modesty

Outline for activity flow:

· Bring girls in, settle them down,

· Explain that we're going to be making a poster with clothes that the girls think are attractive, and that they should go through the magazines and cut out clothes that they would buy if they were at a store. Maybe 3 or 4 outfits each.

· Then, when they're done with that, bring out the paper strips, and have them write words that describe the outfits, and the people in the picture that they've chosen. (Don't glue anything up yet) Maybe switch pictures with a partner to think up the words to describe. Also fun if it’s a smaller group, have them do it as a group for the stack of pictures. I made sure to have some controversial outfits in the stack for the sake of discussion.

· For the object lesson, get a couple volunteers, and have some of the word strips taped to them. Then have a discussion:
     - Ask the girls which of the words on the people actually describe who they really are.
     - Ask the girls if they realize that what they wear is like wearing a billboard. The only difference is, people will attach their OWN opinions and preconceived notions of who they are on them.
     - It's better to have a billboard that represents who you are on the inside, than have people assume who and what you are by looking at your outsides.

· Glue pictures to poster board with the matching word strips, have the girls help think of a good title for the poster, something along the lines of "Letting the inner me reflect on the outside too". Our girls came up with the title “Walking Billboards”

· Maybe have pictures of costumes, they're really obvious billboards... witch, clown, cowboy, ghost, cheerleader etc.... let them know that what they wear everyday also says a great deal about them. Halloween theme?

· Can do a chalkboard discussion, different groups at school and what "uniform/costume" identifies each group. Make sure that the girls understand that like it or not they are labeled by the clothes they wear.

· Give out handouts, play a game if time leftover.

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