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Lesson Plan
Social Science Education Consortium

Ssec: Women's Wages: Do Women Earn Less Than Men? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This investigation will help students examine data related to wage and salaries earned by women and men, including the following questions: What is the current status of women's earnings in relation to men's? and What may influence the...
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Website
Other

Us Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

For Students 9th - 10th
The official site for EEOC. Identifies types of discrimination, filing a charge of discrimination, laws, regulations, and guidance.
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Primary
Other

Eeoc: Equal Pay Act of 1963: Full Text

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the 1963 Equal Pay Act which ensured equal pay for women.
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Handout
Digital History

Digital History: Feminism Reborn

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive survey of the women's movement during the 1960s and 1970s documents women and politics, women's wages, legal discrimination against women, stereotypes of women, women's rights legislation, and women's rights...
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Article
Other

Afl Cio: Time for Working Women to Earn Equal Pay

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the impact of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in achieving equal pay for women. Links to related articles.