Teaching Guide: Subtle Discrimination
Students will learn about subtle discrimination, its negative effects on the careers of women in physics and astronomy, and strategies to eliminate it from the workplace and classroom.
Participants at a 1992 Space Telescope Science Institute workshop which drafted and signed the Baltimore Charter for Women in Astronomy. Photo credited to NASA and ESA.
Students will learn about subtle discrimination, its negative effects on the careers of women in physics and astronomy, and strategies to eliminate it from the workplace and classroom.
Grade level(s): 9-12
Guide subjects: Contemporary, History, Physics
Minority Group(s): Women
In-class time: 50-70 minutes
Prep time: 15-30 minutes
Technology Requirements: Audio/Video required, Student web access optional
Common Core Standards: Speaking & Listening, History/Social Studies, Subject Writing