activity Bulgaria- November 2015

1. S/HE IS EQUAL IN EUROPE
First lesson: Equality for man and
woman in the family

3. Participants:
class Number of students Number of teachers
I st grade- 7 years old 20 2
II nd grade- 8 years old 60 6
III rd and IV th grade- 9 - 11
years old
40 4

4. I st grade
I. Discussion:
/ At this age the pupils can’t read and write, yet./
Teddy bears are painted without sex differences. Children have to answer following
questions: Where are the bears? What are they doing? Who is who and why?
II. All of the students answered, that this situation is at home.
Mother - bear is serving a cake, father - bear is watching TV and the baby -bear is
playing.
Teacher’s question : Why don’t you suppose that the bear who is sitting in the
armchair is the mother?
III. Interesting pupil’s answer:
Because men are lazier than women.
Among the humans is the same, mothers are taking care of the children,
cooking, cleaning, washing, ironing….

5. The students draw pictures at
home, in which they have
painted what do their parents
do usually during the
weekend / cooking; washing;
cleaning, care of the children,
e.x…../.

6. I st grade I st grade

7. I st grade
I st grade
I st grade

8. II nd grade AIMS:
1. Realizing the problem of gender equality in the light of their
topical roles in the family;
2. Increasing the sensibility of the yang people in relation to the
existing stereotypes in the everyday life and manifestations of
discriminative practices towards women.
3. Activities: Each student conducts an inquiry about the role of
both sexes in the family with their parents and where it is possible
with parents (grandmothers and grandfathers).
4. Exemplary questions for the inquiry:
Which activities are considered „female” and which „ male”?
How many hours weekly spend the wife and how many the
husbands for household activities?
Who takes a decision about the future of the children?

9. II nd grade

10. The students draw pictures at home, in which they have painted
what their parents do usually during the weekend / cooking;
washing; cleaning, care of the children/, e.x…..
II nd grade II nd grade

11.  The students prepare diaries in which every day write
what activities do their parents and how much time they
spend.
II nd grade

12. III rd and IV th grade
Questionary:
1
• Who is the most famous politic, you want to meet?
2
• Who are the most famous athletes, you want to meet?
3
• Who are the most famous singers, you want to meet
4
• Who are the most famous actors, you want to meet?
5
• Who are the most famous writers, you have heard and have read
their stories or fairy – tales or novels?

13. III rd and IV th grade
Answers:
1
• а) The Mayor of the county/ male/, b) The Prime – minister of the state.
/male/, c) The mayor of the capital Sofia – /female /.
2
• а) Foreign footballers – Ronaldo, Messi. / male/; b) Grigor Dimitrov – Bulgarian
tennis player. / male/.
3
• а) Bulgarian pop and rap singers– / mainly men/.
• b) Foreign pop and rap singers– / mainly men/.
4
• Foreign actors /mainly men/.
5
• a) Bulgarian writers / mainly men/.
• b) Foreign writers – /mainly men/.

14. Analyzing the results
74%
21%
5%
The woman in the family spends more time for activities in favor
of the family
The man and woman spend equal time for activities in favor of the
family
Father spends more time to activities in favor of the family

15.  Note:
It is important to
know that 15% of those
surveyed school students
live with one of his
mother's parental and 5%
- only with their father.
The research was conducted
with approximately a hundred
and twenty students aged six
to eleven years old.

16. Thank you