Understanding Gender Stereotype Lesson Plan. It gives the objectives and procedures (activities) of a 3-hour session. It aims to help students understand the following: 1. Assumptions can lead to stereotypes and unfair judgments about individuals and groups. 2. Stereotypes and biases affect our lives. Using this lesson plan, students will achieve deep learning. They are not only understand the matter but also share intimate experience on the matter. Feedbacks from students prove that this method yield better results compared to traditional lesson (lecture-based). The same lesson plan can be adapted for race and age stereotypes.

1. GENDER Stereotype
Mayuree Srikulwong, PhD

2. Stereotypes and biases affect our lives
Assumptions can lead to stereotypes
and unfair judgments about individuals
and groups
Objectives Students understand that:

3. Stereotype
=
Bias

4. Genders
6
MAN WOMAN TOM
GAY QUEER BISEX

5. Each group
- Start with one gender, spend 3 minutes, writing
adjectives (bad or good) that you think describe
the people in the group
- Rotate until you work on all six genders (3
minutes each), only add NEW adjectives to the
previous list
- Go back to where you start
EX 01
GENDER
STEREOTYPES

6. Genders
6
MAN WOMAN TOM
GAY QUEER BISEX
Role Play

7. •Do most people hold the same assumptions about a group?
Why or why not?
•Do assumptions tell us anything definite about a
categorised individual?
•How do assumptions affect your behavior toward others?
•Where have you seen these stereotypes portrayed?
television programs, movies, magazines, books?
•How do the stereotypes recorded by the class make you
feel?
•How do you think a stereotype might cause someone to act
unfairly toward another person?
Class Discussion

8. Each Student, Think about a situation when someone
made a biased judgment about you or acted unfairly
toward you because of your gender (or sth else - the
way you speak, where you live, how much money your
family has, or some other reason)
- Write about a personal experience with biased
behaviour
They can share an experience in which they were a victim of biased behavior or in which they witnessed bias.
- Don’t write your name, write your ID at the back of
the paper
EX 02
GENDER
BIAS

9. • How did you know that you were being unfairly
judged?
• What words or actions were directed at you because
of assumptions or stereotypes?
• Why do you think those assumptions were made about
you?
• How did the experience make you feel?
• How do you think you should have been treated in
that situation?
EX 02
GENDER
BIAS

10. •Passing your paper randomly to THREE of your friends
•Spend 5 minutes to read your friend’s experience
Sharing Experience

11. 1.What are gender stereotypes and how
do they affect people's lives?
2.Can you think of any events in history
that were influenced by gender
stereotypes and gender biases?
3.How do people learn to make gender
stereotypes? How might they unlearn
them?
Class Discussion

12. 4. How can the media (newspapers,
television, movies) help to reduce gender
stereotyping?
5. Do you think certain groups are more
subject to gender stereotyping than
others? If so, why?
6. What do you think an individual can
do to help reduce gender bias and
stereotyping?
Class Discussion