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WEEK 2

Essential Question: What is the connection between biological sex and gender?

Students will learn the inherent difference between biological sex and gender expression. This exploration will be rooted in scientific inquiry of chromosones as well as sociological theory of gender as performance. Points of interest include: chromosomes, intersex, positionality, transgender, non-binary, cisgender , Two-Spirit, gender queer, performativity.

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Week 2: Intro
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OBJECTIVES:

  • Students will understand the scientific concepts behind sex and gender

  • Students will understand the following terms: chromosones, intersex, male, female, biological sex, asexual, bisexual

  • Students will understand privilege

  • Students will explore sociological concepts like positionality and performativity that will help them to situate their understanding of gender

  • Students will understand allyship

Week 2: Body

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES & ASSESSMENTS

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  • Schedule a guest speaker from the Centre for Sexuality WiseGuyz program or your local equivalent

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  • Model an identity map for the students

  • Following the teacher's example, the students will then map their own identities 

  • Discuss as a group how identity is formed using maps as the basis

  • Privilege Walk activity (see example here)

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  • Following the privilege activity, students will consider how their society 'sees' their gender

  • Students will watch Jean Kilbourne's TedTalk on gender and bodies in advertising

  • Students will compile examples they see into their Digital Journal

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  • Continue the Digital Journal reflections and perform continuous check-ins with students 

  • Utilize exit-slips particularly at the end of sensitive classes (for example, the Privilege Walk)

Week 2: Body
Week 2: Citations
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