Gender Identity & Gender Roles
Red: A crayon story
Author(s): Michael Hall
Links:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2XpHEgU
Indigo: https://bit.ly/3dFuAK9
Social Justice focus: Identity Crisis
Synopsis: This book is based on the theme of identity crisis, whereby Michael Hall emphasizes on the importance of being true to your inner self and follow your own unique path despite the obstacles that one faces along the way. Red and blue are two different colours, offering two different perspectives and both are beautiful in their own ways.
Lesson Plan: Victoria Nestico
Primary/Junior/Intermediate Lesson Plan (Abbreviated Template)
Consecutive and Concurrent Programs
Unit/Topic: Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sexual Orientation
Grade: 7
Lesson: What is the focus of this lesson in relation to the unit? This lesson will focus on the LGBTQ+ community and allowing students to understand and distinguish between gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation using the book Red as a source of inquiry.
Curriculum Areas: Language Arts, Health & Phys-Ed, Drama
Curriculum Expectations: What Overall and Specific Expectations will be addressed?
Overall Expectations:
Language Arts: Reading
- read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, graphic, and informational texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning
- recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning;
Drama
B1.Creating and Presenting: apply the creative process (see pages 19–22) to process drama and the development of drama works, using the elements and conventions of drama to communicate feelings, ideas, and multiple perspectives
B2. Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: apply the critical analysis process (see pages 23–28) to communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of drama works and experiences;
Health and Physical Education: Healthy Living
D2. demonstrate the ability to apply health knowledge and social-emotional learning skills to make reasoned decisions and take appropriate actions relating to their personal health and well-being;
Specific Expectations:
Language Arts: Reading
1.1 read a wide variety of increasingly complex or difficult texts from diverse cultures, including literary texts
1.3 identify a variety of reading comprehension strategies and use them appropriately before, during, and after reading to understand increasingly complex texts
1.5 develop and explain interpretations of increasingly complex or difficult texts using stated and implied ideas from the texts to support their interpretations
1.6 extend understanding of texts, including increasingly complex or difficult texts, by connecting the ideas in them to their own knowledge, experience, and insights, to other familiar texts, and to the world around them
2.4 identify various elements of style – including foreshadowing, metaphor, and symbolism – and explain how they help commu