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Learning Activity #3- Jen Walter and Ruth Bader Ginsburg/Writing Activity

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Learning Activity #3- Jen Walter and Ruth Bader Ginsburg/Writing Activity

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During this activity, students will read the article about Jen Welter. She was the first female coach in the NFL. The students will read through the article and determine how she defied gender roles in today's society. After, we will discuss the article and their thoughts about the article.
Then, I will do a read aloud with the students about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We will discuss how she defied gender roles in society.
Next, the students will research a famous person who has defied gender roles. They will find a article/video and write a paragraph about who the person is and how they defied gender roles. They will use evidence from the article/video of how they defied gender roles.
This learning activity has the students critically thinking about gender roles. Also it is working on their comprehension  and writing skills, which are crucial literacy skills.

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Dr. Jen Welter is the first female to coach in the NFL. In the summer of 2015, she served as a linebackers coach for the Arizona Cardinals, a period of time defined by the bond she has formed with the players. Widely known as a trailblazer and pioneer in professional football, becoming the first woman to coach in the NFL was only her most recent first. In 2014, Welter became the first woman to play running back in a men's professional football league. In early 2015, Welter was hired as the first female coach in men's professional football, helping coach the most successful Revolution season in franchise history. Prior to joining the world of men's professional football, Welter had a highly decorated 14-year career in women's professional football which included four National Championships and two gold medals as a member of Team USA in the 2010 and 2013 International Federation of American Football's (IFAF) Women's World Championship.

She is committed to increasing access and opportunities in football. To empower women through football, Welter designed her signature program, "A Day in the Life," Camp which debuted with the Washington Redskins women's program in 2015. She continues to create a range of camps for girls and women through her GRRRidiron Flag Football Camp, along with a number of other community initiatives like her Camp on the Corner program that brings football to youth in under-served areas.

Welter has appeared as a guest NFL analyst on NBC, the NFL Network and ESPN, and in national newspapers and other publications. Welter has become a regular empowerment and sports speaker sharing the stage at events with sports and political giants like Serena Williams and Condoleeza Rice. As guest editor of Wired Magazine, Serena Williams highlighted Welter as one of her Trailblazers, 10 heroes who are showing the way forward to a better, fairer world for all. Welter was recognized at the United Nations as Sports Pioneer of the Year on Women's Entrepreneurship Day. ESPNW named her one of the 25 most influential women in sport in 2015.

Welter holds a doctorate degree in Psychology, a Master's in Sport Psychology, and a Bachelor's degree from Boston College.

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Dr. Jen Welter is the first female to coach in the NFL. In the summer of 2015, she served as a linebackers coach for the Arizona Cardinals, a period of time defined by the bond she has formed with the

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Throughout this activity, students will be reviewing movie clips and how they encourage gender roles or how they defy gender roles.
The following are the movie clips that they will watch:
- Daddy Day Care
- Captain America
- Zootopia
- Wonder Woman
-  Cinderella
After the students watch each clip, they will put it in category, encouraging gender roles or defying gender roles and explain why they are in those categories.
Next, as a class, we will discuss what categories the movies were put in and compare and contrast them based on their gender roles.
Finally, the students will come up with different movies that have stereotypical gender roles and movies that defy gender roles.
This learning activity allows the students to watch movie clips and discuss if they encourage gender roles or not. This gives students the opportunity to think about the gender roles that we have in society and how they are even in the media. In addition they are able to compare and contrast the different movies that will be shown throughout this activity.

The first clip is below: Daddy  Day Care is a movie that has two males that are running a day care. Will they be able to succeed or not?
This clip shows how the women are usually given the role of taking care of the children at home. This movie shows how men can take care of children just as well as women.

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This video clip is part of the second learning activity.
Captain America deals with a man that wants to join the army to fight in World War I. He is not able to pass the physical due to him being too small. He gets injected with serum that makes him big and strong.
This clip shows how the men have to be big and strong to be in the military. Also that men have to save the world through war.

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Captain America: The First Avenger - Trailer

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This video clip is part of the second learning activity.
Judy is a rabbit that comes to Zootopia to be a police officer. She is the first rabbit to become a cop. The other cops look down on her and think she will fail. She works with a fox to solve the case.
This clip shows how women can be police officers as it is stereotypically strong males. Judy is able to prove herself and that she is just as good as the other cops.

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This video clip is part of the second learning activity.
Wonder Woman is a movie about a female that fights in World War I. Diana is an Amazonian woman that has no idea what is going on in the world around her and is expected to "act" like a woman. She saves the day by beating the villain in the end.
This clip shows how a woman can fight in war just as well as a man. She also defy gender roles during that time period.

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This video clip is part of the second learning activity.
Cinderella is about a girl who is a servant for her step-mother and step-sisters. She wants to go to the ball and see the prince, so her fairy godmother saves the day. In the end, she marries the prince.
This clip shows how the women are expected to take care of the house and be maids. Also it shows how women are supposed to be beautiful and dress up for the prince.

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Brainstorm as a class about gender roles in today's society.
Compare and contrast, using a T- chart, of what is expected from men and women.  After, using  a Venn Diagram, compare and contrast the gender roles to ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.
At the end have a discussion about gender roles and explain where gender roles come from.

Where do these ideas come from?

Is it true that these are just men or women things?

Why do we think men and women have to do these things?

This learning activity allows the students to learn about the background information of gender roles and how we think about them in society. Also it allows them to compare and contrast gender roles from ancient times to now.

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This unit's comprehension strategy is compare and contrast. Within this unit, there is a book that talks about the citizenship of ancient times, which includes Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. Some of the information in the book discusses the gender roles that the men and women had in ancient times. After the students read this book, they will compare and contrast gender roles of ancient times to today. In addition, students will be able to expand their mindset on gender roles in society.

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Goal #1 (Learning Activity #1)- Students will be able to brainstorm gender roles of today's activity.
Goal #2 (Learning Activity #1)- Students will be able to compare and contrast gender roles from Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire to today.
Goal #3 (Learning Activity #1)- Students will be able to critically think about gender roles and why we have them.
Goal #4 (Learning Activity #2)- Students will be able to determine if the movies have stereotypical gender roles or defy gender roles.
Goal #5 (Learning Activity #2)- Students will be able to provide evidence of what movies are stereotypical gender roles or defy gender roles.
Goal #6 (Learning Activity #3)- Students will be able to determine how Jen Welter and Ruth Bader Ginsburg defied gender roles.
Goal #7 (Learning Activity #3)- Students will be able to research about a famous person who has defied gender roles.
Goal #8 (Learning Activity #3)- Students will be able to write about a famous person who has defied gender roles and provide evidence of how they did it.

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Standard - CC.1.3.6.H-

Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics as well as their use of additional literary elements.

Standard - CC.1.2.6.G- Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g. visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

Standard - CC.1.2.6.L-
Read and comprehend literary non-fiction and informational text on grade level, reading independently and proficiently.

Standard - CC.1.4.6.A-
Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information clearly.

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Ruth Ginsburg was a Supreme Court Justice, who fought for women's rights and gender equality. She was pressured many times in her career to retire.
This book will show the students how she defied gender roles and has left her mark in history. Reading aloud will work on students' listening comprehension which is a component on literacy skills that students need to practice.