Unit 15. Women in society

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UNIT 15 : WOMEN IN SOCIETY
A. READING
Unit 15:
women in society
I. Before you read: Match the given words with the right pictures:
Buying food
Wasting the rubbish
Serving meals
Playing with the children
Teaching
Working on the computer
1. CAN YOU LIST OUT THE JOBS THAT MEN AND WOMEN DO?


2. DID WOMEN DO THESE JOBS IN THE OLD DAYS? WHY?
Vocabulary: Match the words and their meaning
While you read
SILENT READING
Task 1: Give the Vietnamese equivalents to the following words and phrases
1. Human civilization :
2. Childbearing :
3. Involvement :
4. Age of enlightenment :
5. Deep-seated cultural beliefs :
6. Homemaking :
7. Intellectual ability :
8.Equal work opportunity :
Nềnvăn minh nhân loại
Việc sinh con
Sự tham gia
Thời kì khai sáng
Những niềm tin ăn sâu vào tiềm thức
Việc chăm sóc gia đình
Năng lực trí tuệ
Cơ hội việc làm bình đẳng
Task2: Read the text again and decide which of the headings below describe the general theme of each paragraph
A. The status of women in society today
B. The struggle for women’s rights
C. Women in the old society
KEYS :
P1-C. Women in the old society
P2-B. The struggle for women’s rights
P3-A. The status of women in society today.

Task 3:Choose the best option A, B, C or D to answer the following question
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 rights?
A. 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?
A. 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 ?
A. The right to hold property B. The right to equal pay
C. Equal employment opportunity rights D. The right to vote

LET’S CHECK
1.According to the text, what was the main role traditionally accorded to women?
Working in education
Building houses
C. Taking care of the house and family
D. Working in factories
C. Taking care of the house and family(P1L3,4)
2.Before the 18th century, what was the attitude of societies towards women’s intellectual ability ?
Respectful B. Supportive
C. Resentful D. Disbelieving

D. Disbelieving
P1-L6
3. According to the text ,what is the purpose of the struggle for women’s rights?
A. 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
C. To bring equality between men and women
P2-L2,5,6
4. What do “ these pioneer thinkers” at the end of paragraph 2 refer to?
18th century European people
18th century European political philosophers
C.18th century European women
D.18th century European politicians

B.18th century European political philosophers
P2-L4
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
The right to equal pay
C.Equal employment opportunity rights
D.The right to vote
The right to hold property
P3
Task 4: True or False sentences
DISCUSS IN GROUPS
1. In the old days, women couldn’t work in society because they weren’t intelligent
2. The struggle for women’s rights started in the 19th century
3. According the text, Women should be treated equally as men
4. Deep-seated cultural beliefs about women’s roles changed after the struggle for women’s rights
1. In the old days, women couldn’t work in society because they weren’t intelligent
False
because of widespread doubt about their intellectual ability.
2. The struggle for women’s rights started in the 19th century
18th century
True
3. According the text, Women should be treated equally as men
4. Deep-seated cultural beliefs about women’s roles changed after the struggle for women’s rights
False
True
Task 5: Choose the best title for the passage
A. Women’s Intellectual Ability
B. The Age of Enlightenment
C. Women’s rights
D. Women’s Role in Education
C. Women’s rights
III. After you read:
Work in pairs. Summarize the reading passage by filling in the gaps with the given words.

In the past, (1)…..….... were restricted to the roles of mothers and wives due to (2)…….…………….doubt about their intellectual ability. The (3)..………….for women’s rights began in the(4).…..……century as European political (5)....……………..believed that women should be treated equally. Women now enjoy important legal rights such as (6)……..…..work and pay right, the right to (7)………..… and to gain formal (8)…………
struggle- 18th- equal- education- women-
philosophers- vote- widespread
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Unit 15:
women in society
Work in pairs. Summarize the reading passage by filling in the gaps with the given words.
struggle
18th
equal
education
vote
philosophers
women
widespread
In the past, (1)........ were restricted to the roles of mothers and wives due to (2).........doubt about their intellectual ability. The (3).......for women`s rights began in the(4)......century as European political (5)...........believed that women should be treated equally. Women now enjoy important legal rights such as (6).......work and pay right, the right to (7)...... and to gain formal (8)....
III. After you read:
Consolidation:

Women in the past
Women`s liberation
Women Today
When?
For what?
In the 18 century
Women’s right
wives
mothers
-Equal employment
opportunity rights
-The right to equal pay
-The right to vote
-The right to formal
education
In your family, does your father often do housework to help your mother?
THANK YOU FOR COMING
Goodbye –See You Again

“Women hold up half the sky”


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A Prime Minister
A Prime Minister
4.A scientist
3.An astronaut
5.A vice president
1. A Prime Minister
6. The Queen
2.Heroines
Truong My Hoa
Trung sisters
Margaret Thatcher
Marie Curie
Sally Ride
Elizabeth
IV. HOMEWORK:
1. Learn all the vocabulary by heart.
2. Summarize the reading passage by writing ONE sentence for each paragraph
3. Prepare the next lesson.
Thank you for your attention!