(9.03) International women's day

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

WELCOME

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What day was it yesterday?

CLASS RULES

Everyone tries to speak English

Laptops are half-closed when not in use - NO gaming!

Listen to each other when someone's speaking

You're silent when working alone - Q's allowed

No loud noises when working together

Have respect and be kind!

- Every year

- 8th of March

- Celebration

- Call for action

What percentage of software engineers in the United States are female?

1. 30.8%
2. 34.6%
3. 25.1%
4. 29.7%

For every dollar that a man makes in tech, how much does a woman make?

1. 0.93
2. 0.95
3. 0.97
4. 0.99

The amount of women working in tech has _____ in the last 2 years.

1. decreased
2. increased

When was the first International Women's day held?

1. 1889
2. 1911
3. 1946
4. 1957

One of the aims of International Women's Day has to do with inequality. What does inequality mean?

MacMillan Online Dictionary:

"a situation in which people are not equal because some groups have more opportunities, power, money etc than others"

What is the opposite of INEQUALITY?

Which word might be linked to inequality?

1. inclusion
2. bias
3. to condone

BIAS

"an attitude that you have that makes you treat someone in a way that is unfair or different from the way you treat other people" 

(MacMillan online dictionary)

Gender bias in medicine is still putting women's health at risk.

(the Conversation AU - news article)

Inclusion

To condone

Verb

Noun

the action of including someone or something in a group, arrangement, document etc

to approve of behaviour that most people think is wrong

Opposite: exclusion

Opposite: 

to disapprove

Get to work

In pairs discuss the following questions (10 min):

• Why is gender equality important?
• What would our world be like if women couldn't vote today?
• What are the ways in which society treats women and men differently and why?
• Should men and women have different roles? Why and in what aspects?

Write individually min. 250 words (20 min):

1. Pick a famous woman (think about professions as well) 

2. Write in your own words who this woman is/was, what she achieved...

3. Write about their role in society and what they/their actions mean to you.

4. Finally, answer the following question: Do you think International Women's Day is still needed? Why?

WELCOME

Read your book for 15 minutes in silence.

Place your homework at the corner of your table so the teacher can check.

PLANNING

• read 15 minutes
• check the homework answers 
• lay-out Alquin vocab test
• listening via Woots (time to finish Women's Day exercise)

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS

Grab the vocabulary hand-out from the 'Cheesy Business' text.

LAY-OUT VOCAB TEST

• four exercises (A, B, C, D) 

A. Translate the words in bold into Dutch

e.g. A primary choice in the girl’s life was to get a college education so she could make a better life for herself.

LAY-OUT VOCAB TEST

• four exercises (A, B, C, D)  -- mind the form

B. Complete the sentences with the words that match the definitions or synonyms in brackets 

--> the info between brackets is in English

LAY-OUT VOCAB TEST

• four exercises (A, B, C, D) 

C.  Complete the gaps with the correct preposition

LAY-OUT VOCAB TEST

• four exercises (A, B, C, D) 

D.  Complete the sentence with the given words. Mind the form!

--> 10 sentences, 12 words 

Get to work

1. Check your answers from the text 'Majestic Punking' (exercise I, J and M) via Teams

2. Woots listening skilllevel 2 (homework Tuesday)

YES, you are allowed to finish the exercise from our Women's Day lesson. This is also homework for Tuesday.