Women in Politics from the History Channel

  1. Watch video: Women in Politics from the History Channel
    Link to video (Links to an external site.)
    Discussion Question for Notes: Gather some information about any well-known woman in politics and include highlights of her career in your notes. Be prepared to discuss this woman during our meeting. Please advise each other of which woman you have chosen so we have 3 different ones to learn about. NOTE: You should let each other know who you have chosen by Sunday evening. First come, first serve.
  2. Watch this video: Let's try emotional correctness
    LINK (Links to an external site.)
    Discussion Question for Notes: Why is this video important in understanding women and their participation in electoral politics?
  3. Review this webpage from the Pew Institute: Long-standing gender gap in presidential voting
    LINK (Links to an external site.)
    AND
    Review this webpage article from the Pew Institute: The Gender Gap in presidential voting
    LINK (Links to an external site.)
    Discussion Question for Notes: Based on the chart in the 2nd article what are the most important factors in addition to gender that made a woman more likely to vote for Hilary Clinton in 2016?
  4. Review this webpage article: How Americans describe what society values in men and women
    LINK (Links to an external site.)
    Discussion Question for Notes: Based on what you have read so far in this course or from other information you have studied, what is a likely reason for the differences this author describes?