MediaSmarts Tags - Gender Representation

Level: Grades 5 to 7

Author: Adapted with permission from Snakes and Snails, by the Toronto Board of Education.

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The report Boys to Men: Media Messages About Masculinity, identifies the most popular stereotypes of male characters as the Joker, the Jock, the Strong Silent Type, the Big Shot and the Action Hero.[1]

Level(s): Grades 8 - 9

Level(s): K - 3

Author: Used with permission from Responding To Media Violence: Starting Point for Classroom Practice K-6, by the Metropolitan Toronto School Board.

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Level: Grades 6 to 8

Author: MediaSmarts

This lesson was adapted from "Gender Issues in Sailor Moon" by Alice Te of the Toronto Board of Education.

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Level: Grades 7 to 9

Author: This lesson has been adapted from Smoke-Free for Life, a smoking prevention curriculum supplement from the Nova Scotia Department of Health, Drug Dependency and Tobacco Control Unit.

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Level(s): Grade 7 to 10

Author: MediaSmarts

Production of this lesson has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada.

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Male or female: Seems simple enough, but these categories which were assigned to us at birth carry with them a whole lot of social and cultural meanings and expectations. In this section, we look to unpack some of the media’s baggage around what it means to be a boy or girl, man or women.

Level: Grades 6 and 7

Author: These lessons are an adaptation of Grade 8 lessons from the Curriculum Healthy Relationships, by Men For Change, Halifax, Nova Scotia, a 53-activity, three-year curriculum designed for teens. The Act Like a Man/Be Ladylike exercises were originated by Paul Kivel, in association with the Oakland Men's project, Oakland, California © Oakland Men's Project.

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