Oklahoma Social Studies USH.C.7.2.E
The Standard
- USH.C.7
- Analyze the cause and effects of significant domestic events and policies impacting the lives of American citizens.
- USH.C.7.2
- Examine how the Civil Rights Movement intersected with various other movements for individual rights and liberties.
Compare the changing roles of women including the goals of the Women’s Liberation Movement and the National Organization of Women, comparing the views of Betty Friedan and Phyllis Schlafly.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · USH.C.7.2
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students trace changes in women's work, family roles, and legal rights from the 1950s through the 1970s. They compare the goals of the wider women's liberation movement and NOW, then explain why Betty Friedan and Phyllis Schlafly disagreed about the Equal Rights Amendment.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can name a goal NOW pursued and explain how it fit within the wider movement. They use evidence from Friedan and Schlafly to explain why Friedan supported the Equal Rights Amendment and Schlafly opposed it.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat NOW and the whole women's liberation movement as the same group. They may assume Schlafly opposed women working outside the home, or think the Equal Rights Amendment became law.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Name one goal NOW pursued and one change in women's roles from the 1950s to the 1970s. Then explain one difference between Friedan's and Schlafly's views of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs short excerpts from NOW, Friedan, and Schlafly to sort by claim, then have them underline the evidence for each choice.
Ask students to write: Would the Equal Rights Amendment expand or threaten women's choices? Use one Friedan quote and one Schlafly quote.
Play a claim-matching game with cards labeled Friedan, Schlafly, NOW, and the wider movement; students justify each match.
Compare a teacher-provided 1970s job ad with a current ad for the same job, and circle differences in gender wording.
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