Who Does the Housework? Gender Roles and Consciousness-Raising with "Piggybook"

Autor/in	Lembo, Cathy
Titel	Who Does the Housework? Gender Roles and Consciousness-Raising with "Piggybook"
Quelle	In: Social Studies and the Young Learner, 27 (2014) 2, S.26-28 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1056-0300
Schlagwörter	Consciousness Raising; Sex Role; Feminism; Picture Books; Grade 5; Social Studies; Didacticism; Childrens Literature; Literature Appreciation; Housework; Sex Fairness; Learning Activities; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bewusstseinsbildung; Geschlechterrolle; Feminismus; Picture book; Bilderbuch; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Gemeinschaftskunde; Didaktisierung; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Literarische Wertung; Hausarbeit; Sexualaufklärung; Lernaktivität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Can an easy-to-read, funny picture book spur fifth graders to find their inner feminist? It can, if it's Anthony Browne's "Piggybook", and teachers use the activity ideas in "Every Book is a Social Studies Book". "Piggybook" by Anthony Browne is a tale whose cover tells the story: the mother, Mrs. Piggot, literally carries her husband and two sons on her back; she finds herself doing all of the chores while her sons and husband do nothing in the house. One day, Mrs. Piggott walks out, and the men in the family literally turn into pigs and their house becomes, you guessed it, a pigsty. Children enjoy the imaginative nature of the book; however, it also provided the author's fifth graders with an opportunity to analyze issues related to gender equity in the book and, ultimately, in their own homes. Her goal for this lesson was for students to discuss the extent to which there is equitable distribution of chores that are done in households they are familiar with. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10