Introduction and Video: Feminist Icon
This handout introduces Sontag’s relationship to feminism in Regarding Susan Sontag, and reflects on the issues women face today.
IDENTITY LESSON 1: HANDOUT 1
1 class period (45-60 min)
VIDEOS:
Feminist Icon Video and Transcript
HANDOUTS:
Unit Background
Handout 1
Notes on Sontag (as needed)
About the Film (as needed)
TEACHING PLAN:
- History and Social Studies
People > Women
Themes > Civil Rights
Themes > Culture
Themes > Modern World
Themes > Politics and Citizenship
- Literature and Language Arts
Genre > Biography
Genre > Essay
Place > The Americas
Place > Modern World
- Analysis
- Compare and contrast
- Critical thinking
- Cultural analysis
- Discussion
- Historical analysis
- Interpretation
- Making inferences and drawing conclusions
- Media analysis
- Summarizing
- Synthesis
- Textual analysis
- Vocabulary
- Writing skills
- ELA Reading: 1, 4, 7
- ELA Speaking & Listening: 1-2
- ELA Language: 4
- HSS Reading: 1-4, 7-8
- Screen Regarding Susan Sontag and discuss with our Educational Screening Guide before the lesson.
- Reflection questions may also be assigned as short essays or response papers.