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Aim/Goal: How can we compare women of India and Pakistan? Do Now: What are human rights? Aim: How can we compare the women of India and Pakistan? Do Now: What are human rights? Homework: Choose a female in American history and compare her to the work of Gandhi & Bhutto. (Suggestions: Hilary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Sonia Sotomayor, & Eleanor Roosevelt) Feel free to use someone who was not suggested, as long as they are a significant historical figure. Slide 2 Aim/Goal: How can we compare women of India and Pakistan? Do Now: What are human rights? Life for a Woman in Pakistan (copy this) Women are subordinate to men Man's honor resides with women of his family. Women are responsible for maintaining the family honor. Society limits women's mobility, behavior and activities. Men and women are separated. Space is allocated to and used differently by men and women. Slide 3 Aim/Goal: How can we compare women of India and Pakistan? Do Now: What are human rights? The Burka A burka is a dress made from felt Women are covered from head to toe with only a small area for the eyes. Slide 4 Aim/Goal: How can we compare women of India and Pakistan? Do Now: What are human rights? Life for Women in India The status of women in India has had many changes From a largely unknown status in ancient times through the low points of the medieval period, to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers, the history of women in India has been eventful. Slide 5 Aim/Goal: How can we compare women of India and Pakistan? Do Now: What are human rights? Outlawed Sati : widow was burned alive on her husband's funeral pyre. Voluntary but some women were forced. Outlawed by the British in 1829. Jauhar: voluntary burning the wives/daughters of defeated warriors, in order to avoid capture by the enemy. Purdah: women to cover their bodies to conceal their form. This is not a religious practice. Devadasi: religious practice, in which women are "married" to a temple. Established by the 10th century A.D. (similar to a convent) Many times these women were sexually exploited. Slide 6 Aim/Goal: How can we compare women of India and Pakistan? Do Now: What are human rights? Sari Female garment in worn in India A sari is a strip of unstitched cloth that is draped over the body in various styles. wrapped around the waist, with one end then draped over the shoulder baring the midriff. The sari is a symbol of India. Slide 7 Aim/Goal: How can we compare women of India and Pakistan? Do Now: What are human rights? What is different/same about the clothes of Pakistani and Indian women? Slide 8 Aim/Goal: How can we compare women of India and Pakistan? Do Now: What are human rights? Indira Gandhi and Benizir Bhutto Read the articles on both women Create a Y chart in your note book to compare and contrast these women.