First lesson: Equality for man and woman in the family

First lesson: Equality for man and woman in the family

activity Bulgaria 

I st   grade

/ 7 years old- twenty children, two teachers/

I.Discussion:

/ At this age the pupils can’t read and write, yet./

Teddy bears are painted without sex differences. Children have to answer following questions:

    1.   Where are the bears? What are they doing? Who is who and why?

All of the students answered, that this situation is at home.

Mother - bear is serving a cake, father - bear is watching TV and the baby -bear is playing.

Teacher’s question :

-  Why don’t you suppose that the bear who is sitting in the armchair is the mother?   

Interesting pupil’s answer:

-         Because men are lazier than women.

-         Among the humans is the same, mothers are taking care  of the children, cooking, cleaning, washing, ironing….                  

II. The students draw pictures at home, in which they have painted what do their parents do usually  during the weekend/ cooking; washing; cleaning, care of the children…etc/       

                        

                                                               II nd grade

                               /8 years old- sixty children, six teachers /

AIMS:

1          1. Realizing the problem of gender equality in the light oftheir topical roles in the family;

                                                                        

1.   Increasing the sensibility of the yang people in relation to the existing stereotypes in the everyday life and manifestations of discriminative practices towards women.

Activities:  Each student conducts an inquiry about the role of both sexes in the family with their parents and where it is possible with parents (grandmothers and grandfathers).

Exemplary questions for the inquiry:

   ·   Which activities are considered „female” and which „ male”?

·       How many hours weekly spend the wife and how many the husbands for household activities?

·       Who takes a decision about the future of the children?

       The students draw pictures at home, in which they have painted what their parents do usually during the weekend / cooking; washing; cleaning, care of the children/, etc…..    

     2.  Increasing the sensibility of the yang people in relation to the existing stereotypes in the everyday life and manifestations of discriminative practices towards women.

Activities:  Each student conducts an inquiry about the role of both sexes in the family with their parents and where it is possible with parents (grandmothers and grandfathers).

Exemplary questions for the inquiry:

·       Which activities are considered „female” and which „ male”?

·       How many hours weekly spend the wife and how many the husbands for household activities?

·       Who takes a decision about the future of the children?

The students draw pictures at home, in which they have painted what their parents do usually during the weekend / cooking; washing; cleaning, care of the children/, etc….. 

•     The students prepare diaries in which every day write what activities do their parents and how much time they spend.

       

                               

III rd and IV th grade

/ 9 - 11 years old- forty children, four teachers/

                                            Questionary:

1    1. Who is  the most famous politic, you want to meet?                     

Answers:

 а)  The Mayor of the county/ male/.

          b) The Prime – minister of the state. /male/.

      c) The mayor of the capital Sofia – /female /.

      2. Who are the most famous athletes, you want to meet:

      Answers:

          а) Foreign footballers – Ronaldo, Messi. / male/.                 

          b) Grigor Dimitrov – Bulgarian tennis player. / male/.

3   3.  Who are the most famous singers, you want to meet:

      Answers:

          а) Bulgarian pop and  rap singers–  / mainly men/.

           b) Foreign pop and rap singers– / mainly men/.

4. Who are the most famous actors, you want to meet:

      Answers:

а) Foreign actors /mainly men/.

5. Who are the most famous writers, you have heard and have read their stories or fairy – tales or novels:

      Answers:

a) Bulgarian writers / mainly men/.

b)  Foreign writers – /mainly men/.

Analyzing the results

The research was conducted with approximately a hundred and twenty students aged six to eleven years old.

1.    The woman in the family spends more time for activities in favor of the family, 75% of respondents

2.    The man and woman spend equal time for activities in favor of the family, 20% of respondents

3.    Father spends more time to activities in favor of the family, 5%

It is important to know that 15% of those surveyed school students live with one of his mother's parental and 5% - only with his father.