Gender education for mid-level – videos and websites
Here is a toolkit containing videos, websites, TV shows, cartoons, computer games, and podcasts that can be utilized for gender education at the mid-level of primary school.
Dear Girls
Here you can see the winning performance at Skrekkur from Hagaskóli in 2015. The act is impactful and encourages girls to fight for equal opportunities and the same respect that boys receive.
Subject: Equality - The women's rights movement
SamfésPlús
The SamfésPlús project was conceived as a response by Samfés to counteract the impact of COVID on young adults and their welfare. The first project of SamfésPlús is the podcast 'YOUNG PEOPLE AND WHAT?'.
Videos
Better to Speak Up than to Stay Silent — UNICEF - here, Ævar Þór Benediktsson (Ævar the scientist) speaks with audiences about violence, its various manifestations, and the importance of speaking out.
Children Step Forward — UNICEF is a video where children come forward to discuss child rights.
Sustainable Development Goal 5 is a program released by RÚV about Sustainable Development Goal 5, which addresses gender equality. Subject: Equality - Gender roles
Sexism is a short video about gender inequality and its effects on people. Subject: Equality - Gender roles
Stereotypes and Gendered Jobs is a video that demonstrates how ingrained children’s ideas can be about professions. A great icebreaker for discussions and further project work. Subject: Equality - Stereotypes - Gender roles - Self-empowerment
The Road Home (Vegurinn heim) is an Icelandic documentary with interviews with five immigrant children in Iceland.
The representation of women in children’s books and movies
1. The Ugly Truth of Children’s Books is a video that shows the representation of genders in children's books and how female characters often play one-dimensional roles while male characters are more diverse and frequently drive the story.
2. The Smurfette Principle is a short video in English about the Smurfette Principle. This refers to the frequent casting of male leads in films and shows with often just one woman included.
Disney, Gender Education, and Cinderella
1. If Cinderella Were a Guy is a video/icebreaker that depicts the Cinderella tale if the main character were male. Can be used as an icebreaker for discussions on gender roles and stereotypes. Subject: Equality - Stereotypes - Gender roles
2. Disney from a Gender Study Perspective is a video in Icelandic about Disney movies and gendered stereotypes. Excellent to use as an icebreaker for projects or discussions about gender stereotypes.
Children and the Gender Pay Gap
1. What Do Children Think is a short but impactful video/icebreaker about children's reactions to discussions on the gender pay gap. Subject: Equality - Communication - Cooperation - Self-image - Stereotypes - Gender roles
2. The Gender Pay Gap is a video addressing the difference in earnings between the genders. The video is brief and humorous, though the message is serious. Subject: Equality - Human rights - Stereotypes - Gender education
Online games
Here you can access free online games that both address children's rights and the provisions of the UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The former is the computer game Right Runner in English, and the latter is an Icelandic quiz game on the Kahoot website.
Websites
The Center for Language and Literacy website has reports on various development and cooperation projects between schools and recreational activities in city neighborhoods. They offer ideas for new projects and show what has already been accomplished successfully.
The Recreation Literacy website offers a variety of materials to enhance the language and literacy of children attending after-school programs.
Play and Learn with LEGO is an instructional site about LEGO bots and mechanics for teachers and students at the youngest level and mid-level. Subject: Icelandic as a Second Language - Literacy - Communication - Equality - Cooperation - Sustainability and sciences - Creativity and culture.
Children and Adolescents' Self-Image - this website is a collaborative project between school counselors, teachers, nurses, and psychologists with comprehensive information on self and body image of children and adolescents. It also has practical advice and fun projects to work on with children and adolescents throughout their primary school years.
The Equal Rights Committee's Toolkit is a website with tools for equality and gender education, divided by education levels. Subject: Equality - Gender studies