Carrots Chapter Summaries

We all need food to survive. Simply, without proper nutrition, our bodies can't survive. Eating right gives our body the fuel and nutrients it needs to accomplish various bodily tasks. For example, your body desires food to create hormones, form bones and normalize the rhythm of your heart. So, each week or month we go food shopping, picking up items that we need to survive during that timeframe. In 2017, the cost of the food for one week for a family of four ranged between $129.00-$252.10, which seems slightly crazy if you ask me. But what sounds even more ridiculous is the cost the labor to get food from the farm to the table. As we learned in this course about clothing the true cost doesn't take into effect the impact of production of the

Book Summary – Big Rain Coming is a lyrical story, told by Katrina Germein, set in an isolated Aboriginal community. It is a story about waiting for rain to come to their community and the tension that builds in the community as the rain clouds spread and darken. Whilst waiting for the rain, they wonder, when will the rain come? Author/Illustrator Bibliography – The author, Katrina Germein, was raised in Adelaide, South Australia. In the remote Aboriginal community of Minyerri, Northern Territory, she began teaching in 1997.

In “Why Boys Don’t Play With Dolls,” Pollitt writes about the differences between growing up as a boy growing up as a girl. She brings up the stereotypes that society naturally creates between genders in early ages, which leads to the lifestyle and path that boys and girls are raised in. Parents and feminist alike play a big part in establishing these sex roles. They raise their kids wanting them to be successful at what they are expected to be good at based on their gender and the trend that has been set before them.

Also, a famous author of Pippi the same can talk to both girls and boys. Both girls and boys, are just kids. Reading books of this type should learn various behaviors so as to cope with

Yet, notwithstanding for children who recognize unequivocally with their introduction to the world gender, gender policing can bring about enduring issues. Girls run a consistent danger of being taught to partner womanliness with silliness, and we may be showing boys a type of inconspicuous misogyny also.

Upon reading the book “Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture”, by Peggy Orenstein, I was extremely captivated to absorb the opinions that she had on raising a girl and all of the feminine influences that naturally surround her. The author herself had stated right from the first page how she initially wished for the child in her womb was a boy. My preliminary notion that joined this book to the course material was assumed before I even began reading, as several obvious details it became apparent that the book for sure had to be about gender roles and gender identity. The whole topic of princesses in the title, as well as the way the books cover flaunted pink and shimmery glitter it was just a telltale sign to have gender specific ties. That impression continued as I began reading the very first chapter boldly titled “Why I Hoped for a Boy”. There were such forthright examples making it overly apparent that she, the author, would be discussing the sexes, meaning girls vs.

Because of Disney’s stereotyping of gender, that little girl grew up wanting to become a perfect princess. Princesses in Disney’s movies and films gives young girls unrealistic ideas of the real word. However, some may believe that Disney princesses are a good influence on young girls and are able to show a them how to act eloquently. Gender roles, eloquence, and the beauty of the princesses are all topics that influence young girls. Even though some might believe that princesses are good role models for their child, princesses show young girls how they should interact around boys and other girls never mind the girls own opinions. An article about Children’s Responses to Gender Roles in Fairy-Tales written by Ella Westland writes, “The girls

Short Plot Summary Tina Fey starts her section off with explaining “One of my five hundred nicknames for my daughter is Miedge, which is short for Midget, because she was a very small baby.” (239) Tina Fey went into a “deep depression” after having her baby. (pg 240) The best thing for moms to do that the author writes about is “carve out a little time for yourself” (243) There can be some weird things in motherhood but it's well worth it.

Everybody remembers that one troublemaker they went to elementary school with. Was this kid a boy or girl? Though it may have been a girl, the majority of troublemakers are boys. In a study done in schools in 2011, teachers said, “according to a survey of teachers which found that a fifth thought girls were more likely to cause trouble than boys” (Vasager 1). This is not the case in the children’s book, David Goes to School by David Shannon. Although girls also can cause problems in school, throughout the story David Goes to School, David causes all the trouble in his class while the girls are setting the good example of a student.

Does your child show any awareness of gender differences in his/her friend or other preferences at this age? How does this trend compare with patterns described in your text? (10 points – discussion of your child’s awareness of gender differences in friends or other preferences, 10 points – how this compares with patterns described in the textbook – including

In this week, we have concluded our second part of the New Kids book discussion. This section of the book continued on with the stories of the students at International High. Many students’ stories were developed and we were given a glimpse into some of the students’ lives and situations. Through this weeks discussion many thoughts and feeling regarding the students at International High School were talked about, many feelings which I too felt.

These individuals would most likely point to page 17 where the teacher looked at is a female. Even though it is the little boy who looks up to the female teacher and says, “A teacher’s something I could be” (Berenstain), obviously this story puts women into a role to be the caretakers of children. Also, football boys and dancing girls only shows yet another masculine and feminine role which this story does not dare cross or object to. Instead, they further perpetrate this idea of everyone having their “place” based on their gender. This children’s book, aimed at 4 year olds, is clearly sexist and furthering that message into the youth’s

The way, in which gender roles are portrayed in children’s literature, significantly contributes to the development of children’s gender roles and how they are perceived by society.

Von Rumpel finds the second and third replica of the Sea of Flames. He goes to Marie-Laure’s house in Paris, and finds the house model, but finds out it is hallow and crushes it. French resistance fighters blew up a bridge using the information given by Etienne’s radio broadcasts. The German commander requests Werner’s unit to locate and destroy the rebels in

This charming story reverses the typical roles within a children’s book. With underlying issues of stereotypes, independence and empowerment, it fills children with imagination and teaches them the importance of being strong, smart, and the realization that beauty comes from within.