Begin the lesson by asking students what they know about the different
roles that women have or the types of activities that women are
involved in today. Use a wall chart to record students' ideas. Ask
students to think about what women's lives might have been like in the
past and the types of roles, jobs or activities women might have been
involved in 100 years ago. If students need some guidance in
identifying roles and lifestyles of women in the past, provide them
with statements such as the following for discussion:
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Women could not vote in elections.
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Married women did not share ownership of their houses or land with
their husbands.
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Women doing the same work as men were paid less.
Record students' responses to these statements on a wall chart. Use
their ideas to introduce the inquiry that they will be doing. Have
students work in small groups to brainstorm words that describe what
a woman's life might have been like in Canada 100 years ago, and
words that describe what a woman's life is like in Canada today.
Provide groups with a visual organizer such as the Two-column chart
to help them record their ideas.
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