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Sharing the Stage: Biography and Gender in Western Civilization: Volume I
Sharing the Stage Biography and Gender in Western Civilization Volume I Author:Slaughter, Jane Slaughter, Melissa K. Bokovoy This chronologically arranged reader, designed as a supplement for the introductory western civilization course, centers on paired biographies of European men and women in a variety of private and public relationships. The selections explore gender issues and women's history by including biographies of one man and one woman per chapter. Whi... more »le focusing on two individuals, each chapter also includes background on the political and social climate of the period, as well as brief introductions to relevant historical figures.
The reader addresses three major teaching problems often found in the Western Civilization course: how to integrate women's history into traditional political and social narratives; how to explain to students that gender operates historically and that gender norms and constructs apply to both men and women; and how to capture and maintain student interest in distant events that seem to have little relevance to their lives.
Review questions conclude each chapter and every source has an introduction and focus questions.