Accomplishments of the Feminist Movement
Student-Led Seminar
Below are some of the key information, facts and activities that should guide the framework for your seminar. You do not need to present the information (below) as a lot of up-front content--your role is only to guide your peers to discovery and understanding through their own research of these topics.
I've included some activities for you to consider in your seminar--this aspect is up to you, so feel free to be creative and have fun with the learning experience (**refers to suggested activities). I do expect that your peers write one blog piece (on their personal website) about a topic, essential question, video, image, reading, etc...
I've included some activities for you to consider in your seminar--this aspect is up to you, so feel free to be creative and have fun with the learning experience (**refers to suggested activities). I do expect that your peers write one blog piece (on their personal website) about a topic, essential question, video, image, reading, etc...
Suggested Activities
CRITICAL QUESTION: To what extent has the women’s movement achieved its goals? Divide peers into groups to research one aspect of women’s lives as it existed in the 20th century before the feminist movement, and to compare it to after the feminist movement.
The group categories can include the following: education, sports, the arts, the workforce, healthcare, the law, politics, organized religion, the home/family/ marriage/childcare.
Have each group create online posters like NewHive, Glogster, Lucid Press, Prezi, that act like "learning stations" to illustrate their category, pre- and post-feminist movement. Have peers develop questions and/or an fun activity for their learning station.
As your peers move through the stations, they could examine the materials and complete a comparison chart, taking notes from all the stations and responding to focus questions.
Ask guided discussion questions to help peers develop their learning stations or as a follow-up activity:
As your peers move through the learning stations have them write a blog post that examines the following question: “To what extent has the Women’s Liberation Movement achieved its goals?”
The group categories can include the following: education, sports, the arts, the workforce, healthcare, the law, politics, organized religion, the home/family/ marriage/childcare.
Have each group create online posters like NewHive, Glogster, Lucid Press, Prezi, that act like "learning stations" to illustrate their category, pre- and post-feminist movement. Have peers develop questions and/or an fun activity for their learning station.
As your peers move through the stations, they could examine the materials and complete a comparison chart, taking notes from all the stations and responding to focus questions.
Ask guided discussion questions to help peers develop their learning stations or as a follow-up activity:
- How does gender play a role in shaping a person’s identity? What are gender roles? What is gender stereotyping?
- In what ways did the birth control pill change women’s lives? What were the positive and negative issues raised by the use of the pill in women’s personal and professional lives?
- How have standards of beauty played a role in women’s lives, both in the past and present?
- Why has Ms. been used to replace traditional titles referring to women? What are some other examples of sexism imbedded in everyday language? How does the common use of sexist language affect people’s thinking and behaviour
- What is sexism and how has it affected women’s lives throughout the 20th century?
- How has sexual discrimination affected women’s working, learning, and personal opportunities in the past and present?
As your peers move through the learning stations have them write a blog post that examines the following question: “To what extent has the Women’s Liberation Movement achieved its goals?”
A PBS Documentary Series called: MAKERS: WOMEN WHO MAKE AMERICA
Part One: Awakening
Here is an interesting interview with the producer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUjya--Vbi8
Makers.com
http://www.makers.com/
http://www.makers.com/browse/groundbreakers
Part One: Awakening
- The story of the birth of the modern Women’s Movement. When Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique came out in 1963, millions of American women felt the constraints of 1950s post-war culture, which confined them to the home or to low-paying, dead end jobs. At the same time, another group of women were emerging from the anti-war and civil rights movement determined to achieve their own revolution.
- http://video.pbs.org/video/2336932877/
Here is an interesting interview with the producer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUjya--Vbi8
Makers.com
http://www.makers.com/
http://www.makers.com/browse/groundbreakers