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

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Middle School Grades, grades 6-9

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Across the Curriculum || Government || Guidance || Health || Language Arts/English
Mathematics || Science || Social Studies || Technology Education

Across the Curriculum

• Gender Role Assignment
• I Said, She Said
• Is My School Equitable?

Government

• The Staffing Exercise: A Lesson Cluster for Civics

Guidance

• Who Will Wear the Hats?  Who Will Use the Tools?
  Lesson Four: Grades 5-7
  See also: Lesson One: Pre K-K, Lesson Two: Pre K-K, Lesson Three: Grades 1-3
• Gender Role Development
• Be the Best That You Can Be
• TV Tells it All
• The Shadow
• Identification of Career Choices
• Investigating Non-Traditional Occupations
• School to Career
• What does an Engineer Do?

Health

• How to Combat Harassment and Discrimination

Language Arts/English

• Gender Stereotypes and Advertisements
• Are our Classroom Materials Gender Biased?
• Is The Brady Bunch Biased?
• Can we Switch Genders of Story Characters?
• Language in Classroom Texts
• How to Combat Harassment and Discrimination
• History of Famous Women
• Famous Women of the Revolutionary War
• Gender Equity in Fairy Tales
• Gender, Strength and Fear
• I Am More than You See!
• See What We've Done
• What Influences our Perception of Gender Roles?
• Barbie Girl
  Day One || Day Two || Day Three || Resources

Mathematics

• Determining the Existence of Gender Bias in Daily Tasks
• Gender Biased Word Problems
• The Time They Are A Changing
• Mathematics in Various Careers: "Futures" Video Series
• Exploring Gender Bias in the Workplace
• Balancing a Budget
• A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words
• A Look Back
• Woman Power! Mathematics Camp
• Women in Mathematics: History to Today
• What does an Engineer Do?
• It's a Wrap!

Science

• Observing the Roles of Males and Females in the Animal Kingdom

Social Studies

• Gender Stereotypes and Advertisements
• History of Famous Women
• Women in Rhode Island History
• Famous Women of the Revolutionary War
• Determining the Existence of Gender Bias in Daily Tasks
• Gender Equity in Jobs
• Where are the Famous Women in History?
• Gender Equity in Fairy Tales
• What Influences our Perception of Gender Roles?
• Those Ancient Greeks
• Female Movers and Shakers in History
• Strategies for a Successful World
• Equitable Careers
• Early Greek Times
• Japanese Culture
• Women in Mathematics: History to Today

Technology Education

• Strategies to Overcome Gender Bias in the Machine Shop: Knurling