The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Lesson Plan

Where Are the Women?

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will analyze the lack of female characters within the novel.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.8, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3

Structure:

In the Character Analysis activity from the previous day, students may have noticed that of all the characters except Trillian are male. Discuss this as a class. Why do students think all the characters are male? This seems especially strange in a science fiction world where there are characters with two heads and three arms, hyperintelligent mice, and a starship that can cross the galaxy in nothingths of a second....