Intended Audience:
First Semester Latin students
Objective:
Students Will Be Able To: analyze the virtues and vices of early Roman heroes [in passages adapted for the first semester Latin student] of Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita for Roman perspectives of gender roles
Essential Questions
·
What is gender? What is the difference
between sex and gender?
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What are gender roles? Are gender roles
good or bad?
·
What are some modern gender roles in our
society?
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Can gender roles change over time?
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What does a culture’s heroes tell us
about their perspectives of gender and gender roles?
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How can studying a culture’s literary
products provide insight into their perspectives and stereotypes?
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What can we learn by comparing different
cultures’ perspectives on gender and sexuality?
