Summary
A range of activities is outlined, all based on the fact that a startlingly high proportion of the heroes nominated are men. This is represented graphically in a bar chart and a series of pie charts, and a worksheet contains questions on interpreting the data in the chart (Maths). This leads on to a discussion of possible reasons for this imbalance (English, oracy). There are many possibilities for ways in which this work can be developed from this point. Three specific suggestions are made here: two are for further work in English (reading and writing), and one for work in History (looking at the changes in the role of women in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries)
National Curriculum Links
- Mathematics: Handling Data, interpreting data.
- English: Oracy - sharing ideas and opinions, listening to opinions, language development
- English: Reading - reading fiction and non-fiction with challenging subject matter (consideration of gender roles)
- English: Writing - practice in writing non-fiction (argument and persuasion in response to classroom discussion), and in imaginative writing in response to stories
- History: historical knowledge and understanding (changes in the role of women in Victorian times and the twentieth century); organisation and communication of historical information.
- Contributes to the Curriculum Cymreig and PSE
Learning Objectives
- Practice in interpreting data on bar and pie charts.
- Putting forward a point of view clearly in a discussion, listening to the points of view of others
- Understanding of some of the issues behind the place of women in society, both now and in the past
- Awareness of how gender difference is expressed in literature and in non-fiction (newspapers)
- Expressing points of view clearly in non-fiction writing; summarising points of view of others; writing to argue and persuade
- Writing imaginatively from a perspective different from their own
- Learning about the changes in the role of women in Victorian times and the twentieth century, and their causes and consequences
Prior Learning
- How to interpret data on bar and pie charts.
- For the History activity, some work on life in Victorian times and the early twentieth century would be useful. Work on schools and education would be particularly valuable.
Teaching Activities -sequence of activities
The first two activities are designed to follow on from one another, and to be undertaken first. Activities 3 - 6 can be taken in any order and are not necessarily linked to one another.
