Gender Roles 10/29

We started our next unit by talking about gender roles.

We watched a clip from the show "I Love Lucy" and answered a worksheet that went along with it.
We discussed the roles of men and women in the 50s. We read The Good Wifes Guide and The Good Husbands Guide. Students talked about things they agreed with and things they disagreed with. Girls then worked in groups to make a "Good Girls Guide" that gave 5 guidelines on how to be a successful girl in our society. Boys worked in groups to make a "Good Boys Guide" that gave 5 guidelines on how to be a successful boy in our society.

We discussed how we have more opportunities now whether we are male or female. But we need to be ourselves and have goals so that we can be successful.