Resources for Teachers - Movies
This lesson helps students become more aware of the stereotypes associated with portrayals of students and teachers on television and on film.
This is the second of three lessons that address gender stereotypes. The objective of these lessons is to encourage students to develop their own critical intelligence with regard to culturally inherited stereotypes, and to the images presented in the media - film and television, rock music, newspapers and magazines.The lesson begins with a review of stereotypes that are associated with men and women and their possible sources - including the role of the media. Students deconstruct a series of advertisements based on gender representation and answer questions about gender stereotyping about articles they have read.
In this lesson students consider how well their favourite TV shows, movies and video games reflect the diversity of Canadian society.
The place of the hero in our modern lives is a site of struggle. On the one hand, the hero’s quest can have meanings for individuals who seek to understand their own journey through life.On the other hand, the hero can be seen as a repository of those values esteemed by the society.
This lesson focuses on put-down mentality in the media.