What does it mean to be a man?

Essential Question

What does it mean to 'be a man' in today's society?

Texts

Toxic Masculinity Is Bad for Everyone: Why Teachers Must Disrupt Gender Norms Every Day

While we as a society work together for solutions to end mass violence, we educators need to rethink how we teach masculinity through our deeds and actions.

January 4, 2018

What We Mean When We Say, “Toxic Masculinity”

As a consumer of news and a classroom teacher, how can I help my students make sense of the current news cycle? The term “toxic masculinity” can be useful vocabulary for these conversations.

December 11, 2017

Teaching Strategies

Community Inquiry

Four Perspectives

A strategy to introduce the anti-bias framework into group discussion and textual analysis. Students respond to and pose questions from the four anti-bias domains: identity, diversity, justice and action.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RI.6-12.1, SL.6-12.1, SL.6-12.4, SL.6-12.6

July 13, 2014

Student Tasks

Do Something

Be the Change...

Students identify and investigate a community problem and propose a solution. They then plan and implement action directed at solving the problem.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

July 13, 2014

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What does it mean to be a man?

Toxic Masculinity Is Bad for Everyone: Why Teachers Must Disrupt Gender Norms Every Day

What We Mean When We Say, “Toxic Masculinity”

Four Perspectives

Be the Change...

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