement of gender roles (in your theme) from 20th
century to present day
b) describe key features of major
theories and schools of thought from anthropology (e.g., cultural materialism,
functionalism, structuralism), psychology (e.g., behaviouralism, psychoanalytic
theory, learning theory), and sociology (e.g., symbolic interactionism,
feminism, Marxism) to your theme of gender roles
c) describe and apply to real-life
contexts the impact and effects of changing gender roles (in your theme) on society
d) analyze the effects of stereotypes /
gender bias / discrimination in gender roles that may still exist (according to
your theme)
e) other interesting facts (ie. experiments / statistics / studies / real events) that relate to your theme
Note:
* photostory should be approximately 5-8 minutes in length.
*photostory should include images, video / audio clips, text, music and
narration
* photostory should tell a story- plan out the order, script etc so it
is logical, progressive and organized and has a clear introduction and
conclusion.
Step 3:
Reflective Response: Analyzing Gender Roles
Consider the
information that has been presented on the various themes of gender roles. Use this information to compose a reflective
response approximately 1-2 pages in length (double spaced).
Reflective
Questions
1.
Compare your theme in gender roles to two other themes. How are the themes different? How are they
similar?
2.
Consider which theme discussed still holds the most bias,
stereotypes and discrimination. How does
this relate to explain modern social
situations? Give examples to support your response.
RUBRIC: Social Change- Gender Roles in Society
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Criteria |
Level 4 |
Level 3 |
Level 2 |
Level 1 |
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A. Research & Content |
- Exceptional
research / content that is detailed,
critical and contains all required criteria under the selected theme of
gender roles |
-solid research that is has good details and
contains most of the required criteria under the selected theme of gender
roles |
- adequate research that is has some detail and gives
preliminary information of the selected gender role theme with all criteria |
- research
lacks depth. Did not extend past a cursory level of research. |
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B. Reflective Response |
- exceptional
written summary / comparison/ reflection three themes of gender roles with
excellent comparisons, analysis and applications to modern social trends /
gender bias / stereotypes |
- well
written summary / comparison/ reflection three themes of gender roles with solid comparisons, analysis and
applications to modern social trends/ gender bias / stereotypes |
- adequate
written summary / comparison/ reflection three themes of gender roles but more critical comparisons, analysis and applications to
modern social trends/ gender bias / stereotypes |
- poorly
written summary / comparison/ reflection on the three themes of gender roles |
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C. Presentation (photostory) |
- A superb
blend of text, narration, music, images and design that intricately tells a
story and is exceptionally organized and logical |
- Good blend of text, narration, music,
images and design that tells a story and is very organized and logical |
- The presentation
has some unorganized elements |
- The presentation
is disorganized. |