Bridgeman Arts
Workers of Britain, city life, military life, soldiers, women and men in arms factories, pilots, bouncing bomb, fighter aircraft
Clip from Centenary, an award-winning documentary (BISFA Gold Award 1967 best UK documentary) made by Peter Baylis & John Edwards, a duo who won BISFA Gold for a record-breaking three years running. 'Centenary' was sponsored by Vickers &...
PBS
Hemingway and Gender Identity
After watching a short video clip from the documentary Hemingway by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, learners read an article by Ursula Le Guin about gender roles and sexuality. Scholars then consider how an author's concept of gender roles is...
TED-Ed
The Meaning of Life According to Simone de Beauvoir
Meet Simone de Beauvoir, teacher, writer, feminist. Perhaps best known as an existential philosopher, her views on what it means to be a woman upended the post World War II intellectual theatre.
C-SPAN
On This Day: Publication of The Feminine Mystique
When Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique, it was considered a manifesto for women who suffered from the problem that has no name. Clips from authors and historians, as well as the writer herself, help class members consider the...
The Great War
Dancer, Lover, Spy - Mata Hari
Femme fatale? German spy? French spy? Mata Hari's origin story and her espionage during World War I are clouded by the legends surrounding her. With more recently declassified documents, historians have a better understanding of her role...
PBS
Defying Convention | Little Women
Jo's decision not to marry her childhood friend Laurie broke the hearts of many readers—but it also represented Little Women's successful break from traditional nineteenth-century gender roles. A short clip illustrates Jo's desire to...
Macat
An Introduction to Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex
Simone de Beauvoir is considered one of the first feminist philosophers and her book, The Second Sex, is known as one of the most important treatises on feminism. Introduce young philosophers to Beauvoir's ideas with a short video...
Macat
An Introduction to Judith Butler’s Gender Troubles
Is gender decided at conception or at birth? Is it a biological concept or a societal construct? Judith Butler discusses the concept with her thought-provoking Gender Troubles, the key ideas of which are summarized in a short video.
TED-Ed
Are Boys Smarter Than Girls?
Are boys smarter than girls? There's a question guaranteed to get the attention of high school classes. Citing studies of brain function, test performance, and hiring practices, a short video provides much food for thought about how...
TED-Ed
How I Responded to Sexism in Gaming with Empathy
Listen as Lilian Chen describes her experiences with sexism in the Super Smash Brothers gaming community, and explores topics like bullying, gender imbalance, social dynamics, and feminism.
TED-Ed
Four Sisters in Ancient Rome
What was leisurely life like for the young, wealthy women of ancient Rome? Though all records from the period were written by men, this video demonstrates that we are still able to construct some aspects of a woman's daily duties and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Tess of the D'urbervilles 2: The Woman Pays
Students analyze Thomas Hardy's social criticism in this excerpt from Masterpiece's 2008 version of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. When Tess finally reveals her troubled past to Angel, she hopes to be forgiven. Instead, Angel, appalled by...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Gender Roles and Sexism: Lesson 4
This lesson will explore gender roles; matriarchy and patriarchy. Sexism will be defined and Intersectionality Theory will be explored. Symbolic Interaction perspective will be explored in terms of gender inequality. It is 4 of 4 in the...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Conflict Over Gender Role Changes: Lesson 1
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that uneven changes in a cultures attitudes towards gender roles can be a source of/factor in conflict. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Conflict over Gender Role Changes."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Gender in Culture: Lesson 1
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that some cross cultural conflict may arise from different cultures' assignment of gender roles and traits. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Gender in Culture."
Crash Course
Crash Course Sociology #8: Harriet Martineau & Gender Conflict Theory
This video focuses on Harriet Martineau and Gender Conflict Theory. We're exploring another branch of conflict theory: gender conflict theory, with a look at sociology's forgotten founder, Harriet Martineau. We'll also discuss the three...
Crash Course
Crash Course Sociology #32: Gender Stratification
This episode looks at how society becomes stratified along gender lines. We'll discuss Raewyn Connell's concept of hegemonic masculinities and emphasized femininities. We'll explore gender socialization in the home, media, and schools....
Crash Course
Crash Course Sociology #33: Theories of Gender
Why is gender even a thing? To answer that, we're going back to our three sociological paradigms and how each school of thought approaches gender theory. We'll look at the structural-functionalist view that gender is a way of organizing...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Gender Roles and Sexism: Lesson 2
This lesson will explore gender roles; matriarchy and patriarchy. Sexism will be defined and Intersectionality Theory will be explored. Symbolic Interaction perspective will be explored in terms of gender inequality. It is 2 of 4 in the...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: To Kill a Mockingbird: Quotes
Brief video describing the character Scout's quotes regarding her preference toward dressing like and boy and participating in boy-type activities. She makes numerous quotes about not wanting to be a girl and the video involves the...