The Feminine Mystique Activities & Classroom Projects

Fun Classroom Activities

The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help your students understand the text in amusing ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities, brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and more that will allow your students to interact with each other, be creative, and ultimately grasp key concepts from the text by "doing" rather than simply studying.

1. Pin the Pot on the Housewife!

Students should be blindfolded and given a little paper pot to "pin" on a apron wearing woman, symbolic of the housewife.

2. Recipe Clue!

Student should design a version of the game Clue with recipe ingredients.

3. Design Your Own Clothes!

Student should create their own patterns for clothing, much like the housewives of the 1950s era did.

4. In the Kitchen Debate!

Girls attempt to justify why their place is only in the kitchen and...
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