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LUCILLE
BALL, THE 1950'S
AND THE CULT OF DOMESTICITY
II.
LESSON PLAN CONTENT
I
Love Lucy: Media and the Cult
of Domesticity in 1950s America
II. The Day of
the Lesson
A) The Cult of
Domesticity & The American
Media in the 1950s
- Discuss “From
Rosie to Lucy” and “Beyond
the Feminine Mystique”
as a class. (See
section "Before the Lesson")
- In particular,
be sure to address what is meant
by “the cult of domesticity.”
One of the central ideas of
the Meyerowitz article is that
magazines and other print media
did not always support the cult
of domesticity; they often challenged
social conventions. Be sure
to discuss this point. 15 MINUTES
- Divide the
students into groups (we have
enough material to divide the
students into up to 8 different
groups, but this is not necessary
for smaller classes). Each student
will receive a copy of every
single primary source (they’ll
need these later to write their
essays). Each student will also
receive a note -taking sheet
to record what other groups
report. 10 MINUTES
- Each group
will be assigned one of the
following articles or image
sets: 15 MINUTES
- The group will
read or examine the source and
then answer the following questions:
1) What is
the source?
2) What does
it say?
3) Does the
source reflect a crack in
or a reinforcement of the
cult of domesticity?
- Each group
will report its findings to
the class as a whole. 10 MINUTES
B) I Love
Lucy: A Case Study
- Discuss Lucy
(based on the short section
in the A.P. textbook). 5 MINUTES
- Each student
will receive a sheet to take
notes on.
- Show excerpts
of “Job Switching”
(September 15, 1952) 15 MINUTES
- Discuss the
episode. 5 MINUTES
- Show excerpts
of “Lucy Does a TV Commercial”
(May 5, 1952) 15 MINUTES
- Discuss the
episode. 5 MINUTES
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