1. Lesson 6: Gender Equality
Goal: Students should be able to develop a model law that would help reduce gender inequality.

2. Unit focus is transitioning to emphasizing the legislative branches’ impact on equality.

3. List ways you think people identifying as women are treated equally?
Brain Burner Entry #6

4. Exploring Gender Inequality
True / False: The US Women’s Soccer Team earned a $9,000,000 bonus for winning the World Cup
False. The men’s team was given the $9M bonus, but did not advance to top 16. The women’s team earned $2M.
True / False: In the top 1500 companies in the US, there are more women CEOs than CEOs named John in the same group.
False
In 2015, young women (25-34) made nearly as much as men.
True, but….
Exploring Gender Inequality

5. Vocab: Write in your notebook
Legislative Agenda: The legislative priorities of a political party or organization would like to become law.
Bill: a proposed law that has not become law yet
Veto: the action a president or governor can take to prevent a bill from becoming a law
Vocab: Write in your notebook

6. How can we contribute to gender equality?
Step 1: Let’s create a legislative agenda
List of bills we would like to become law
Not all bills will get passed or put up for a vote
Step 2: Create propels that answers the following questions:
1) What problem is the bill addressing? Evidence?
2) How will the bill be funded?
3) Who will enforce the the law?
Step 3: Which bill will be voted on?
Step 4: VOTE 
How can we contribute to gender equality?

7. To what extent are men and women equal. Why or why not
To what extent are men and women equal? Why or why not? Move to the number in the room that best represents your opinion.
1=Totally Equal
4=Totally Unequal `
Brain Burner Entry #6a

8. Which of the following policies should become a law?
Paid maternity leave—Paid time after giving birth to recover and spend time with newborn
Employment quotas for hiring women for government contracts for building highways, stadiums etc.
Public Colleges and University must involve police when there are allegations of sexual violence.
Free access to birth control for any women who chooses
Retaliation Free Work Environment—women get free legal support if they believe they have been retaliated against at work for bringing up pay or questions supervisors gender neutrality.
Which should be a law?