Elizabeth A. Shanahan
toktogyl@yahoo.com
American Women:
Earning Their
Positions In the Workplace
A Web-Quest for ESL
(10th Grade)
Introduction
Women's
issues have become part of the fabric of American culture. Through our class project we will highlight
women' experiences in the workplace. More specifically, their earning power or lack thereof.
Each
one of you have been assigned the task of conducting a
TIPS 6-Point Public Policy Analysis Web-Quest to consider this social
issue. Your work will take you through
defining the social issue, gathering evidence, identifying causes, evaluating a
policy, developing solutions, and ultimately, selecting the best solution.
Scenario
Ms.
Ramos has just interviewed at ShermanBrothers for the
Executive Financial Consultant Position in Acquisitions. She was told she has been hired. Mr. Matthews has just interviewed for the same
position in the Marketing Department. He
too, has been hired.
Both have extensive background in
business and marketing by having worked on Wall Street. They also have MBAs from prestigious private
If you were in Mr.
Ramos' position, what, if anything would you do?
If you were in Mr.
Matthews' position, what if anything would you do?
Focus Questions
Why do you think
there is a difference between salaries made by men and women?
As a social issue,
what do you think are the stated and unstated reasons for the discrepancy
between the wages for men and women?
What social policies
are in place and/or are possible to change the current circumstances?
In your co-operative
learning groups, what social policy changes can you develop that could be
implemented at the national level?
Task
You will work in
co-operative learning groups. Each one
of you will have a job and a task that you will be responsible for. In order to complete the project the group is
depending upon you.
Ï Facilitator - communicates with each member to coordinate
all aspects of
projects
Ï Recorder - types of information
Ï Design Coordinator - takes in members' suggestions on
design of projects
and implements ideas
Ï Research Coordinator - takes in all research found by
members and assists in
its organization for projects
Process
Each
step of the process will be discussed within one class period following the
6-Point Public Policy Analysis.
Download/Print each page for each member in your group in order to
follow along.
Web Quest
You'll
gather resources by taking a look at national statistical information as well
as current articles. You'll go through a
web-quest by using the following:
Resources
You
will utilize a web-quest. Find
information within the following web-sites:
Presentation
Your
group's project will be:
Ï an oral-in-class presentation
utilizing the
6-Point Public Policy Analysis
You
will be required to hand in:
Ï 6-Point Public Policy Analysis Worksheets
Rubric for
Assessment
Ï |
Needs Improvement Excellent |
Research & Analysis Do your responses
to the research questions reflect thorough, careful research? |
1 2 3 4 5 |
Analysis Process Do your 6-Point
Public Policy Analysis worksheets reflect a well thought out analysis of the
social issue and development of the policy? |
1 2 3 4 5 |
Public Policy Have you formulated
effective feasible public policy in response to the problem? |
1 2 3 4 5 |
Group Work & Class Presentation Have you conducted
yourselves professionally during class time while doing your research and
while presenting your findings to the class? |
1 2 3 4 5 |
Civics,
Citizenship, and Government
Students
will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of
the necessity for establishing governments;
the governmental
system of the
States
Constitution; the basic civic values of American
constitutional
democracy; and the roles, rights, and responsibilities of
citizenship,
including avenues of participation.
E1c Reads and comprehends information
materials.
E2a Produce a report of information.
E3b Participate in group meetings.
E6a Critique public documents with an eye to
strategies common in public
discourse.
E6b Produce public documents.
E7a Critique functional documents with an eye
to strategies common to
effective
functional documents.
E7b Produce functional documents appropriate
to audience and purpose.
Acknowledgements
TIPS for a great workshop
ClipArt.com for graphics
Ms. Brenda Santos for her example