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Youngest level gender education – videos and websites
Here you can find videos, websites, TV shows, cartoons, computer games, and podcasts to aid in gender education for the youngest level of primary school.
Websites
The Equal Rights Committee's Toolkit is a website with tools for equality and gender education, divided by education levels. Subject: Equality - Gender studies
The Recreation Literacy website offers a variety of materials to enhance the language and literacy of children attending after-school programs.
The Center for Language and Literacy website has reports on various development and cooperation projects between schools and recreational activities in city neighborhoods. These include ideas for new initiatives and an examination of completed projects.
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 - Equality - Cooperation - Creativity.
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.
Stereotypes and Gendered Jobs
A brief video that demonstrates how stereotyped children's ideas about careers can be. An excellent icebreaker for further discussion and project work on stereotypes.
Subject: Equality - Stereotypes - Gender roles - Social skills - Self-empowerment
Sustainable Development Goal 5
A program produced by RÚV focusing on Sustainable Development Goal 5, which is about gender equality.
Subject: Equality - Gender roles
What do children think?
A short but impactful video on children's reactions to the gender pay gap.
Subject: Equality - Communication - Cooperation - Self-image - Stereotypes - Gender roles
Better to Speak Up Than Stay Silent
The video addresses cyberbullying and the importance of speaking up about it. In the video, Ævar Þór Benediktsson, better known as Ævar the scientist, talks to viewers about violence and its various manifestations. He also discusses UNICEF and its main projects, emphasizing that all children have the right to protection from violence, as stipulated by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Icelandic law. The video is about 10 minutes long.
Children Step Forward - UNICEF's Children Rights
A video where children come forward to discuss children's rights. The video can be used icebreaker for teaching about the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The video is in both Icelandic and English. The English part of the video is not subtitled. Subject: The Convention on the Rights of the Child, Equality, Democracy, Human Rights, Social skills, Self-empowerment.