I love Disney.
Honestly, at this point, it’s probably a bit irrational. My husband doesn’t understand it. My kids don’t understand it. But Disney movies in the 90s were the
companion to an only child, i.e. me. So
anytime I can go back to my happy place I will.
Therefore, I use a lot of Disney in my teaching.
Honestly, at this point, it’s probably a bit irrational. My husband doesn’t understand it. My kids don’t understand it. But Disney movies in the 90s were the
companion to an only child, i.e. me. So
anytime I can go back to my happy place I will.
Therefore, I use a lot of Disney in my teaching.
When I do my big unit on gender stereotypes, I reference
Mulan a lot. One year, I had almost an
entire student group tell me that they hadn’t seen the movie. I dreamed that night about all the lessons I
could plan around the movie. Besides
viewing it as literature, I had the students identify any point in the movie
that supported the idea that gender norms/ stereotypes can be beneficial, and
any point in the movie that supported the idea that gender norms/ stereotypes
are not beneficial. I had them transfer
those into a graphic organizer that also had a bubble outline for a persuasive essay. They then had to choose a side and write a
draft using the movie as evidence.
Pretty easy.
Mulan a lot. One year, I had almost an
entire student group tell me that they hadn’t seen the movie. I dreamed that night about all the lessons I
could plan around the movie. Besides
viewing it as literature, I had the students identify any point in the movie
that supported the idea that gender norms/ stereotypes can be beneficial, and
any point in the movie that supported the idea that gender norms/ stereotypes
are not beneficial. I had them transfer
those into a graphic organizer that also had a bubble outline for a persuasive essay. They then had to choose a side and write a
draft using the movie as evidence.
Pretty easy.