CRITICAL LITERACY- Putting in to practice #2

SOMEWHERE IS GREEN

As we watched this video we spotted many stereotypes of people in the 70s.

Some of the stereotypes I saw was: The woman had a high pitched voice, wore a puffy and over the top dress while cleaning indoors and the man also dressed over the top but he is doing all the gardening and heavy duty chores. 

LEGALLY BLONDE

The stereotypes that i saw is that a blonde, blue eyed and well dressed girl is dumb while the mans stereotype is him being all smart enough to get accepted and having a successful life 

QUESTIONS

1) How are adults constructed in this text? Females should be second to males in both texts. Woman in the 1st text is ambition less and the 2nd wants to be lawyer, the stereotype that blondes can be smart.

2) What kind of social reality does this text portray? Life wasn't fun, people dont want to do things outside their stereotypes (eg men in the garden & women in the kitchen) In the second clip set 30 yrs later women and men can do the same jobs and have the same opportunities.  

3) How does this text construct a version of reality?  Draws from history, finds examples of props and setting that actually existed in the time period. 

4) What different interpretations of the text are possible? Yes- we can view the shift from men being positive to being put down, we can view the shift in society and cultural values- there is more to life than a house, dog and kids.