Student Resources - Chapter 1
Internet Activity 1.1
1. Go to www.feminist.com and spend some time exploring any three issues that may be of concern to feminist writers, such as equality, women’s rights, health, domestic violence, housework, war, contraception etc. – the ‘Ask Amy’ button opens up a range of choices and questions you might find helpful to start. Make brief notes, explaining in each case why the issues you have identified might be of particular interest to feminist writers.
2. Either through www.feminist.com or by searching www.wikipedia.org or Google, look up “liberal feminism”, “radical feminism” and “Marxist” (or “socialist”) feminism and suggest how you think each perspective might view each of the issues you identified in question 1. The following table format may be useful:
| Description of the issue | Why of interest to feminists | Liberal Feminist view | Radical Feminist view | Marxist (or socialist) feminist view | |
| Issue 1 | e.g. cosmetic surgery | ||||
| Issue 2 | |||||
| Issue 3 |
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3. Report back to the rest of your group on the issues you identified and discuss the different approaches to them that might be held by the three feminist approaches identified above.
Multiple Choice Quiz 1
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Matching Exercise 1
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Worksheets
Click here to download the Worksheet on Introducing Sociology. You’ll find these in two formats: as an ordinary handout, and also as a version with spaces left for your answers. You can type the answers directly into the worksheet and print it off to hand in, if your teacher is happy for you to complete the worksheet electronically.
Internet links - 1 Introducing Sociology
- www.feminist.com - An American site devoted to feminist ideas and information. Links to issues such as parenting, domestic labour, sexual harassment and domestic violence.
- www.theory.org.uk/lego-theorists.htm - A lego guide to some social theorists.
- www.sociology.org.uk - An excellent sociology site created for GCSE, AS and A-level students run by Chris Livesey.
- www.atss.org.uk - The site of the Association for the Teaching of the Social Sciences. You will find a range of material, including worksheets, notes and a list of websites of use to sociologists.
- www.chrisgardner.clara.net - Part of the National Grid for Learning, this is a Sociology Learning Support site with some good online quizzes.