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Task

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Process

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Evaluation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conclusion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acknowledgements

A number of online, print, video and other media resources are available toyou, depending on how you choose to narrow the definition of the social problem you have been assigned.

CAUTION: All sources have a bias; that is, they are compiled or created by a single or group author who has a purpose in mind.

Please refer to the following link in order to consider the source of your information.
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/processguides/HowToPrimaryS.html

Print resources in the classroom library include the following:

The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf

Body Wars: Making Peace with Women's Bodies
An Activist's Guide by Margo Maine

"Bodywork: Why Plastic Surgery Helps You Get Ahead" by Michelle Cottle for
The New Republic

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher

Video resources include the following:

Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising's Image of Women created by Jean Kilbourne, produced by Sut Jhally

However, you will probably want to rely primarily on the online resources. Your group, may, of course, choose to search websites on your own, but you should be able to locate sufficient data through the following links:

Re: Beauty in American culture--Bluest Eye http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/eng321/_disc1/00000081.htm

HYPE: Monitoring the Black Image in the Media / Mass Media: "A Tragic 'Toy Story'" http://www.ayaed.com/hype/fnx5028.html

The Office on Women's Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: For the Media: Women's Health Statistical Information http://www.4woman.gov/media/other.htm

U.S. Census Information and Statistics http://www.census.gov/

Plastic Surgery Information and Statistics provided by The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) http://www.surgery.org/stats_html_pages/2001_totals.html

Plastic Surgery Information Service provided by The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) http://www.plasticsurgery.org/mediactr/92-01stats.cfm

Teasing:What To Do When Your Peers Are Cruel by Abigail Natenshon
http://www.empoweredparents.com/pages/EKAction03.htm

Lesson plan…an adaptation of Grade 8 lessons from The Curriculum Healthy Relationships by Men For Changehttp://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/med/class/teamedia/mn4chnge.htm

Stereotypes and Body Image Lesson Plan for 8th- and 9th-graders Session Three: Impact of Gender Role Stereotypes http://www.empoweredparents.com/pages/EKAction03.htm

The Body Image Task Force (bitf) Homepage http://home.earthlink.net/~dawn_atkins/bitf.htm

"My, Haven't You Lost Weight" by Marge Piercy The Body Image Task Force http://home.earthlink.net/~dawn_atkins/BITF/piercy.htm

FIRST DO NO HARM: An Alternative Approach For Assisting Clients With Weight Related Concerns http://www.msu.edu/user/burkejoy/

"Many Women Bodybuilders Abuse Steroids, Use Other Performance-Enhancing Drugs, Suffer Body Image Disorders" Article provided by Personal MD at Executive Health Exams http://www.personalmd.com/news/n0131120513.shtml

"Body Language" by Paula Davenport, Public Affairs Perspectives: Research and Creative Activities at SIUC http://www.siu.edu/~perspect/00_fall/teasing.html

Borderline Personality Disorders (Self-esteem issues) Information provided by The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bpd.cfm

Character Education Grants and Announcement of Grant Awards Respect and Disrespect/Teaching Respect http://www.csudh.edu/dearhabermas/respect02.htm

"Nine States Receive Character Education Grants" Partnerships in Character Education Projects 2000 http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/05-2000/0523.html

"Incident," poem by Countee Cullen http://www.csudh.edu/dearhabermas/commoliver.htm

Girl Genius "…[A]n innovative campaign aimed at boosting young girls' self esteem and providing them with a new role model for a healthy body image." http://www.qldwoman.qld.gov.au/about/girlgenius.html

"Protect Young Girls from Pop-Star Images" by Kathryn Pope
Excerpt from Parenting Magazine provided by The Detroit News http://www.detnews.com/2001/homelife/0111/11/d03-337080.htm

"Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall" by Risha posted on My Sistahs Message Board http://www.mysistahs.org/features/bodyimage.htm

BodyPositive® Boosting Body Image at Any Weight Children and Weight: The Dilemmas http://www.bodypositive.com/childwt.htm

Rethinking Schools Online: An Urban Educational Journal Volume 14, No. 3 - Spring 2000 "Girls, Worms, and Body Image: A Teacher Deals With Gender Stereotypes Among her Second- and Third- Graders" by Kate Lyman http://www.rethinkingschools.org/Archives/14_03/girl143.htm

Parenting and Beyond/The Baby Corner "Body Image and the Myth of Perfection" by Edel Jarboe http://www.thebabycorner.com/mc/archives/diethealth/health0006.html

Body Image Concerns in Kids "Childhood Fears Take New Form" by Abigail H. Nathenshon, M.A., LCSW http://www.empoweredparents.com/pages/MomsOnline1.htm

Mediawatch Archives: Race and Class Issues http://www.mediawatch.com/archives.html

"The Double Standard of Aging" by Susan Sontag excerpted
http://www.mediawatch.com/sontag.html

"The Relationship between Female's Body Image and the Mass Media" by Sarah Durkin Body Image & Health Inc. Research Summaries http://www.internationalnodietday.com/Documents/RS-effect%20of%20media%20-%20update.doc

"Creating Healthy Body Image: A Guide for Program Planners" Prepared by Carla Rice for Best Start: Community Action for Healthy Babies c/o OPC http://www.opc.on.ca/beststart/bodyimg/httoc.html

"Guidelines for Dealing with Children's Discriminatory
Exclusion Behaviors" Emphasizing Tolerance The State EducationDepartment/The University of the State of New York http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/crisis/update/tolerance.htm

Painting from MomsOnline, marigold drawing from RebelArtist.