Setbacks in Women's Equality

That's News to Me

Low Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this lesson featuring modified business-related content from The Washington Post, students read about how the coronavirus pandemic has caused setbacks to women's equality. This lesson features vocabulary, comprehension questions, and discussion questions.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

estimate
century
equality
annual
policy
wealth
rank
poverty

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