Gender Socialization Unit

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Michael Cavallaro MA, TESOL

MA, Bilingual Ed. NYU

6/10/10

Gender Socialization Unit

LET’S HAVE SOME FUN

Name______

DIRECTIONS: You will see seven photographs of a person. When you see each picture on the screen, write the first word (symbol) that comes to your mind. In other words, write the word that you think when you see the picture right away.

Content Objectives

Upon the completion of this thematic unit on gender socialization, the student will be familiar with sociological concepts such as:

I. Sex: The Biological Dimension

a) body image and objectification of women

II. Gender: The Cultural Dimension

b) gender, gender roles, and gender identity

c) socially conceptualized constructs of masculinity and femininity

d) multiple genders

III. Gender and Socialization

e) agents of socialization

IV. Gender Inequality in the Present Day

f) The Devaluation of Women

V. PPT Jeopardy assessment and review

Linguistic Objectives

I. Sex: The Biological Dimension

Part 1, section 1

Lexical development

Critical thinking

Reading

Part 1, Section 2

Reading: making inferences

Lexical development

Critical thinking

Speaking: group discussions reading

Writing: practices 5-paragraph essays

II. Gender: The Cultural Dimension

Part 3, Section 3

Lexical development

Meaningful and authentic competence development

Critical thinking

Idioms

Collaborative learning

Part 2, Section 4

Anticipatory Guide: exchanging views as a pre-reading warm up

Lexical development

Critical thinking

Speaking: group discussions