Rationale Following a unit on the book A Vindication of the Rights of Women, by Mary Wollstonecraft, students in a twelfth grade English class will research the reasons that lead hundreds of thousands of American women into lives of prostitution, oppression, and patriarchal domination despite overt appearances of gender equality and upward vocational mobility. Students will work in groups, each investigating an area of possible causation such as economic stratification, familial disunity, abuse, drug use, …showed first 75 words of 1205 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1205 total…severity of prostitution far surpasses that of the United States. Perhaps some students might endeavor to research the topic and determine the differences between prostitution in the two countries, including social and familial treatment of prostitutes. Assessment Students will be assessed using a group paper and individual oral presentations. Use of Technology Students will use the internet to do individual and group research, visit interactive web sites (if applicable) and video-tape oral and group presentations.