Social Studies
Course: Women in American History
Unit:
Designated Grading Period: 3rd
Days to teach:
Period 6 (1970-1980) Women’s Movement
Period 7 (1980-present) Women in Business & the Role of Modern Women
2 weeks
3 weeks
TEKS
113.47
Guiding Questions
& Specificity
Assessment
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Resources
The TEKS covered in this course are Social studies skills standards.
(1) Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others, in
a variety of settings.
(2) Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of
valid sources, including electronic technology.
(3) Social studies skills. The student creates written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information.
Women’s
In what ways did the List and describe the Billie Jean King
Research
1970sWomensMvmt
Movement
Women’s Movement consequences of the Sally Ride
Lecture
of the 1970’s impact Women’s Movement Dorothy Hamill
News articles
Feminism1970s
women in American of the 1970’s.
Peggy Fleming
Venn Diagram
society?
Women of
Compare/Contrast Feminism&Divorce
Evaluate the
Motown
Lyrical analysis
What are the
advantages and
Second-wave
(of
Sistersof77PBS
advantages and
disadvantages of the
Feminism
songs of 70’s)
disadvantages of the women’s movement. Elizabeth Bloomer
70sCNN
women’s
“Betty” Ford
movement?
What alternative
Dolores Huerta
Sally Ride
could you suggest
for the outcome of
Dorothy Hamill
the women’s
movement?
Betty Ford
The Role of
Modern Women
and Women in
Business
Created March 2016
In what ways did
women become
involved in
business?
Be able to identify
and discuss the
contributions of
women in business
during the 1980’s to
Ellen DeGeneres
Oprah Winfrey
Martha Stewart
Estee Lauder
Mary Kay Ash
Lecture
Research (using
database and
news articles)
Dolores Huerta
Ellen DeGeneres
Oprah
OprahAchievement
Social Studies
Course: Women in American History
Unit:
Designated Grading Period: 3rd
Days to teach:
Period 6 (1970-1980) Women’s Movement
Period 7 (1980-present) Women in Business & the Role of Modern Women
2 weeks
3 weeks
TEKS
113.47
Guiding Questions
& Specificity
In what ways did
women’s
involvement in
business affect the
American economy
and social structure?
Assessment
the present.
Evaluate how the
involvement of
women in business
altered the social
structure/status of
women in America.
Compare/contrast
the roles of modern
American women to
women in America
in earlier time
periods.
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies
Helen GurleyBrown
Julia Child
Entrepreneur
Insider trading
Lilly Ledbetter
Fair Pay Act
Equality
Double Standard
Activism
Women’s
rights/Equal rights
Resources
OprahForbes
Martha Stewart.com
MSVanityFair
NYTMarthaStewart
Estee Lauder.com
ELCompanies
ELForbes
MaryKay.com
MKMuseum
MKHarpers
How did the role of
the modern woman
change from earlier
times?
Created March 2016
Analyze, identify,
and describe how
women’s roles in
America have
changed in the last
Nancy Reagan
Condoleezza Rice
Geraldine Ferraro
Madeline Albright
Janet Reno
Compare/contrast
Venn Diagram
MKTribute
Nancy Reagan
WhitehouseNR
NRNewYorkerMag
CondoleezaRiceBio
Social Studies
Course: Women in American History
Unit:
Designated Grading Period: 3rd
Days to teach:
Period 6 (1970-1980) Women’s Movement
Period 7 (1980-present) Women in Business & the Role of Modern Women
2 weeks
3 weeks
TEKS
113.47
Guiding Questions
& Specificity
Assessment
century.
Vocabulary
Ann Dunwoody
Sonia Sotomayor
Venus Williams
Serena Williams
Mae Jemison
U.S. Women’s
Nat’l Soccer
Team
Dr. Maya Angelou
Sally Ride
Jackie JoynerKersey
Instructional
Strategies
Resources
CRNYTimes
GFerraroBio
GeraldineFerraroPBS
GFScholastic
MadelineAlbrightBio
MANYT
JanetRenoBio
JanetRenoFrontline
JanetRenoNYT
AnnDunwoody
SoniaSotomayorBIO
SSSupremeCourtBio
SSNYT
Venus Williams
Serena Williams
MaeJemisonBIO
MJNASABIO
Changing Roles of
Women
Created March 2016