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Equality First: The Royal Commission on the Status of Women In 1967, Prime Minister Lester Pearson struck a commission to “inquire into the status of women in Canada and to recommend what steps might by taken by the Federal Government to ensure for women equal opportunities with men in all aspects of Canadian identity.” In these activities, students will have an opportunity to understand life for women at the time, to define feminism and understand their own view of it, to evaluate the implementation of the commission today, and to write a speech about one of the issues raised by the commission.		CBC Archives Topic: Equality First: The Royal Commission on the Status of Women

		Exploring the topic in class:

		Introductory Activity Grades 6-8

			What Women Want
			To understand the issues that were addressed by the Royal Commission on the Status of Women
			Subject: History, Social Studies

		Assignment Grades 6-8

			'A Woman's Place'
			To write a personal response to a series of arguments
			Subject: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies

		Assignment Grades 9-10

			Defining Feminism
			To examine the meaning of the term feminism
			Subject: English Language Arts, Social Studies

		Grades 9-10

			Speaking of Women
			To research, prepare, and deliver a persuasive speech on a topic of personal interest
			Subject: English Language Arts, Social Studies

		Project Grades 11-12

			Canadian Women: Their Extraordinary Contributions
			To conduct Web-based research project using audio and visual sources; to refine writing skills in the objective and subjective voice; to organize, write, and lay out a magazine
			Subject: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies

		Assignment Grades 11-12

			Updating the Royal Commission on the Status of Women
			To evaluate and update the recommendations of a report
			Subject: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies

 
 
 

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