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Teaching about Gender Diversity
Teacher-Tested Lesson Plans for K–12 Classrooms
Edited by Susan W. Woolley, Lee Airton
August 2020
Print ISBN: 9781773381664
Overview
Teaching about Gender Diversity is an edited collection of teacher-tested interdisciplinary lesson plans that provides K–12 teachers with the tools to implement gender-inclusive practices into their curriculum and talk to their students about gender and sex. Divided into three sections dedicated to the elementary, middle, and secondary grade levels, this practical resource provides lessons for a variety of subject areas, including English language arts, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), and health and physical education. The lessons range from reading aloud early literacy picture books that use gender-neutral language and highlight the gendered experiences of characters to engaging mathematics in the study of targeting gender terminology, stereotypes, and the social construction of binary gender.
Written by teachers for teachers, this engaging collection highlights teachers’ specialized knowledge of pedagogical practices for the diverse contemporary classroom. More than 30 contributors from across North America provide their varied perspectives on the timely issue of teaching about gender in the classroom. Teaching about Gender Diversity is an ideal resource for students taking education courses on gender, sexuality, diversity and equity, curriculum design, and professional practice.
FEATURES
- detailed lesson plans that include next steps and extension ideas
- practice-based, guided approach
- practical resource for pre-service and in-service teachers
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
An Introduction to Teaching about Gender Diversity: Stating Your Why, Finding Your Starting Place, and Creating Classrooms That Can Welcome All the Ways We Live Gender
Lee Airton and Susan W. Woolley
SECTION I: Elementary (K–5)
Introduction to Gender Diversity in Elementary: The Lay of the Land
English Language Arts
Using Read-Alouds to Promote a Gender-Inclusive Learning Environment
Alisha Sarang-Sieminski
Learning about Transgender Identities through Story: 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert
Kate Paterson
For Every Gender: Being Who We Are
Katherine Lewis
STEM
More to Finding Nemo: Sex-Shifting Fish as Reproductive Strategy
Meg Gardner
What Does It Mean to Be Equal?
Katherine Baker, Bryan Fede, and Summer Melody Pennell
Health and Physical Education, Advisory, and Homeroom
“All I Want to Be Is Me”: Interrogating the Gender Dualism in Early Learning
Jessica Prioletta
Gender Diversity: Me in HD
Ashleigh Talbott and Sonja Mackenzie
Nothing to Fear: Teaching to Transcend Transphobia in Catholic Contexts
Ryan Colwell and Cory Wright-Maley
We All Change and Grow: An Introduction to Puberty Education
Julia Feldman-DeCoudreaux
SECTION II: Middle Years (6–9)
Introduction to Gender Diversity in the Middle Years: The Lay of the Land
English Language Arts
Gender Fanzines: Developing Gender Literacy through Popular Culture
Karleen Pendleton Jiménez
Privilege and Practice: Examining Gender through Personal Narrative
Matthew Jeffries, Ashley Boyd, Nicole Ferry, and Johnna Lash
STEM
A Critical Approach to Teaching Data Management and Analysis Categories
Mario I. Suárez and Kim B. Wright
Health and Physical Education, Advisory, and Homeroom
The Festival of Puberty
benjamin lee hicks
On the Threshold of Awesomeness
benjamin lee hicks
Reclaiming Our Selves: Healing toward Gender Autonomy in Our Classrooms
Angel Rubiel Gonzalez
SECTION III: Secondary (10–12)
Introduction to Gender Diversity in Secondary: The Lay of the Land
English Language Arts
Boys and Girls: Examining Gender Roles
Savannah Brittner
Constructing Character in Dramatic Monologues
Kim Kelly
What Is Drag?
Armen Shahnazarian
Social Studies
Constructing an Equitable Society
Milo Chesnut
(Re)Learning Gendered Language
Cheyenne Wyzzard-Jones
Cultures of Gender
Milo Chesnut
STEM
Beyond the Binary: Are There Really Only Two Sexes?
Allison Gonsalves, Dawn Wiseman, Luke Vanderzwet, Kathleen Raea Spencer, and Véronique Cartier-Archambault
Using School Audits as an Equity Lens: Understanding the Experiences of Gender Diverse Students
Meg Gardner
Mathematical Modelling Activity: The Spread of Gender Inclusive Pronouns
Kyle Whipple, Susan Staats, and K. C. Harrison
Health and Physical Education, Advisory, and Homeroom
From “Real” Boys and Girls, to “Real” Men and Women
Samuel Long
Pronoun Challenge
Milo Chesnut
Glossary
Resources
Jacob Licker
Editor Biographies
Author Biographies
Reviews
"A highly interactive text that is adaptable for various grade levels, school climates, and levels of teacher readiness, Teaching about Gender Diversity is an invaluable resource for exploring and affirming gender-expansiveness alongside youth. All educators should invest in this book."
—Z Nicolazzo, Associate Professor, Trans* Studies in Education & Co-Chair, Transgender Studies Research Cluster, University of Arizona
