Jobs Women Couldn't Do Before
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Jobs Women Couldn't Do Before

Explore how women’s access to different professions has changed over time in this 60-minute B1 ESL lesson for teens and adults. Students learn vocabulary related to jobs, equal rights, opportunities, and workplace barriers through reading, vocabulary practice, and discussion activities.

Skills

  • Can recognise significant points in straightforward news articles on familiar subjects.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

Read these facts. Which one surprised you the most and why?

1
Women were not allowed to be firefighters in many places until the late 20th century.
2
The U.S. Navy banned women from serving on submarines until 2010.
3
Women were not allowed to join police forces in many countries before the 1900s.
4
Women could not become judges in many places until legal reforms during the 1900s.
5
Women were often excluded from mining jobs because of safety and social rules.
6
Before the 1970s, many companies refused to hire women for engineering and construction jobs.
Your answer:
2

Read the text. Pay attention to the words in bold.

3

Match the words with the definitions.

4

Can You Spot the Target Words in These Sentences?

5

Complete the sentences.

6

Discuss these questions.