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INFUSING EQUITY BY GENDER INTO THE CLASSROOM:
A Handbook of Classroom Practices

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See Also:
Introduction to this Lesson Series
Lesson Two for Pre K-K
Lesson Three for Grades 1-3
Lesson Four for Grades 5-7

STANDARD: All students will be able to identify career areas that are nontraditional for their gender.

GRADE LEVEL: Pre K - K, Guidance

OBJECTIVES:

1. Students will recognize that there are many different jobs available in our society.
2. Students will be introduced to the concept that all people can, based upon an individual’s natural abilities and interests, select any job regardless of gender.
3. Children are positively reinforced for recognizing and naming various occupational areas.
4. Teachers will introduce and reinforce the concept that anyone can do any job.

TIME: Two class periods, 30 to 60 minutes.

MATERIALS: Hats, uniforms pieces, props from a variety of vocational and leisure areas, flip chart paper, pictures/photos of hats, uniforms pieces and props mounted on flip chart paper (down left side), crayons, colored pencils, paper for children to use for drawing, tape or "post-it glue" for mounting photos of props.

PROCEDURES:

1. Teacher/counselor introduces the concept of job and vocation by modeling hats and uniform pieces associated with a variety of vocational areas. While modeling the hat/uniform piece, the teacher asks, "Who am l?" The teacher/counselor leads the children in identifying jobs and vocations. The teacher accepts and records all student responses on the prepared flip chart.
   A variation in the procedure is to have the children, after identifying the item, match it to the picture, and have the child mount the picture on the flip chart paper. The Counselor/Teacher then labels the job/vocation next to the picture.
2. The Teacher/Counselor leads students in a discussion of each of the jobs and vocations.
3. Children will draw a picture of themselves wearing one of the hats or uniform pieces. The teacher! counselor will label the picture with the child’s words.
4. As the Teacher/Counselor moves around the room working with the children, additional interactions about the jobs can be achieved.
5. Each picture will be put in the child’s portfolio. (see addendum)

EVALUATION:

1. Teacher/counselor will assess, by observation, if all children have used at least one hat and uniform piece.
2. Teacher/Counselor will observe, through interactions with the children, if children have answered the question "Who am I?"
3. Teacher will assess if children have selected props associated with activities considered non-traditional for their gender, and be positive in their interactions about children’s selections.

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