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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.

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

  1. Significant inequalities between men and women encouraged the development of the Feminist Movement.
  2. Women were granted equality under the law during the 1960s and 70s.
  3. Women gained greater sexual freedoms.
  4. The gender pay gap remained a problem.
  5. 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

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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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?
Correct Answer: social security, Social Security
Q2.
Match each set of reforms to the president who introduced them.
Correct Answer:New Deal,Franklin D Roosevelt

Franklin D Roosevelt

Correct Answer:Fair Deal,Harry S Truman

Harry S Truman

Correct Answer:New Frontier,John F Kennedy

John F Kennedy

Correct Answer:Great Society,Lyndon B Johnson

Lyndon B Johnson

Q3.
How did LBJ change the minimum wage?
abolished it
reduced it from $1.50 to $0.50
Correct answer: increased it from $1.25 to $1.40
Q4.
Which American president successfully introduced Medicare?
Franklin D Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Dwight D Eisenhower
John F Kennedy
Correct answer: Lyndon B Johnson
Q5.
Which statement about the New Frontier and Great Society is most accurate?
Correct answer: They focused on many areas including civil rights, poverty and the environment.
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.
1 - Great Depression began
2 - New Deal introduced
3 - End of WW2
4 - Fair Deal introduced
5 - New Frontier introduced
6 - JFK assassinated
7 - Great Society introduced

6 Questions

Q1.
What is a medical operation to end a pregnancy called?
Correct Answer: abortion, an abortion, Abortion
Q2.
What was the name of the author of 'The Feminine Mystique'?
Correct Answer: Betty Friedan, Friedan
Q3.
What did the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case legalise?
Correct answer: abortion
contraceptives
gay marriage
Q4.
Write the missing word. Libbers described products such as high heels, mops, bras and make-up as "instruments of female ".
Correct Answer: torture, Torture
Q5.
Which statement about opposition to the ERA is most accurate?
Only men opposed the ERA.
Only women opposed the ERA.
Correct answer: Women and men both opposed the ERA.
Nobody opposed the ERA.
Q6.
Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
1 - Presidential Commission on the Status of Women set up
2 - Equal Pay Act
3 - NOW founded
4 - Libbers protest outside the Miss America beauty pageant
5 - Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case

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