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Toxic masculinity and their effects

Trying to show to students how the media can portray genders from the time they are toddlers.

Boys are growing up with a warped idea on how they must behave and act. Once students understand how they are being affected, their behaviour can start changing. In these lessons, it creates a safe spacesfor them to open up and chat. Needs that are important but usually never met.

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Overview

HundrED shortlisted this innovation

HundrED has shortlisted this innovation to one of its innovation collections. The information on this page has been checked by HundrED.

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2018

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February 2018
When my students aren't learning, it's not usually because they can't: it's because they have deep-seated barriers that are holding them back. We can't change their past, but we can teach them to hold safe space, increase their emotional toolbox and help each other.

About the innovation

What is Toxic Masculinity and how can we see it

Boys are 30% more likely to drop out of school than girls. Boys are five times more likely to be classified as hyperactive. Boys are four times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD.

There is a problem with how boys are seeing themselves. With fighting in the school yard and anger issues disrupting their learning, there is also a pain and sadness that cannot been seen under the aggressive shell they have created .

With assistance from Ashanti Branch (The Mask You Live in) a workshop has been created to assist boys with better understanding themselves and to create a safe space to express themselves.

The workshop begins with showing students how the media and popular culture have portrayed boys and men. We study children films, superheroes and popular music with use of interactive games, role plays and discussions

The second half of the workshops is, with this understanding, to create a safe environment for them to begin to open up with questions and follow up discussions, activities and ending with the Mask Project that is seen implemented by Ashanti Branch in the documentary 'The Mask You Live In'

Please contact me or leave me any feedback through the comment section as it would be great to hear the responses from the lessons.

Implementation steps

Prepare to not be a teacher

Get out of teacher mode as well if you are in that mode. Bringing some kind of candy at the start would be a good idea as make it enjoyable for them as it may get uncomfortable for them later on. A good attitude from the students will make this work. A bad attitude from them will make this workshop a waste of time.

Please study these lesson plans before taking the workshop
Though lesson plans are quite detailed, please only use them as a guideline if that makes you feel comfortable. Every teacher is different and also every student so please go with what you feel is comfortable with you but mostly with the students involved. Discuss questions and try to probe but in a nice way as well.

Remember if we take on the role of the teacher, the child will take on the role as the student and it may not work. Try to take the role of someone equal. If we talk to them as equals, they will give us honest answers.

Lessons 1-3
The worksheet for lesson 1-3 are to be used along side the lesson.
Lesson 3-6
Lesson 3-6 worksheet is to be used alongside the lesson plans 3-6
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