Web Quest: Gender Discrimination
By Lashaun Innis
This Web Quest focuses on Gender Discrimination. Upon entry into most Junior High Schools, our children automatically separate themselves into certain gender groups. For example, some junior high schools only have one basketball team. The goal of this activity is to help children understand Gender Discrimination, and how it plays a role in their everyday lives.
The opening scene of Rulers Of Terabithia shows a case of Gender Discrimination. What is Gender Discrimination? What role does Gender Discrimination play in our society today? Does Gender Discrimination affect our schools? In this lesson you will follow these steps to understand Gender Discrimination.
a. The group will read the story Rulers Of Terabithia.
b. Each group will use the story to define the term Gender Discrimination.
c. Each group will choose an example of Gender Discrimination.
d. Each group will use the resource section of the Web Quest to research their specific example of Gender Discrimination.
e. Each group will answer the Public Policy steps to create an alternate policy.
f. Each group will use the information to write a written report about an alternate policy.
g. Groups will use the information, visual aids, and other resources to present to other groups.
2. www.geocities.com/Wellesley/4340/
3. http://news.excite.com/news/uw/001031/university-226
4. http://www.bergen.com/ed/mathstud200010317.htm
5. http://www.bergen.com/region/nybias200010319.htm
6. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articles.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/10/30/ED50088.DTL
7. http://www.mensdefense.org/
8. http://www.aber.ac.uk/~ednwww/Ungrad/ED30520/genderty.html#A
9. http://www.leaderu.com/offices/rekers/docs/assess.htlm
10. http://www.cse.stanford.edu/classas/cs201/Projects/gender-gap-in-education/page2.htm
11. http://www.cse.stanford.edu/classes/cs201/Projects/gender-gap-in-education/page4.htm
12. www.askjeeves.com search GENDER DISCRIMINATION
RUBRIC |
BELOW STANDARDS |
MEETS STANDARDS |
EXCEEDS STANDARDS |
INFORMATION |
INFORMATION NOT RELEVANT TO LESSON |
INFORMATION RELEVANT TO LESSON |
INFORMATION RELEVANT TO LESSON WITH RESOURCES |
PRESENTATION |
INCOHERENT LACK OF VISUALS GROUP WAS NOT ORGANIZED |
HAS SOME UNDERSTANDING OF INFORMATION HAS VISUALS COHERENT MOST OF THE GROUP MEMBERS PARTICIPATED |
COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF INFORMATION HAS VISUALS COHERENT GROUP WORKS WELL TOGETHER |
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In conclusion, this Web Quest will help you understand Gender Discrimination and the role it does now or may eventually play in your lives. You will have identified the process it takes to create an alternate policy to the already existing policy. As a result you would have set a model for you to become individual problem solvers on public policies that affect you.