Lesson Title: Communication and Disney Subject: HSP3U

Unit Title: How Do We Communicate Time Required: 4 Days

Teacher Candidate: Emma Gordon Date: December 11th – 15th
Mentor Teacher: Karla Di Saverio Grade: 11 U

Learning Goals (What do you want the students to know or be able to do at the end of the lesson?)
- Students will be able to use a sociological perspective to explain patterns of socialization
- Students will be able to explain how diverse influences shape social behaviour
- Students will be able to explain the ways in which social structures affect individual behaviour
- Students will be able to explain the ways in which social structures affect group behaviour
- Students will be able to explain the relative influence of primary agents of socialization on the socialization
of the individual
Success Criteria (What will you observe that tells you that students are successful?)
- I will be able to use a sociological perspective to explain patterns of socialization
- I will be able to explain how diverse influences shape social behaviour
- I will be able to explain the ways in which social structures affect individual behaviour
- I will be able to explain the ways in which social structures affect group behaviour
- I will be able to explain the relative influence of primary agents of socialization on the socialization of the
individual
Accommodations (How will you meet the needs of your students? What management strategies will you use?)
English as a Second Language:
- EA support, or peer mentor
Individual Action Plan:
- Accommodations only as specified on the student’s IEP – allowing for time, number of questions etc.
Curriculum Expectations (Which expectation is the focus for your instruction?)
Overall Expectations:
D3. Socialization: Use a sociological perspective to explain patterns of socialization
Specific Expectations:
D2.3 Explain, from a sociological perspective, how diverse influences shape social behaviour
D3.2 Explain the ways in which social structures affect individual and group behaviour
D3.3 Evaluate the relative influence of primary agents of socialization on the socialization of the individual
Assessment (How will you know that the students have achieved the learning expectation? What assessment tool will you use?)
Assessment as Learning:
- Student Discussion
Assessment for Learning:
- Student Discussion
Assessment of Learning:
- In-class Essay
Instructional Strategies (Which teaching strategies will you use? how will you group the students?
 Independent Work  Cooperative Learning  Summarizing & Note taking  Identifying similarities/differences
 Homework & Practice  Visual & Graphic Organizers  Questions  Generating & Testing Hypotheses
 Goal setting & Feedback  Problem Solving
Materials Key Questions
- Computer - Why does Disney use the ideas/stereotypes in their
- PowerPoint movies?
- Youtube Videos - Should these messages be allowed?
- The Little Mermaid DVD - Do these messages affect children and in what way?

Lesson Template #5 1 Revised 2011

Instruction (How will the students develop the knowledge and /practice the skills?.)
Duration Activity/Task
Introduction (How will you engage and motivate the students?)
- Have a class discussion centered around the question – “What do Disney movies say
15 MIN to you?”
- Explain that many critics say that Disney movies have sexist and racist undertones,
and stereotypes
Lesson Steps (Describe the sequence of the lesson.)
- Discuss feminist issues surrounding Disney films
o Princess Type 1 – Cinderella, Snow White, and Aurora
o Princess Type 2 – Ariel, Belle and Jasmine
o Princess Type 3 – Pocahontas and Mulan
- Discuss masculinity stereotypes
o Sexism
3 DAYS o Strength and power
o Dominance connected to violence
- Discuss racism portrayed in Disney films
o Negative portrayal of Indigenous Peoples/ First Nations – Peter Pan and
Pocahontas
o Negative portrayal of the Middle East – Aladdin
o Negative portrayal of African Americans – Jasmine, The Princess and the Frog,
and Jungle Book
- Each section will be described fully with examples from songs, pictures, or lines from
the movies
- Watch the movie “The Little Mermaid”
- While watching the movie, students will write down stereotypes they see and keep in
mind three questions: Why does Disney use the ideas/stereotypes in their movies?
Should these messages be allowed? Do these messages affect children and in what
way?
Conclusion (How will you wrap-up the lesson?)
- After the movie will discuss as a class the three questions proposed at the beginning of
the film
1 DAY - Give students an assignment
o Will write an in-class essay about the stereotypes used in The Little Mermaid
the next day
o The rest of class will be used for them to prepare for the in-class essay –
introduction, 2/3 body paragraphs and conclusion
o Can bring in any material they want (i.e. articles, lyrics, script etc.) to provide
sufficient evidence of their arguments
o Explain that they will not be marked on grammar or spelling
o Marked on explanation and evidence of stereotypes

Lesson Template #5 2 Revised 2011