The name of the lesson: MEN CAN BE GOOD MOTHERS

Topic: Men are able to take care of little children

Target age: 12+

Duration: 5 lessons

Objectives:

Men and women´s role in a family

Most common prejudices and stereotypes

What makes a good parent

Trying some parent´s tasks

Lesson 1 plan:

1) Motivation

Ask pupils what the title of the lesson can mean. Do they agree with the statement? Why? How many

girls and how many boys agree?

2) Discussion

Divide pupils into groups of 4-5 pupils. Hand out worksheet for the survey “Men can be good

mothers”. Pupils will write their answers and then they will talk about it in the small groups. Then ask

the group leaders to share the ideas with the whole class.

3) Survey

Find out who how many pupils agree with the statement and compare with the number from the

beginning of the lesson? Who has changed his/ her opinion? (boy/ girl) Why they changed opinions?

4) Follow up

If you collect the worksheets, you or the pupils can also make graphs and then talk about them with

in another lesson.

Lesson 2, 3, 4, 5 plans:

Pupils will try model situations in taking care of children. Activities are described in the worksheets.

You need to prepare:

Activity “Cook semolina”: semolina, 1 litre of milk, 3 glasses, a scale, 3 spoons, a pot, worksheets

Pupils will decide how semolina flour they need and measure it. They need 100 grams for 1 litre.

Activity “Feed the baby”: protection for clothes, yoghurts, teaspoons, scarfs; solution of task: 2b

Activity “Sale in a supermarket”: shopping lists, boxes and packets from food which is on the list

Activity “Bath the baby”: a doll, clothes for the doll, a wash basin, a towel, shampoo

MEN CAN BE GOOD MOTHERS – lesson 1: Worksheet

Circle what applies for you: I am a girl I am a boy

Write down your answers and then talk about them in a small group. Later one member of your

group will share the summary of your opinions with the whole class.

1) Describe a perfect (ideal) parent:

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2) Is ideal parent a man or a woman? Explain:

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3) What are the strong parts of women in upbringing children?

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4) What are the strong parts of men in upbringing children?

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5) Any other ideas and comments:

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MEN CAN BE GOOD MOTHERS – lesson 2: Activity “Cook semolina”

1) Read the article

Little children do not have teeth and their stomach is not ready to digest most of the meals which

older children can eat. Semolina feeds the baby so well that he/ she is not hungry for a long period.

This is the reason why it makes a perfect dinner; parents can take a long nap and rest. And some

people love semolina even when they grow up. How about you?

To cook semolina is a little bit tricky, the flour changes its consistency and inexperienced people add

too much of it to make the porridge thicker and then suddenly they have a concrete in the pot.

Experienced cooks can make semolina without a recipe. Most of them know how much flour to add

to a certain amount of milk. When they cook in a different condition, such as the size of the pot is

different or the amount of milk is different, they look at the thickness of the consistency and know

whether to add more milk or flour.

Our activity can be carried out in a kitchen, so that you can eat the semolina in the end. Then it is

necessary to plan more time for this lesson.

2) Write down ingredients needed for semolina. Then check with the whole class.

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3) Divide into small groups. Decide how much flour is needed if you have 1 litre of milk?

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4) Write the recipe:

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5) How can you measure the amount of semolina flour

for 1 litre of milk?

First discuss the answer in a group. Then your teacher

will choose three groups and ask them to put the

amount of the flour in a glass.

6) Who was closer to the correct answers? Were the

girls better than the boys?

MEN CAN BE GOOD MOTHERS – lesson 3: Activity “Feed the baby”

1) Read the article

People must eat, drink and sleep. Little children cannot speak but they

can express what they feel. When hungry, they cry. When happy, they

laugh. And sometimes they reject to eat food. If it happens not very

often, it can be funny. If it happens every day, it causes a problem.

2) Look at the picture. What do you think about it?

a) The child is unhappy and hungry. He is crying.

b) The child is happy and making fun of his mum. He is laughing.

3) Why is it a problem when children do not eat properly? Discuss in small group.

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4) What can we do to prevent this problem?

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5) Why mothers usually feed the little child?

a) Mothers are more patient. b) Mothers love the child more than father.

c) Fathers are lazy to do it. d) Fathers are not skillful enough to do it.

e) Mothers spend more time with the baby. f) It is mother´s hobby to take care of the child.

6) Activity “Feed the baby”

Divide into two groups – boys and girls. Each group will send 2

representatives. One of them will be the “parent”; the other will be the

“child”. The task is to feed the baby with yoghurt as fast as possible and the

baby should stay clean. To make it more difficult, the parent can´t see. The

baby should wear protection of eyes and clothes. We did not have dummy so

our baby had snorkel. First the “parent” feeds the “baby” from his/ her group.

Next round the representatives will change and they will feed the “baby”

from the other group. Who will be better, boys or girls?

MEN CAN BE GOOD MOTHERS – lesson 4: Activity “Sale in a supermarket”

1) Read the article:

Most families with little children must really think how they spend the money. One of the ways how

to save a lot is to buy things which the family really need. But this is not easy as there are many new

products and so many sales.

a) Discuss in small groups how new products can be dangerous for the family budget:

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b) What is wrong with the sales?

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c) What can we do to save the money?

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2) Activity “Sale in a supermarket”

Your teacher will prepare various products (real products,

pictures or cards) on the desks. There will be also products

which are not on the list. Some items from the shopping list

will be missing. There is a sale in a supermarket. A sale means

that only a limited number of each product is available.

Make pairs. One pupil will be a parent who goes shopping. The other parent has the shopping list at

home. When everybody is ready, the “supermarket” will open. All pupils who should go shopping will

try to collect things from the shopping list. Then they return home and count how many points they

have. For any item which is not on the shopping list, take one point away. Then change roles.

English shopping list Translation Points

1 l of milk

A loaf of toast bread

A bottle of Coke

One box of chocolate

Oil or fat for frying

Washing powder

2 lemons

Cocoa

Juice

Herbal tea

Mineral water

MEN CAN BE GOOD MOTHERS – lesson 5: Activity “Bath the baby”

1) Read the article

Some children do not like bathing but most of them really enjoy it. It is part of everyday routine and

most parents bath their baby in the evening. It is the time when parent who takes care of the child is

tired and the household still requires a lot of work such as cleaning the kitchen after dinner, putting

toys at the shelves, ironing, etc. And the other parent is back from work to help with the baby.

Unfortunately, this parent is tired from the long day at work. Bathing is connected with preparing

water which is not too hot and not too cold, applying lotion and changing dippers, and afterwards

reading a fairy tale. Bathing time can be enjoyable activity or a routine.

2) Who should in your opinion bath the baby? Why?

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3) Activity “Bath the baby”

Your teacher will prepare everything necessary for bathing a

baby. Probably nobody will borrow a real baby for this activity so

you will have to use a doll. Start with taking off the clothes, add

lotion into water, wash the baby with soap, dry, dress, and put

in a bed. Who can do all this tasks faster, boys or girls?

4) Follow up

Watch a video with a real child. It is nephew of one pupil. Compare with your approach.

5) Assessment:

a) Which task were you good at?

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b) Which was the most difficult task? Why?

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c) Have you learned anything new? Explain:

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