Gender Roles



OverviewThis is a class called Connections being offered by Community Choices and The Autism Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This group is designed for four-six young adults with development disabilities. The participants in this group are bright and engaging and have some formal exposure to sexuality concepts, but still struggle with the more nuanced facets. Many of these activities could be adapted for groups of various sizes and ability levels. You will note that each item in the schedule is in bold during the activity portion of the curriculum. The activity section provides elaboration, instructions, and rational (in italics) for the methods used in this program. Any materials that are needed for activities that are unique to this session are in bold. This week we have a series of activities geared toward understanding gender roles and society’s impact on how we view gender.ActivityEach group starts with presenting a visual schedule of activities for the day with the times omitted. This schedule will also have the goals of the day so participants are aware of what we’re trying to achieve. As part of the format we’ll introduce the concept of one class as a presentation. The schedule provides structure and allows participants to anticipate activities. We will start by defining gender roles. We will have students read a thought-provoking definition of gender roles, followed up with class discussion about the definition of gender roles. This activity acts as a great starting off point for our topic, as it introduces the topic and gets the students thinking about the definition of gender roles. This activity has introspective and discussion components which may facilitate further thinking on the topic for different types of learners. The next activity will discuss expectations about gender. This will be two divided columns with common characteristics or describing words in each column. There will be a stereotypical divide in the columns and the students will discuss what patterns they see emerge from this activity. This activity will help the students to understand the stereotypes of gender and how they affect how we are judged as individuals and how we tend to judge others.Next, we will do a stereotypes activity where the class will cut out images and pictures out of magazines. We will paste these pictures onto posters and label what stereotype they are presenting. There will be a male poster and a female poster. This activity will help the students to see how the media perpetuates the stereotypes of gender roles in our society.The reality of gender roles activity will be a short quote by Margaret Mead, a famous anthropologist, who discusses culture and gender roles. We will present the quote, along with a question that asks how culture and gender roles are connected. Discussion from the class will follow. This activity will help students to see how culture and gender roles are intertwined and how culture impacts society’s view of gender roles.Next, we will watch a transitions video. This video will show a young man going through the gender reassignment process to becoming a female. This activity will help students to understand that gender is something that can evolve and change. Gender is unique to each individual person.We will talk about gender equality by providing some statistics about earnings, labor, and the economy. This brief activity will help students to understand the links between gender, work, and earnings in different countries.Our last activity will be a values exercise about gender roles. Students will mark whether they strongly agree, slightly agree, slightly disagree, or strongly disagree to various statements regarding gender roles. This activity helps to gauge what students are feeling in regard to gender roles and their values. The session will end by briefly summarizing what students have learned by asking, “What did you learn today?” After we reflect, we will post the tentative schedule for the following week. Each session ends with participants reflecting on the activities, goals, and objectives so students are aware of their progress. It also ends with a preview of next week so they can anticipate. .ObjectivesDefine gender rolesUnderstand stereotypes of gender rolesBe able to understand one’s own values in regard to gender rolesGoalsParticipants will be able to identify a few stereotypical gender roles for both males and femalesParticipants will be able to understand society’s impact on genderParticipants will be able to know where they stand in regards to values and gender rolesSchedule Schedule for the Day (2 Minutes)Defining gender roles (3 Minutes)Expectations about gender (5 Minutes)Stereotypes activity (15 Minutes)Reality of gender roles (5 Minutes)Transitions video (5 Minutes)Gender Equality (5 Minutes)Gender roles Values Exercise (15 Minutes)What did you learn today? (5 Minutes)MaterialsQuestion BoxPensMagazinesGlue SticksPostersVideo Curriculum by Sarah Curtiss, Ryan Thompson, Lance, and Annie Bruno 2013 ................
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