Writing Homework Help

**I highly recommend watching the documentaries Miss Representation OR The Mask You Live In. They are very powerful examples of how gender is constructed in our culture through media and everything else. Very well done.

DIRECTIONS

1. Read Chapter 7

2. Write your blog page reflection.

Then choose ONE of the following choices to complete as a way to share your knowledge and insights.

Any order is fine.

Here are your 7 choices:

1. Comic Strip: Draw an original comic strip that highlights a key concept from the chapter.

2. Painting: Find a painting or photograph that exemplifies a poignant insight from the chapter.

3. Poetry/spoken word/rap: Write an original poem/rap or spoken word piece that responds to the issues in the chapter.

4. Music: Create a playlist with three songs that you feel bring the reader of your blog into the emotion of the injustices that are occurring as highlighted in the chapter.

5. Movie/TV episode: Capture a clip from a movie or TV episode that illustrates one of the key points in the chapter. Respond to the clip accordingly. Meaning, is the clip exemplifying the oppressive aspects in society or is it an example of someone fighting oppressive systems? Respond in kind in your blog.

6. Spotlight on a person: Feature a short biography of an inspirational figure in history that can be looked to as a role model for fighting systemic oppression. Go beyond the ones most people know. Find the unsung heroes/heroines and bring them to life.

7. Open category: You choose how you want to bring the concepts in the chapter to your reader’s attention in a provocative way.

After each choice please respond to the following (as outlined in the rubric).

1. Essential Concepts: Explain how your choice (song, poem, painting) illustrates AT LEAST THREE key concepts in the chapter. Use your artifact if you will as a springboard to talk about the key concepts and how the world would be different if these issues were addressed.

2. Relation to Self and Other: What insights or realizations did you have about yourself and others reading the chapter? This may include insights about your own perceptions, biases, prejudices, historical knowledge, family of origin, social or emotional intelligence–or that of another.

3. Write a paragraph on how we also need to be sensitive to the sexism males face in our society. What do we need to be mindful of regarding what the pressure they face?