ACTIVITY #5 - GENDER ROLES
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A gender role is a special way of acting, depending on whether you are a girl or a boy. Today, girls and boys can grow up to be anything they want: teachers, doctors, policemen, architects, etc. But for the Timucuas, girls had certain jobs or roles, and boys had other jobs. Look at the list of jobs below. Print this page and then choose jobs which were only for boys and write them under "Male Gender Roles." Choose jobs which were only for girls and write them under "Female Gender Roles." If a job could be done by boys or girls, write it under the "Both" column.

Jobs or Roles:
Build Huts Gather wild plants Make canoes
Care for babies Go fishing Make clothes
Cook Hunt Make pottery
Fight in battles Make arrowheads Plant and harvest fields

 

Male Gender Female Gender  
Roles (Boys) Roles (Girls) Both
__________________ __________________ __________________
__________________ __________________ __________________
__________________ __________________ __________________
__________________ __________________ __________________
__________________ __________________ __________________

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