One month or more is devoted to the study of the curriculum unit. In this case, the curriculum unit is the study of family as it relates to gender. All classroom subjects (i.e.: Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Development) are integrated into the "My Family" subject matter. The literature read in the Language Arts lessons reflects the aspect of family life covered by the unit. The Mathematics lessons build on sequencing of time, counting, ordinal numbers and other concepts that are reflected in family life. Social Development lessons are enhanced through the participation of parents, grandparents, siblings, and the like in the implementation of the overall unit. Full days are spent discussing and actively participating in the reading and analysis of fiction depicting the family. Classroom events are planned to coincide with the "My Family" readings at hand. Concept awareness will be shared with the entire student body through a team culminating project and encouraged future study will begin. The discussion of voice and gender in fiction occurs as other students notice the new-found knowledge displayed by Kindergarten students in their own school. Other teachers will become more interested in studying the author's voice in fiction with their own classes simply due to the enthusiasm shown by my Kindergarten students.
All in all, the appropriate resources and curriculum will then be available and easily located. Primary (and possibly even secondary) teachers will no longer opt to avoid the complexities of presenting "the voice" of an author; they will encourage the comparison of voices by sex, ethnicity and the like. The void of women's voices in fiction curriculum will be filled, the neglect will disappear and all interested teachers will feel at ease teaching the topic in their classroom.