The Girl in the Mirror - Lesson
In this lesson, students look at how gender stereotyping may discourage young women from becoming involved in politics.
Political Thinking 20
Overall Expectations:
The objectives of Political Thinking 20 are:
1. to provide an understanding of the process of political decision making
2. to further an understanding of the democratic process
3. to establish an awareness on the part of the student of different political points of view and to create in the student an element of political sophistication
4. to illustrate the relationship that exists in society between freedom, on the one hand, and responsibility on the other
Mathematics
In the NWT, students follow the same program of studies that can be found on the Alberta website.
In Alberta, the following strands in the Mathematics curriculum have connections to digital and media literacy:
K-9:
- Statistics and Probability (SP)
10-12:
Talking to your kids about pornography
It is natural for adolescents to be curious about sex: MediaSmarts’ research suggests that one in six grade 7- 11 students use the Internet to look for information about sexual health. Twenty percent of kids that age look for pornography online, but a third see it without looking for it — and close to half take steps to keep from seeing it.
Quebec Competencies Chart - Crime in the News
Quebec Competencies Chart - Crime in the News
Book review: Packaging Girlhood
An alien anthropologist, studying North American culture, might wonder why it is that despite the increasing economic and political power of women over the last forty years, appearance and behaviour seem to be more gender-typed than ever. A walk through any department store would give this anthropologist a clear notion of gender roles in children and teens: boys are warriors and superheroes, clad in camouflage (the new blue); girls are princesses, dressed always in pink. Packaging Girlhood, by Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown, acts as a guide to parents and teachers who – perhaps remembering a time of boys and girls in t-shirts, jeans or unisex overalls – may be as perplexed by all this as our alien would be.
Election and Political News
Journalism has been described as the lifeblood of democracy, and elections, likewise, have long been journalism’s bread and butter. The relationship between the two, however, has always been fraught. ”
Common portrayals of Indigenous people
Media have always shaped the public’s perception of Indigenous people: the wise elder (Little Big Man); the princess (Pocahontas); the loyal sidekick (Tonto)—these images have become engrained in the consciousness of North Americans.
Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - English Language Arts Grade 2
Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - English Language Arts Grade 2