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Charlotte Perkins GilmanA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Use these questions or activities to help gauge students’ familiarity with and spark their interest in the context of the work, giving them an entry point into the text itself.
What prejudices have women faced both traditionally and now? What are the causes of these prejudices? What are the effects?
Teaching Suggestion: Consulting the links for support, lead students beyond a list of prejudices to consider the causes of gender discrimination historically and now. Students should also consider effects in terms of economic, political, and social spheres.
Personal Connection Prompt
This prompt can be used for in-class discussion, exploratory free-writing, or reflection homework before reading the poem.
Discuss a task that you have completed or tried to complete that was hindered by an obstacle. Consider the term “obstacle” in its broadest sense to include psychological barriers, emotional barriers, and social barriers as well as physical barriers.
Teaching Suggestion: Create a class web with the term “obstacles” in the center.
By Charlotte Perkins Gilman