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Provided by: Smile and Learn |Published on: April 4, 2025
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Synopsis
This short video (3:51) introduces students to UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #5 of gender equality and empowering women and girls as a factor creating a peaceful and sustainable world.
The video emphasizes having empathy and respect for people who are different from us.
The video discusses how no particular sport, clothing, toy, or color is just for one gender.
The video has a positive tone that invites students to take action.
Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with the UN SDGs. This lesson can help.
The video mentions struggles faced by women and girls, including child marriage, which can be upsetting to students.
Differentiation & Implementation
Ask students to think of important women in their lives, including in their families, and what they learn from them.
This video on Eunice Newton Foote can be used to introduce students to an important woman in climate science and the struggles she faced.
This resource can be used to discuss equality in more depth with students.
These resources can be used to discuss equality and environmental justice with students.
This resource is for older students but can also provide teachers with the necessary background information to relate gender equality to climate change.
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