What Is Your Gender Identity?
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Note to teachers and students: To prepare to answer these questions, you might visit our recent lesson plan on transgender athletes that began with the definitions of some relevant terms as well as a “temperature check” exercise…
Gender Expectations
A recent article headlined “Girls Enter the Boys’ World of Flipping” features teen girls who are claiming their place inside an emerging online community of extreme athletes who flip, freerun and defy expectations in a sport dominated by boys. Do you ever find gender expectations or norms confining? How? In what ways, if any, have…
Lesson of the Day: ‘How Language Classes Are Moving Past the Gender Binary’
Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “How Language Classes Are Moving Past the Gender Binary” by Molly LipsonMany languages, including Hebrew, French, Spanish, Italian and Arabic, use binary pronouns, such as he/she and male/female, which means that other gender identities are not formally acknowledged in those languages.In this lesson, you will learn about teachers who are finding ways…
Eagle and Gender Symbols
What do you think this image is saying? How does it relate to or comment on society or current events? Can you relate to it personally in any way? What is your opinion of its message? Tell us in the comments, then read the related piece from the Editorial Board to learn what this illustration…
