Educational

Issues Lesson Plan

Issue Topic: Dress Codes
Group Members: Ana Ferzacca, Joey Cavilla, and Nick Drossos
Date: February 13, 2019

Learning Objectives
Students will gain a fuller understanding of the issues surrounding dress codes in
schools, through a specific case study and participating in an informal debate.

Assessment
Based on each student’s participation in the debate, we will be able to assess the
depth of their understanding on the issue and whether or not they understand both
sides of the argument.

Materials
We will need to provide enough copies of the article for each student to have.

Introduction
We will start with a quick slideshow presentation introducing the issue and going
over some of the main arguments both for and against the use of dress codes in
schools.

Body
We will continue by having a jigsaw activity to allow students to look at the case
study and work together to understand it (about 5 minutes). Then we will assign
each group a side for the debate, we will give them 3-5 minutes in their debate
groups to form their arguments.

Closure
The last 10 minutes we will have a debate about whether or not it is necessary to
have a dress code in schools.

Key Resources
Bartko, Karen. “Note telling girls to ‘dress conservatively’ in school to avoid
distracting boys sparks concern in Alberta village.” Global News. 5 June
2017, https://globalnews.ca/news/3503389. Accessed 7 February 2019.