Lesson Plan Life Skills Term 4 W2

LESSON PLANNING
GRADE 6 TERM 4 DATE: WEEK: 2

TEACHERS Topic Methodology Resources
WHAT I am
going to teach? HOW I am going to TEACH? WHAT I am going to use?
 Gender Introduction: Paper based

stereotyping, What is gender stereotyping, resources
sexism and sexism and abuse? your learners Activity 1
abuse: will define the terms gender Activity 2
definitions of stereotyping, sexism and abuse. Activity 3
concepts They will understand the difference Activity 4
 -- Dealing between these terms and will be Teacher notes / handouts
with able to identify the terms from
stereotyping, examples given.
sexism and Development:
abuse 1. Abuse refers to treating a person
badly physically, sexually or
emotionally.
2. Stereotype is a fixed idea of who
we think people are and how they
should behave.
3. Gender stereotyping is
stereotyping people based on their
gender.
4. Sexism is treating someone
unfairly based on their sex or
gender.
5. The meaning of “gender” is not
the same as the meaning of the
“sex” of a person.
6. People have expectations and
think about men and women in a
particular way and this is referred
to as “gender”.
7. Included under “gender” are the
terms “feminine” and “masculine”
and refer to how society thinks men
and women should behave.
Conclusion
• Remember what we have learned
in this lesson about sexism, abuse
and gender stereotyping.
• Remember that none of these
attitudes are accepted in South
Africa.
• Remember that with rights come
responsibilities.
• As young South Africans, we
should commit to the values of our
constitution and ensure that our
behaviour models these.
STEP 1
Read the information
STEP 2
Complete Activity 1: Definitions
LEARNERS’ STEP 3
ACTIVITIES Complete Activity 2: Gender Stereo Typing
STEP 4
Complete Activity 3: Male and Female Stereotyping
STEP 5
Complete Activity 4: Gender based Violence
Informal
Dealing With Stereotyping
Assessment
Defining Gender Stereotyping, Sexism and Abuse
Gender stereotyping.
When you hear the words ‘army sergeant’, what gender comes into your thoughts first? Male
or female? When you hear the word ‘secretary’, do you picture a woman or a man?
Gender stereotyping is when people think that people will behave in a certain way or will be
able to do certain things because of their gender. Are you guilty of stereotyping? Did you select
‘male’ for the army sergeant and ‘female’ for the secretary?
Sexism
Sexism is a type of discrimination that is based on a person’s gender. Are you guilty of
sexism? How would you feel about a girl joining a school soccer team? In most cases of
sexism, it is the female gender that is discriminated against. For example, some clubs or
service organisations refuse to let women join the clubs or treat them disrespectfully when they
do.
Abuse
Abuse means hurting somebody physically, mentally or emotionally. There are different kinds of abuse
and different reasons for abusers to hurt people. Gender-biased abuse is abuse that specifically targets
a person of the opposite gender. In many cases, men abuse women. However, there are also reports of
women abusing men.
Activity 1 Definitions
Word Definition Example

Stereotype
Sexism
Gender-based
Abuse
Gender
stereotype
Activity 2 Gender Stereotyping
Complete the table based on what you believe are jobs that “only men”, “only women” or “both men and women” can
do. Mark your answer with an X.
Activity 3 Male and female stereotypes
This activity deals with challenging male and female stereotypes and providing reasons for responses.
Complete this table
Female Male Stereotype Agree/Disagre Reason
stereotype e
More caring Less caring
Physically weaker Physically stronger

Less intelligent More intelligent
Passive Aggressive
Has a more gentle Has a tougher
nature nature
Are not good Are good leaders
leader and cannot and make good
make decisions decisions
Always gossip Mind their own
business
Activity 4 Gender based Violence

Gender Based violence happens in all countries. Read the following newspaper article. Use a dictionary
to find the meaning of the highlighted words
In many male-dominated traditional societies, where women are not allowed to drive cars or
travel outside of their neighbourhoods, female health workers play an important role in providing
medical care. Pakistan and Nigeria have trained thousands of female health workers so that they
can promote family planning, safe motherhood, and proper care of new-borns. This has helped the
country achieve a huge reduction in deaths among children younger than 5 years of age.
Unfortunately, some people in these countries still think that a woman’s place is in the home!
Nasima Bibi was one of the sixteen female health workers murdered in co-ordinated attacks across
Pakistan in December and January. On 8 February, nine female health workers in northern Nigeria
were killed in a similar manner – by gunmen on motorcycles. These murdered women, some of
whom were still just teenagers, played an important role in distributing polio vaccines.
The extremist forces in Pakistan and northern Nigeria that are targeting women health workers are
sending a clear message that women are not welcome in public spaces. The governments of these
countries must find the killers of these young women and bring them to justice. Doing so would
send a powerful message to the extremists and to all of society that women have a role to play in
the public life of the country. We cannot ask women to take on public roles and then leave them
to be gunned down on the street.
1. This article states that in many male-dominated societies, women are not allowed to move
around freely. Why do you think this is the case?
2. Why do you think some of the men in these countries are killing the female health care
workers?
3. How is the contribution of the health care workers helping the people of Pakistan and Nigeria?
Do you think it is worthwhile?
4. Do you think that a woman’s place is in the home? Why?
5. Suggest how the Government could
a) Protect the health care workers from the violence.
b) Change the way these men think about the role of women in society.

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LESSON PLANNING

GRADE 6 TERM 4 DATE: WEEK: 2

 Gender Introduction: Paper based

Word Definition Example

Activity 3 Male and female stereotypes

Physically weaker Physically stronger

Activity 4 Gender based Violence

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