Gender Roles Book List & Resources
The recommended picture books in the gender roles book list challenge gender stereotypes. They present characters who don’t fit into “normal” gender roles. They are instead true to themselves. Rebel Girls has produced great short videos on fairy tales with men in the role of the “lead” character. Their YouTube channel includes a video highlighting the “ugly truth” about female book characters, or the lack of them.
Gender Roles Book List
Further Reading
Resources
These resources relate to the book, author and illustrator. The number of resources varies subject to subject. Please check they are appropriate for your specific needs before using them with children. If you have any suggestions please get in touch!
Healthy Children: Gender Identity Development in Children
Novak Djokovic Foundation: Lack of Men in Early Childhood Education
Mermaids UK: Resources and information to support gender non-conforming or transgender children
British Council: How to approach teaching gender equality to boys and girls
The Guardian: Books for girls, about girls: the publishers trying to balance the bookshelves
Very Well Mind: The Importance of a Child’s Social Identity
Humanium: Understanding Children’s Right to Identity
Educational Articles and Lesson Plans
Teaching Tolerance: Groups We Belong To Learning Plan
Teaching Tolerance: Looking Inwards, Looking Outwards: An Exploration of Identity Learning Plan
Equality and Human Rights Commission: Explore a wide range of jobs and challenge preconceptions
Scholastic: I Can Do Anything Lesson Plan
National Union of Teachers: Boys’ Things and Girls’ Things
Scholastic: Staff Teacher Handout: Helping Children Develop a Sense of Identity
Teaching Tolerance: What makes me who I am? Learning Plan
Teaching Tolerance: Questioning Identity, while Respecting Diversity. Learning Plan
Equality and Human Rights Commission: Who Am I?
The British Museum: Identity classroom resources
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People share a common nature but are trained in gender roles.
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