AP Unit 7 - Gender

What is the impact of the gender roles that society creates and enforces?

• LC - Gould – “Women’s Brains” (1980 classification/division)
• CA - Gilman – From Women and Economics (1898 argument, analysis)
• LC - Woolf – “Professions for Women” (1931, 1942 process analysis)
• LC - Adams – Letters Between John and Abigail (1776 description)
• LC - Ehrlich – “About Men” (1984 compare/contrast)
• Online - Katz – “How Boys Become Men” (1993 – process analysis)
• CA - “Keep Within Compass” (1790 etching)
• CA - Collins – “African American Women: Life in Bondage” (2003 narrative/memoir)
• Online - Truth – “Ain’t I a Woman?” (1851 example)
• CA - “Enlist: On Which Side of the Window are YOU?” (1917 recruiting poster)
• CA - “More Help for Busy Mothers” (1925 advertisement)
• Online - Barry – “Turkeys in the Kitchen” (1986 compare/contrast)
• CA - Wilner – Rusk vs. State: Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, 406 A. 2d 624 (1979)
• CA - Pipher – “Saplings in the Storm” (1994 cause-effect)
• CA - Kindlon and Thompson – “The Culture of Cruelty” (2000 cause-effect)

• Handout - Vowell – “Shooting Dad” (2000 description)
• Various texts – Gender stereotypes in children’s movies
• Timed Formal Responses (2) – Timed write, annotation/dissection of an AP prompt, analysis of AP essay scoring guidelines, investigation of anchor student essays; instructor keywords: technology (w/s), “Company Man” (sans)
• Revision of and reflection on Timed Formal Response – for grade submission