![]() ![]() ![]() This lesson does, however, acknowledge that “there are some body parts that mostly just girls have and some parts that mostly just boys have. Lessons in higher grades use more precise language and begin to introduce a broader concept of gender. The use of a binary construct of gender as well as using gender (boys and girls) rather than the more accurate biological sex (male and female) is purposeful given the developmental stage of students. “…this lesson refers to “girls” and “boys” when identifying body parts. It’s this: (To put into context, this is a lesson plan that an advocacy group proposed for the second grade. See it for yourself here.Īnd while the entire thing is way out of bounds of a public education system, and in my opinion only belongs in the family sphere, one part of this particular lesson plan, which is based on the state curriculum standards, sums up the entire problem with it: It’s going to confuse kids more than even if they woke up one day and felt confused all by themselves. I pored through a proposed lesson plan that had been leaked online. Now, If something is even too radical for Phil Murphy, enough for him to actually backpedal a little on it, it definitely makes me wonder how bad it really is.
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