Teacher Guide

The Second Sex 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

    In both writing and classroom discussion, students will cite textual evidence to support opinions on the meaning of the text, especially as regards its most unusual or controversial aspects.

  2. 2

    Students, through research and classroom discussion, will be able to place the work in its social and historical context, citing both reasons for its significance at the time of publication and the continued contemporary resonance.

  3. 3

    Students will strengthen and develop research skills in order to better understand and interrogate concepts including feminism,...

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