Teacher Guide

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Lesson Plan

Study Objectives

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

  1. 1

    Analyze the relationship between race, class, gender, sexuality, and other marginalized identity markers. Students will gain an understanding of intersectionality as a theoretical framework and term that can be used to dissect the experiences of those straddling the margins.

  2. 2

    Understand the formation of women of color feminisms, specifically Black feminism, in the U.S. and its relationship to the second- and third-wave feminist movements.

  3. 3

    Identify and evaluate various genres of writing and how they are used to articulate politically charged...

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