Democracy and Inequality: Challenges and Possible Solutions

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 21.03.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Content Objectives
  3. Classroom Context
  4. The Unit
  5. Gender Wage Gap
  6. Teaching Strategies
  7. Create E.R.A. Timeline
  8. Evaluate Visual and Written Documents and Speeches
  9. Socratic Seminar
  10. Gallery Walk
  11. Classroom Activities
  12. Supreme Court cases:
  13. Bibliography
  14. Student Resources
  15. Appendix on Implementing District Standards:
  16. Endnotes:

Breaking Barriers: The Fight for Gender Equality, Equal Pay and Civil Rights

Cinde Berkowitz

Published September 2021

Tools for this Unit:

Create E.R.A. Timeline

Historical Overview- Is the E.R.A. still pertinent today, or is there enough gender equality that the Amendment is no longer needed? Skills include critical thinking, inquiry, media literacy, and point of view. Students will research the barriers to equal rights for women now, a century after ratifying the 19th Amendment, study the 14th Amendment, the uphill battle, and the progress made.  Students discuss the pros and cons of approving the E.R.A. Students will analyze primary documents and articles to discuss the controversy over the E.R.A.  

Students will make a timeline of political, cultural, and social events from the 1920s and then in each decade to the present, will detail at least four critical entries per decade regarding the E.R.A. and social movements (including world events, feminist events, major players of the campaign, sports, music, and pop culture history). This timeline will help students visually see the progression of the E.R.A. events in chronological order. Students will draw and chart a timeline of specific dates to make historical connections.

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