Organisator: UK Government
Target:
Material for secondary schools’ teachers
*See also material for primary schools’ teachers at the link below
Description: The Let Toys Be Toys lesson plans are designed to help pupils start to question stereotypes about boys and girls.
Objectives/Purpose – Skill/ability/area trained:
- Read and evaluate different sources
- Identify how the way children are expected and encouraged to play can affect their aspirations and opportunities
- Develop critical thinking, research and writing/presentation skills
Outcomes – Expectations: All students will be able to recognise basic connections between gender equality and play, express their own opinions and conduct some basic research of their own into the topic
Activity/Exercise description: https://www.lettoysbetoys.org.uk/resources/lesson-plan-for-secondary-schools-year-9-ks3/
Timings / Venue / Inventory (if needed):
- Interactive whiteboard
- Secondary Toys and gender Powerpoint slides (provided by the webpage)
- Computer suite/laptop bank/tablets/smartphones
- Internet access
- Jobs worksheet (one copy per student, provided by the webpage)
- Secondary Toys and gender source sheet (one copy per student, provided by the webpage)
Follow-up and measurement tools: Job worksheets
References/Resources/Further info:
