This activity brings together Sisneros et al.’s (2008) Web of Oppression, the concept of intersectionality, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The lesson plan presents two options for discussing the relationship between intersectionality, the Web of Oppression, and issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic:

• In Option 1, participants are provided with a short reading about intersectionality and several articles on how COVID-19 has impacted different marginalized groups. Then, using the Web of Oppression, they will discuss how people with interconnected, marginalized identities face greater health and economic consequences as a result of the pandemic. This approach is primarily cognitive. 
• In Option 2, participants will do their own research on how different communities represented on the Web of Oppression have been affected by COVID-19. Then, after watching two videos, they will discuss the term intersectionality and how it connects to the Web of Oppression and issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This approach is more constructivist.