G9T6 - being shaped by your surroundings
Workshop objectives:
- To raise awareness about the power of language and the media in shaping personal relationships and society.
- To generate a critical view of the manipulative power of advertising.
- To become aware of how our surroundings influence the way we see ourselves.
Key concepts:
- Social control and group pressure
- Perfect bodies
- Treatment of gender in advertising and the media
- Hypersexualization
Activities:
session 1
- No need to be dolls (20’)
- Being me (30’)
session 2
- The tree of life (85’)
Alternative activities:
- Hypersexualization? (60’)
- Does sex sell? (45’)
- Advertising and stereotypes (20’)
Documents:
- Summary [pdf 102k]
- Worksheet [pdf 755k]
- Presentation [pps 2MB]
- Additional materials
You can download all the workshop documents in a single one zip file [zip 11,8MB]