Unit 15. Women in society

Welcome to our class
Presented by: TRAN THI THUY NGA
List some jobs that women often do nowadays
Did women do this job in the old days? Why?
Date: 12/3/2013
Period: 90
Unit 15: Women in society
Lesson 1: Reading
What is the woman doing?
She is teaching her son
What is the woman doing?
She is cooking
What is the woman doing?
She is making a speech in public
What is the woman doing?
She is typing / working on the computer
1. How many roles does the woman have in the family?
 There are two roles: mothers and wives
2. How many roles does the woman have in society?
 They are businesswoman or politics
human civilization
Childbearing
Involvement
age of Enlightenment
deep-seated cultural beliefs
Homemaking
intellectual ability
equal work opportunity
Nền văn minh nhân loại
Việc sinh con
Sự tham gia
Thời đại khai sáng
Quan niệm lâu đời
Việc chăm sóc gia đình
Năng lực trí tuệ
Cơ hội làm việc bình đẳng
New words: (task 1 – p163)
9. rights (n) / rait /
10. struggle (n); (v) / `strʌgl /
11. advocate (v) / `ædvəkeit /
12. discriminate (v) / dis`krimineit /
discrimination (n) / dis,krimi`nei∫n /
13. vary (v) / `veəri /
14. vote (v); (n) / vout /

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1. According to the text, what was the main role traditionally accorded to women?
A. working in education B. building houses
C. taking care of the house and family
D. working in factories
Activity 1: (Task 2 - p.164): Choose the best option A, B, C or D to answer the following questions
2. Before the 18th century, what was the attitude of societies towards women’s intellectual ability?
A. respectful B. supportive
C. resentful D. disbelieving
3. According to the text, what is the purpose of the struggle for women’s intellectual ability?
to free women from housework
B. to establish a friendly relationship between men and women
C. to bring equality between men and women
D. to argue that women have better intellectual ability
4. What do “these pioneer thinkers”? At the end of paragraph 2 refer to?
18th century European people
B. 18th century European political philosophers
C. 18th century European women
D. 18th century European politicians
5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the last paragraph as one of women’s legal rights today?
the right to hold property
B. the right to equal pay
C. equal employment opportunity rights
D. the right to vote
Activity 1 (Task 2-p.164): Choose the best option A, B, C or D to answer the following questions
1. According to the text, what was the main role traditionally accorded to women?
A. working in education B. building houses
C. taking care of the house and family
D. working in factories
2. Before the 18th century, what was the attitude of societies towards women’s intellectual ability?
A. respectful B. supportive
C. resentful D. disbelieving
3. According to the text, what is the purpose of the struggle for women’s intellectual ability?
to free women from housework
B. to establish a friendly relationship between men and women
C. to bring equality between men and women
D. to argue that women have better intellectual ability
4. What do “these pioneer thinkers” at the end of paragraph 2 refer to?
18th century European people
B. 18th century European political philosophers
C. 18th century European women
D. 18th century European politicians
5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the last paragraph as one of women’s legal rights today?
the right to hold property
B. the right to equal pay
C. equal employment opportunity rights
D. the right to vote
Activity 2: Go through the text and decide if the statements are true (T), false (F) or no information (NI)
People in the old time believed that women were better suited for childbearing and homemaking than for working in politics.

2. Women couldn’t work in the society because they had no intellectual ability.

3. The struggle for women’s rights started in the 19th century.

4. Thanks to women’s liberation, nowadays women are equal to men.
Task 3: Go through the text and decide if the statements are true (T), false (F) or no information (NI)
1. People in the old time believed that women were better suited for childbearing and homemaking than for working in politics.
2. Women couldn’t work in the society because they had no intellectual ability.
3. The struggle for women’s rights started in the 19th century.
4. Thanks to women’s liberation, nowadays women are equal to men.
T
F
F
NI
Activity 3: Work in groups to summarize the text by filling in the missing words
Women in old society were considered to be …………………(1) to men. They played the roles of mothers and ………………….….(2) only. They weren’t allowed to work in business and ………...….(3). Therefore it was men who controlled most positions of employment and …………………………………(4) in society.
Thanks to women’s ……………………..…(5) since the 18th century, women nowadays have gained many legal rights equal to men. Among them, the most important are the right to vote, the right to gain ……………………….…..(6) and the right to get equal payment in work.
unequal
housewives
politics
power
liberation
education
Activity 4: Ask and answer questions
1. According to the text, what were women’s natural roles?
 Mothers and wives
2. Before the 18th century, what was the attitude of societies towards women’s intellectual ability?
 Disbelieving
3. According to the text, what is the purpose of the struggle for women’s intellectual ability?
 To bring equality between men and women
4. Who were “the pioneer thinkers”
 18th century European political philosophers
5. According to the text, how many rights do women have?
 3 rights: the right to have equal work opportunities and pay to men, the right to vote, and the right to formal education
Homework
- Read the passage again and do task 3 (p. 165)
- Learn new words by heart
- Prepare unit 15: Speaking
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