Have students use the questions to interview 5 girls of different ages, and draw two conclusions based on their findings. Teacher assesses students' prior knowledge by having students discuss what they discovered in their interviews of women and girls in their own community. Teacher records student questions generated for their interviews. Class organizes and ranks these questions, choosing the most important ten questions. Organize students into teams of three.
Students use the ten common questions generated by the class as they search the bookmarked sites.
Each team creates a chart comparing and contrasting the status of girls in the society they are studying and with their own. The entire class then sits in a circle and discusses similarities and differences. Review the writing process with students. For homework, students each write a personal narrative from the point of view of a girl living in the society under study, using a computer and word processing software, such as Word. If two classes in the same or different schools are simultaneously using this lesson, you can create a global classroom by having your students e-mail students in the other class.