Jada Pinkett-Smith, Willow, and Gammy are hosts of the internationally renowned "Red Table Talk," where family members and A-List celebrities join the Facebook Live streamed conversation about personal and controversial issues. This proposed activity builds upon black feminist thought and utilizes the format of the "Red Table…

Students of gender communication often explore feminist ideologies and the marginalization of women. Thus, one common component of gender communication courses is the examination of women's (feminist) movements and how they counter hegemony that women have historically faced. Namely, these groups speak out against hegemony and work toward…

Though this exercise was originally designed for a first year course in women's studies that emphasizes representations of girls and women, it is also entirely appropriate to students considering matters of gender and sexuality in the fields of media studies, communications, sociology, political science, and cultural studies. This teaching…

As an advanced rhetoric and composition doctoral student, I taught Engl 3135: Visual Rhetoric, a three-credit upper-level course offered by the Department of English at Georgia State University. Mary E. Hocks originally designed this course in 2000 to, in her words, "introduce visual information design theories and practices for writers [and]…

Presents a simulation which can be used in any secondary social studies course to teach about the Equal Rights Amendment. It can be played with as few as ten and as many as 40 students. Playing time varies from three to seven class periods. (RM)

Argues that implementing feminist theory in the literature classroom must deal with issues of text, selection, and reading strategies. Discusses the relationship of the female reader to the literary canon (what is read) and pedagogical practice (how it is read). Presents Jean Rhys' novel "Wide Sargasso Sea" as a model of feminist text…

Discusses beliefs about knowledge, power, authority, and responsibility. Considers the difficulties these formulations create for women writers and how they are similar for student writers. Suggests strategies for infusing personal understandings with professional/academic writings. (SR)

Offers suggestions on ways to introduce a workshop audience (of faculty, teaching assistants, or new composition instructors) to composing as women. Discusses classroom structure, teaching the composing process, the rhetorical situation, designing writing assignments, teaching expository form, using peer review groups, responding to drafts,…

Describes history writing as a social practice that contributes to a radical critique of dominant discourses on gender. Discusses how feminist practices in the history of rhetoric can become an active source of inspiration for the future. Argues that concepts such as positioning and representation can be brought fruitfully into the classroom. (RS)

Readings, activities, and teaching strategies for a secondary unit on black women are included in this teacher handbook. Instructional material is divided into four sections. Following a note on the use of the booklet, section 1 consists of 24 two-page biographies of black women, including Selma Burke, Lena Horne, Leontyne Price, Charlayne…

Discusses how the English teacher can incorporate the principles of women's studies into the regular English curriculum. (EL)

Bibliographies, abstracts, curriculum materials, periodicals, and services focusing on women are included in this annotated bibliography, intended for high school teachers. (RM)

Uses French feminist theory and the imagery of hands to explore what has been called the hidden or atrophied essence of feminism. Explains how pedagogy derived from such a conjunction enables students to write critically, break bonds of domination, and celebrate choice. Shows how to transfer these theories into classroom practice. (HB)

Reviews McIntosh's 1983 theory on the five-phase evolution of scholarship required by increasing feminism. Documents the sequence of the five phases using references to scholarly literature on the psychology of personality. Elaborates on Phase III in which investigators study women as inherently different from men and urges further study and…

Adapts Mary Gergen's (Contemporary Social Psychology, 1988) five central tenets of a feminist research method into an approach for teaching graduate students how to use theory. Includes specific examples of how each of these feminist tenets might be applied. (DSK)