Social Identity Categories

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Activity
Name and
Content
Starter

Activity Choices and Description

When to
finish this

Starter (10mins):

Start of class

1. Divide your paper into two sections. Label one said male stereotypes and the other
female stereotypes.
2. Generate as many stereotypes you can come up with. Things to think about: roles at
home, at work, in churches; intelligence, what each are good at, majors in college,
career types who they have relationships with, etc.
3. When you are done come up to the board and write 2 in each section. If one is already
up there write a different one.
Music Video
Hunt
(search on
YoutTube)

Do the following in partners: (30 mins)

By the end of
our 1st period.

1. Find a song with a strong socializing message about gender

2. Print the lyrics. Annotate on the printed lyrics the messages you see.
3. Analyze the message - write 1 TEA paragraph explaining the messages in the song.
You can write these together.
4. Staple and turn into the basket!

Gender
Videos
(Search these
titles on
YouTube)

Gender videos and questions (25mins): (write your answers on a separate piece of
paper, Stephen will check for a grade)
Gender Roles Interviews with Kids:
1. How have children been socialized to see gender roles?

By the end of
class

Stereotyping women in Media:

1. What is the message to women?
Media Representations of Women:
1. How can media influence a womens identity?

Fotoshop by Adobe:
1. What is the message in this spoof?
2. What does this imply about female gendered stereotypes?
Tony
1.
2.
3.

Porter: A call to Men:

What is in the man box?
What are the social implications of these ideas of male gender?
How does this impact woman?

The Mask you Live in:

1. What are the messages associated with being a man?
2. What do men have to hide from the public?
My Princess Boy (6mins 7sec):
1. Is gender intolerance socialized?
2. Are there only two gender roles or is it a spectrum?
Daily
Question
Discussion

Freewrite (10 min)

For the next 10 mins freely write on the questions below in your notes. Make sure to include
evidence, actual ideas and data, from the videos.
Self-esteem is part of identity, how we see ourselves. So when doubt is pushed
through media how does it affect you? How is what you think about yourself
construct your identity?
1. How has gender stereotypes influenced your identity?
2. How can you include the ideas from this video in your essay on your identity?

By the start
of class
tomorrow

Reading

Mexican Whiteboy
Read and annotate through page 57

By the start
of class
tomorrow