Reducing Gender Stereotyping and Homophobia in Sports

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Professional Development
You can read some general guidelines about how to teach about gender stereotyping and homophobia at:

• Small Steps: A Tolerance Program
• Gender Stereotyping

EARLY GRADES

MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL

STANDARDS

Civics

Standard 14. Understands issues concerning the disparities between ideals and reality in American political and social life

English/Language Arts

Standard 7. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts

Standard 8. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes

Standard 9. Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media

Health

Standard 10. Understands the fundamental concepts of growth and development

Benchmark 2. Understands how physical, mental, social, and cultural factors influence attitudes and behaviors regarding sexuality (9-12)

U.S. History

 Standard 29. Understands the struggle for racial and gender equality and for the extension of civil liberties

Standard 31. Understands economic, social, and cultural developments in the contemporary United States

Visual Arts

Standard 1. Understands and applies media, techniques, and processes related to the visual arts (K-4)