Directions for Activities

No School? (Ms. Asire)

This activity is designed to teach the students the importance of a proper education by showing

them the impact of a lack of education.

1. Give the students a six minutes to draw what they want to be when they grow up
2. Ask a few of the students specifically how are they going to achieve their dream job

without a proper education? Explain to them an education is necessary to be able to

choose what you want to do in life. Tell them this is why everyone should be allowed to

go to school.
3. Ask the students who want to keep their drawing and collect the drawings from the

students who do not want to keep theirs

What Do You Know? (Gloria)

This activity is designed to see what the students already know about the topic of gender

inequality in education by playing a word association game

1. Give the students 1 minute to write down words they associate with gender inequality in

education
2. Then give them a brief overview of the topic: Gender inequality in education means that

one gender is shown favoritism and the other is neglected. More females around the

world are not allowed to receive an education, but in some cases, boys are not allowed to

attend school.

Oreo Charts (Olivia)

With this activity, the students are going to use cookies to create a pie chart with statistics about

gender inequality in education. The students are going to outline the cookie on a sheet of paper to

draw the circle for the pie chart.

1. Distribute one cookie per student and a sheet of paper and pencil
2. Ask the students to trace the shape of the cookie so they have a circle drawn
3. Then talk to them about statistics about gender inequality: ask them what percentage of

girls they believe will not attend primary school. Then tell them the percentage is roughly

55%.
4. They will then use the circle they drew and create a pie chart
5. Ask the students to trace their cookie again to create a circle
6. Ask the students how many countries they believe achieved equality in primary school;

you can tell them only 60% of countries have achieved this goal
7. Have the students use the circle drawn to create a pie chart using this statistic

102 Flags of the World

Students do not have the opportunity to learn about the world in which we live in. My book is

designed to teach the students about other nations around the world by exploring the flags of the

world and the meaning of the flags. Give the students time to explore the book in order to learn

about the world. Explain to them that the book will be available in the library shortly.