Ask the children to draw a picture of a nurse, a fire-fighter, a pilot and a hairdresser.
Allow time for the children to complete their drawings. After the children have
finished their pictures, ask them to share their work in a sharing circle.
On the whiteboard, tally the number of nurses drawn that were female,
fire-fighters that were male, hairdressers that were female and pilots that
were male. Ask the children what they notice. Once completed, display
the poster We All Have a Job to Do! Ask, ‘Can a woman be a pilot/fire-fighter?
Can a man be a nurse/hairdresser?’ Discuss the children’s responses.
Point out the other professions on the poster. Discuss. On the whiteboard,
list additional professions that were traditionally done by females but now
males do this work also, and vice a versa. This could be represented on
a Venn diagram. Have children conclude that girls and boys alike, can grow up
to be whatever they would like to be.