Instructions: For this second essay, please expand on your in-class writing, discussion board posts, and class discussion by responding to the following questions. Your essay should be about 500 words (2 pages double-spaced, in 12 point font). You can turn your essay in on Blackboard OR as a post on Open Lab. If you make a post on Open Lab, you can write in the text box or “Add Media” and upload your document. Make sure to select Essay #2 as your category for the post.
Respond to one of the following prompts (and make clear to which prompt your essay responds):
PROMPT #1: Compare and contrast the materials from Modules 3+ 4 + 5. How has the feminist movement changed, morphed, and grown between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? Why are these changes important Give examples from specific texts to make your argument.
PROMPT #2: Pick 2 readings from Modules 4 + 5 and do a close read. What are some of the ways that feminists in the 1960s and 1980s understand the world around them, what issues are of concern, and why? Select at least one quote from each reading to discuss and analyze. Include your response to the text as well– do these readings resonate with you? Why or why not? Are there connections can you make to the texts?
