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Friday, March 15th Class Discussion Question Create a List of the 5 “Most Powerful” people in the United States.
Friday, March 15thClass Discussion Question
Create a List of the 5 “Most Powerful” people in the United States.
Students will be able to define the term “oppression”.
Students will compare the treatment of women in two different cultures.
Students will debate if our views on how women are treated in Islam fit the definition of ethnocentrism.
Here is the plan…
Any one here make your list?
Are women in America treated like “second class”
citizens?YES or NO – come up with 2 or 3 points to
support you position.
BRAINSTORM LIST5 words that immediately come to mind when you look at the following pictures.
Small Group Discussion
Are Islamic women oppressed?
Why or Why not?
Ethnocentrism?
Working with a partner, log onto your laptop.
Go to the following site: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/questions/women/index.html
Read the article. Find 6 examples that go AGAINST the
stereotype that Islam oppresses woman. Write them in your notes.
Stereotypes
MUSLIM or NOT MUSLIM?
MUSLIM or NOT MUSLIM?
MUSLIM or NOT MUSLIM?
MUSLIM or NOT MUSLIM?
MUSLIM or NOT MUSLIM?
Muslim
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed
Is from a prominent family in Bangladesh.
She has served previously and is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
CHRISTIAN
Nun Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun who worked with the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta, India.
MUSLIM
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
Became Prime Minister of Pakistan at the age of 35.
She is the first woman to lead an Islamic country as the head of state.
Hindu
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi was the first (and to date only) female Prime Minister of the country of India.
MUSLIM
Queen Queen Rania of Jordan
Queen Rania is married to King Abdullah II of Jordan.
She is well educated and is considered to be one of her husbands closest advisors.
Why has the United States NOT had a female President?
Do you think that will change soon? If so, Why? If not, Why not?
What does it say about our supposedly “modern” society that we have not had a female head of state?
Do you feel that Islam oppresses Women?
SO….
President Maria Sanchez - 2026
Like most topics in the study of World Cultures, the question of the treatment of women in Islamic countries is a complicated one.
In today’s lesson we learned to look at our own culture’s treatment of women so we can begin to make an honest comparison.
Tomorrow, we will explore the darker side of this issue when we take a reading test on the same topic.
Final word
Students will be able to define the term “oppression”.
Students will compare the treatment of women in two different cultures.
Students will debate if our views on how women are treated in Islam fit the definition of ethnocentrism.
Here is the plan…
