Curricula

This art-related activity has participants create posters from magazines showing who is stereotyped and who is omitted in typical ads in order to have people think critically about the messages we receive from the media. Favorite… Read more

This activity has participants select and bring in songs that they then analyze for how they treat gender, race, sexual orientation, the like. Participants then make posters in pairs and present them to the group for discussion. Favorite… Read more

This activity takes place over a two-day period, and starts with participants talking about favorite family foods. The following day, participants bring in a dish of the food discussed, and participants get to sample and discuss food and the cultures behind it.… Read more

This activity-taking place over a few sessions-has participants look critically at TV advertisements to see if they can find examples of discrimination. Participants work both individually and in small groups to select ads, share them with other members of the group, and lead a discussion about the stereotypes that these ads might be selling.… Read more

This activity is a discussion within a discussion, and looks at how power is distributed within a group of participants. The activity allows participants to look at who talks more, who talks less, and the link between this and privilege. Favorite… Read more

This activity asks participants to silently self-identify themselves in groups from statements read and observe how the overall group is broken into two by identifications tied to race, class, gender, orientation, religion, the like. Favorite… Read more

This activity graphically shows the impact on privilege on people’s lives. It is an excellent starting point for dialogue about advantages and disadvantages in US society. Favorite… Read more

This activity uses a converted fairy tale to look at how gender stereotypes are promoted from a very early age. It encourages discussion about how boys and girls are “supposed to act”. Favorite… Read more