LESSONS

• 4 GENERAL GUIDELINES
• 5 USEFUL WEBSITES
• 7 A GOOD SPORT? Students identify the qualities associated with successful sporting personalities.
• 9 LEVEL PLAYING FIELDS? To consider whether media coverage of sporting events has a gender bias.
• 11 BOY OR GIRL POWER? Investigates the reasons for gender imbalance in the music industry.
• 13 TALK ABOUT WOMEN! Using a wordsearch activity to challenge male stereotyping of women.
• 15 TALK ABOUT MEN! Using an 'Agony Uncle' activity to challenge female stereotyping of men.
• 17 TAUGHT TO BEHAVE Looking at how people are conditioned to be masculine/feminine.
• 19 NOT THE RULE How different eras and cultures value different types of masculinity/femininity.
• 21 MEN ARE... This page encourages students to challenge typical stereotyping through poetry.
• 23 MY HERO! Comparing the fictional portrayal of heroes and heroines with real life examples.
• 25 SELLING PERFECTION Recognising the use and portrayal of image in advertising.
• 27 SHIFTING IMAGE How advertisers reflect the changing cultural images of male and female roles.
• 29 WHAT'S ON THE BOX? Analysing the cultural images of male and female roles in television 'soaps'.
• 31 THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS! Developing personal strengths irrespective of whether these attributes are considered typically masculine and/or typically feminine.
• 33 BE POSITIVE! Considers the concept of self-esteem.
• 35 ASSERT YOURSELF Using roleplay to practise and develop assertiveness skills.
• 37 THUMBS UP, EYES DOWN Looking at the role of body language as a means of communication and using this knowledge to further develop assertiveness skills.
• 39 RESPECT! Encouraging greater understanding, and to make more discerning observations, of others.
• 41 FAIR PLAY? Investigating how stereotypes originate through play and how attitudes have progressed.
• 43 BACK TO THE FUTURE? Exploring the effects of race, culture and social background on achievement.
• 45 A JOB FOR LIFE? Using a statistical exercise to look at the changing patterns of work.
• 47 THE ECONOMIC EFFECT How economic change affects gender roles at home and at work.
• 49 IS SCHOOL IS COOL? Looking at the different attitudes to work and achievement in school.
• 51 I DARE YOU! Raising awareness of different forms of risk-taking and the associated implications.
• 53 DON'T BOTTLE IT UP! How different emotional responses can affect health and well-being.
• 55 EMOTIONS Investigating different types of emotion and whether gender affects expression of feelings.
• 57 ME, I AM... Celebrating individuality and uniqueness through poetry or prose.
• 59 ONLY JOKING! Tackles the subject of 'verbal bullying' and the effect it can have on individuals.
• 61 DOES SCREEN VIOLENCE HURT? Raising awareness of the prevalence of violence in daily life and questioning its possible effects through debate.
• 63 GROWING UP Considers what it means to be an adult in our society and the rights and responsibilities associated with adulthood.
• 65 CHANGE IT, RIGHT! Looks at the ways in which people can bring about change.
• 66-7 CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMMES OF STUDY AND STATEMENT OF VALUES