Day 3

The Second Sex Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    The Pink Aisle

    Kind of Activity:

    Classwide Discussion

    Objective:

    To asses contemporary relevance of De Beauvoir’s analysis of female childhood

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.7

    Structure:

    De Beauvoir describes in details what she sees as the socializing of girls in a particular way from a very young age. In recent years, there has been a big push against ‘the pink aisle,’ meaning very explicitly ‘girly’ toys pushing a singular image of femininity onto young girls, which is very close to the Eternal Feminine described by De Beauvoir.

    Have students reflect on their own childhoods and record what...

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