Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.

Bring in current ads depicting gender stereotypes.

Objective: To reflect on personal experience with advertisements. Connect ads to other real world experiences. Define and explain terms/definitions.

Activity: Ask students to recall terms or titles of specific gender stereotypes. Teacher should explain or clarify terms and add definitions (ex: Mythical Western Man has certain characteristics . . .). Students are to cut out, mount, and title advertisements from current magazines, newspapers, etc. that show gender stereotypes. Title must be of a known gender stereotype.

Assessment: Clean copy of an ad, mounted for presentation or display. Title clearly reflects recognition of a gender stereotype. Discussion of personal feelings as students selected these ads.