This is me hugging my mom after she won an election for Portland City Council in 2008. My mom is my role model, for sure. She not only provided for us every day, but she was (and is) very politically active! She used to be a nurse every other weekend, as well!
Dear class,
I really loved looking at all of the 1950s magazines with you today! It is great fun to be hands on with history and use primary sources to investigate on our own. Here's what happened today:
Learning Targets:
SS.HS.KN.ALT.09: I can identify how technological knowledge and innovation shapes a society, place, or region.
SS.HS.KN.ALT.17: I can explain the process of change and continuity in a society, place or region.
SS.HS.KN.ALT.23: I can describe the influences, impacts and resolutions of historical conflicts.
Soundtrack: “I've Got You Under My Skin" by Frank Sinatra. Selected because it is from the 1950s (1956). Lyrics here.
AGENDA 5/7/14:
News Brief
Women of the 1950s
The Feminine Mystique
LIFE Magazines
News Brief: Spencer had the news brief today and selected this story to talk about: ESPN.com - Jordan: Considered myself a racist. An interesting story, because Spencer was wearing a Jordan brand t-shirt as he talked, and because of the recent Civil Rights unit we did, and the comments by NBA owner Donald Sterling! Thanks, Spencer.
Women of the 1950s: Today was chiefly concerned with the role of women in the United States during the 1950s. I began by asking for some brainstorming on two questions: What do you know about women in the 1950s? How does that role impact us today?
During the results of that, I mentioned that the sizes of mirrors in bathrooms tend to be different for women (larger/full body) vs. men (smaller/just face). Why is that?
Next, I passed out a class set of these documents (pages 3-7) to read over:
1. Were housewives happy with their lives?
2. Were women in the 1950s just staying at home?
3. Documents A and B say women were staying at home; but Documents C and D say that women were politically involved and even working. Who should we believe?
4. Do you think African American, Latino, Asian American, and other women of color had similar experiences to those depicted in these documents?
We had a brief class discussion about this, then moved on.
The Feminine Mystique: This was a nine minute video explaining a bit more about what the "Feminine Mystique" was (a quote from the book of the same name by Betty Friedan was included in the readings). If you missed class, or wanted to see it again, here it is: PBS.org - 1950 Housewives.
LIFE Magazines: The rest of class was spent doing some historical research in class, using actual magazines from the 1950s and early 1960s! I loved this so much! Here is the partner worksheet I passed out in class:
Needless to say, there were some GREAT examples of gender roles in the magazines, which I was able to borrow from the library - I'm glad everyone was so careful with them! It was so interesting to see what everyone found! I hope that it was as interesting for you as it was for me. History is so great! Next class, we will move on into the 1960s and the Space Race a bit more.
Women of the 1950s: Today was chiefly concerned with the role of women in the United States during the 1950s. I began by asking for some brainstorming on two questions: What do you know about women in the 1950s? How does that role impact us today?
During the results of that, I mentioned that the sizes of mirrors in bathrooms tend to be different for women (larger/full body) vs. men (smaller/just face). Why is that?
Next, I passed out a class set of these documents (pages 3-7) to read over:
The general questions that I wanted everyone to answer (just to ensure that you were getting the point of the readings) were:
2. Were women in the 1950s just staying at home?
3. Documents A and B say women were staying at home; but Documents C and D say that women were politically involved and even working. Who should we believe?
4. Do you think African American, Latino, Asian American, and other women of color had similar experiences to those depicted in these documents?
We had a brief class discussion about this, then moved on.
The Feminine Mystique: This was a nine minute video explaining a bit more about what the "Feminine Mystique" was (a quote from the book of the same name by Betty Friedan was included in the readings). If you missed class, or wanted to see it again, here it is: PBS.org - 1950 Housewives.
LIFE Magazines: The rest of class was spent doing some historical research in class, using actual magazines from the 1950s and early 1960s! I loved this so much! Here is the partner worksheet I passed out in class:
Needless to say, there were some GREAT examples of gender roles in the magazines, which I was able to borrow from the library - I'm glad everyone was so careful with them! It was so interesting to see what everyone found! I hope that it was as interesting for you as it was for me. History is so great! Next class, we will move on into the 1960s and the Space Race a bit more.
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