Status of Women Lesson Plans

Gender equity 

• UNICEF gender equality teaching resources  

Sexual Health

• Sexual Health Unit
• BCTF Sexual Health Education web page
  

Status of Women calendar of yearly events 

• National Day of Remembrance and Action Against Violence Against Women lesson plan   

Women's history and women's rights

A guide to women in Canadian history. Lesson plans, information, activities. 

International Women's Day. Secondary lesson plan for International Women's Day.

Slice of PI: Pioneering Women in Physics

Reproductive Rights lesson plan   

Status Quo: The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada: Educator's Guide and NFB film

Understanding human rights in Afghanistan. Focusing on Afghan women and their families, these activities challenge students to recognize their roles and responsibilities for securing and protecting the rights of women and children worldwide. There is a teacher’s resource kit with lesson plans from Grades 4-12, an interactive character, a card game, and actions.

Votes for Women Education resources.

Women's roles in our communities. Primary lesson plan for International Women's Day.

Women and the media: stereotypes and body image

• Media Smarts: Body image   
• Media Smarts: Gender representation  

Women and violence

• Advertising and male violence. A lesson to foster awareness about the ways in which male violence is used and promoted in advertising. Deconstructing prescriptive gender identities that reinforce patriarchy.  
• Female action heroes. A lesson that uses heroes from pop culture and current TV programs to help student explore and debunk gender stereotypes and myths.
• Gender Violence lesson plan (Gender, Language & Sexual (In)equality Research Group)