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Year 11
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The US Feminist Movement in the 1960s and 1970s
I can explain the successes and challenges faced by the Feminist Movement in the USA in the 1960s and 1970s.
New
New
Year 11
AQA
The US Feminist Movement in the 1960s and 1970s
I can explain the successes and challenges faced by the Feminist Movement in the USA in the 1960s and 1970s.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Significant inequalities between men and women encouraged the development of the Feminist Movement.
- Women were granted equality under the law during the 1960s and 70s.
- Women gained greater sexual freedoms.
- The gender pay gap remained a problem.
- Women as well as men opposed some of the changes the Feminist Movement supported.
Common misconception
Only men opposed the Feminist Movement.
The Feminist Movement faced opposition from some women such as Phyllis Schlafly as well as some men.
Keywords
Abortion - the deliberate act of ending a human pregnancy
Contraceptive - a method used to prevent pregnancy
After Task C, ask pupils to evaluate the achievements of feminists in different areas of life (i.e. politics, relationships, etc). Pupils should discuss whether the Feminist Movement was equally successful across all areas of life.
Teacher tip
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of sexual violence
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of sexual content
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
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6 Questions
Q1.
What was the name of the benefits system which provided payments to vulnerable groups such as the elderly or unemployed in the USA?
Q2.
Match each set of reforms to the president who introduced them.
Franklin D Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
John F Kennedy
Lyndon B Johnson
Q3.
How did LBJ change the minimum wage?
abolished it
reduced it from $1.50 to $0.50
Q4.
Which American president successfully introduced Medicare?
Franklin D Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Dwight D Eisenhower
John F Kennedy
Q5.
Which statement about the New Frontier and Great Society is most accurate?
They only focused on poverty and civil rights.
They only focused on civil rights.
They only focused on military investment.
Q6.
Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
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6 Questions
Q1.
What is a medical operation to end a pregnancy called?
Q2.
What was the name of the author of 'The Feminine Mystique'?
Q3.
What did the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case legalise?
contraceptives
gay marriage
Q4.
Write the missing word. Libbers described products such as high heels, mops, bras and make-up as "instruments of female ".
Q5.
Which statement about opposition to the ERA is most accurate?
Only men opposed the ERA.
Only women opposed the ERA.
Nobody opposed the ERA.
Q6.
Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
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