Dr. Thomas R. Maddux

 Gender Roles and Separate Spheres:
   Women in Colonial America

  I.   Introduction - Social History vs the History of GDWM
        . Classroom Participation:  List Five Famous Colonial Men
          and Five Famous Colonial Women

 II.  European Contact vs Native Ways of Life
        . Quaker Missionaries and "Man's" Work

        . Breaking Stereotypical Myths
                . The Strong and "Powerful" Fur Trader and
                  the Not-So-"Dependent" Native Women

III. Matriarchy vs Patriarchy
        . Matrilineal/Matrilocal
        . The Laws of Primogeniture
        . femme sole
        . femme covert

IV. New England Household Economy
        . Interdependent
        . Classroom Participation: "How to Make a Stew"

 V.   Conclusion - Connect Men's History to History and
        . Learning About Famous People Is Not What Social History
          Is About.
        . How Gender Shapes the Life Experiences of Ordinary Men 
          and Women paints us a more complete picture about the American experience, as a whole.