Under Construction

The debate on gender, sexuality and equal treatment of women and men often gets really intense when it comes to how much gender depends on our genes and our biological sex and much is "under construction".

Timetable: w 3-7

Reading:

Strange Powers p. 120-125

Making Sex p. 129-131

People Like Me p. 135-137

Listening:

Video - Song by India Arie p. 116-118

Gender Roles p. 141

TED - talk

https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_kimmel_why_gender_equality_is_good_for_everyone_men_included?referrer=playlist-how_masculinity_is_evolving#t-1437

https://www.ted.com/talks/justin_baldoni_why_i_m_done_trying_to_be_man_enough?referrer=playlist-how_masculinity_is_evolving&language=en#t-1136

After each written text or listening exercise there are wordlists, word-work, questions to answer or discuss etc. Your teacher will tell you what to work with each class. See OneNote.

Speaking:

Speaking 1- Speech p 143. Work in pairs/groups.

Writing:

Writing 1 - Discussion Essay - p 144. To be handed in.

Läroplansmål

Centralt innehåll

• Sammanhängande talat språk och samtal av olika slag, till exempel intervjuer.
• Texter av olika slag och med olika syften, till exempel manualer, populärvetenskapliga texter och reportage.
• Muntlig och skriftlig produktion och interaktion av olika slag, även i mer formella sammanhang, där eleverna instruerar, berättar, sammanfattar, förklarar, kommenterar, värderar, motiverar sina åsikter, diskuterar och argumenterar.

Uppgifter

Discussion Essay

Discussion Essay Ek20A.docx