WST 3015
Febuary 26, 2010
Activism Log 3
Activism
We met with the troop again on February 26th. The second half of "The Penny Project" focused on savings, wise spending, and explaining the purpose of a credit card. We also played "The Penny Project" board game with the girls and painted piggy-banks. The board game utilized all the knowledge the girls had learned thus far about monetary values of different coins and bills. It also involved a great deal of math. The girls enjoyed arts and crafts time while painting their piggy-banks while also discussing the importance of saving money “for a rainy day.”
Reflection
This week, it was fun to see how much the girls had remembered from the first week of lessons. They still remembered the basic concepts we had gone over and were eager to play and learn more about "The Penny Project." Once we were done with the seminar parts of the lessons, we broke up into two groups to do the board game and piggy-bank painting. I worked with the girls at the arts and crafts table and was surprised to see how much the girls relied on each other for their creative ideas. As soon as one girl decided to name her pig "Princess" everyone at the table announced that she too would be naming her pig "Princess." As soon as one girl realized she could fashion the crown stickers into an actual crown on the top of her piggy's head, ALL of the girls wanted help to glue a crown sticker to the top of their piggy's heads. It was alittle discouraging to see so many of the girls following in line with the others. But the few girls who were independent and did their own things were the smart ones in my mind. Even if they were upset that all the crown stickers were gone in the end.
Reciprocity
"Gendered norms and expectations are enforced through informal sanctions of gender-inappropriate behavior by peers..." (Kirk & Okazawa-Rey 65). So much about how we act and how we see ourselves and think of ourselves come from the way others treat us. Our peers play a major role in our development through our lives. Young girls are especially susceptible to peer pressure, as shown by a simple arts and crafts activity.
Kirk, Gwyn, and Margo Okazawa-Rey. Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives. Fifth Edition. Boston: McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2010. Print.
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