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ERIC Number: EJ404430
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Reference Count: 0
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Sex and Pay: A Lesson in Discrimination.
Blake, Norv
Social Education, v54 n1 p53-55 Jan 1990
Discusses an innovative approach to introduce high school students to the subject of wage differentials between men and women. The lesson involves giving the boys in class 67 percent of their true grade on an examination. The discussion that follows is designed to create empathy and the knowledge that injustice is not easily solved. (GG)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Comparable Worth, Economics, Females, Justice, Salaries, Secondary Education, Sex Discrimination, Sex Fairness, Social Bias, Social Discrimination, Social Studies, Wages, Womens Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Pay Equity