Women's+History

** Resources for Teaching Women's History **
Libary of congress: [] **LEARN NC:** Tory Felle from LEARN NC has selected several resources from their collections to help your students learn about the many contributions of women, whether you’re celebrating Women’s History Month (every March) or giving your students a place to start their research on women’s suffrage. Listed below is just a sampling of what they have to offer. If you click the title, you will go directly to the lesson plan. There is an additional link to lesson plans as well as web resources. These three (or four) 45-minute lessons will introduce Kindergarteners and first graders to “Women’s History Month.” The students listen to the story of author Gloria Houston’s great-aunt, Arizona Houston Hughes. During and following the listening and viewing experiences, the students will discuss their experiences with women in their own history who are helping them become good citizens and grow up well. ||< [|How Do I Look to You?] In this lesson, students will evaluate public service posters and a grooming pamphlet to determine if and how propaganda was used to improve the health of children, and define acceptable appearances for young women in the 1930s.
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|| In this lesson for grade 8, students analyze a newspaper article about motherhood from a North Carolina newspaper in 1845 and compare it to descriptions of motherhood from other contemporary sources. Students will also compare these antebellum descriptions to the modern debates over mothers’ roles in American society. || [|“A Female Raid” in 1863: Using Newspaper Coverage to Learn About North Carolina’s Civil War Homefront] (Grades 8 and 11) In this lesson plan, students will use original newspaper coverage to learn about a raid on local stores by Confederate soldier’s wives in March 1863 in Salisbury, North Carolina, and use that historical moment to explore conscription, life on the homefront, economic issues facing North Carolina merchants, the challenges of wartime politics, and the role of newspaper editors in shaping public opinion.
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|| This lesson examines the lives of women in Southern Appalachia and other areas of the south during the Civil War and focuses particular attention on analyzing the historical stereotypes of women of the 19th-century. (Grade 11) || This lesson includes primary sources from Documenting the American South specifically related to North Carolina women involved in reform movements characteristic of the Progressive era. For the most part, these documents detail women’s work in education-related reform and describe the creation of schools for women in the state. They also demonstrate that, as was true in the rest of the nation, the progressive, female reformers of N.C. were segregated based on race and socio-economic status. || In this lesson, students use oral history excerpts and photographs to learn about the women’s suffrage movement in the United States from a variety of perspectives. (Grades 11-12) || In this lesson, students will analyze images and a home demonstration pamphlet, a Cooperative Extension Work document from the Green ‘N’ Growing collection at Special Collections Research Center at North Carolina State University Libraries. The primary sources will help students assess the roles, opportunities, and achievements of women beginning in 1950. (Grades 11–12) || [|**More lesson plans about women**]
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[|American Women: A Gateway to the Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women’s History and Culture in the United States] A companion of the print publication “American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women’s History and Culture in the United States” and a gateway to the Library of Congress’s multimedia resources related to women such as manuscripts, recorded sounds, moving images, and maps. [|Women of Our Time] From the National Portrait Gallery, photographic portraits and biographical information on some of America’s famous and influential women. The site also includes information on the styles of artists and their views regarding portraiture. [|Celebrating Women’s History Month] From Gale Publishing, a collection of activities and biographies about women in history. Includes a quiz about women and their achievements, a timeline of significant events, and updated information on the 2009 National Women’s History Project, which honors women in the environmental movement. [|Three Hundred Women Who Changed the World] Encyclopedia Britannica offers this extensive site with biographies of women who made their mark in history. The site differs from many similar sites in that it includes information about women whose impact wasn’t necessarily positive, as well as those who changed the world for the better. Video and audio recordings are available, including many recordings of the women themselves. [|Women Pioneers in American Memory] From the Library of Congress’ American Memory Learning Page, stories of women struggling for equality from the mid-19th century to the present day. The site contains images, first person journals, diaries, and letters of women involved in westward migration, suffrage, struggles for equality, the workforce, and contemporary life. [|Women Soldiers of the Civil War] Article from the National Archives about several women who enlisted as men into the ranks of both the Union and Confederate armies of the American Civil War. Photographs of some of these women and a discharge document for a soldier discharged because she was a woman are included. [|“Votes for Women” Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920] The Library of Congress’ American Memory provides this website about the campaign for women’s suffrage in the U.S. The site features portraits of leaders in the movement, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Julia Ward Howe, and Mary Church Terrell. The collection also highlights images of suffrage parades and women picketing for the right to vote. [|WASP on the Web] A website with activities and information shared in honor of the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots of WWII. The site includes official documents, records, statistics, audio clips of speeches, photographs, a crossword puzzle, a virtual coloring book, a virtual paper doll, the opportunity to email or chat with a retired WASP, facts, a timeline, articles written about the women (beginning with those written in 1943), quotations, a glossary, and digital postcards. [|Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II] Eight women journalists, photographers, and broadcasters of World War II and their works are featured on this site. There are links to other important sites, including the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Additionally, there is a list of accredited women correspondents from the World War II period. [|Kodak e-Magazine: American Cowgirl] Kodak presents the //American Cowgirl// website to document the history of women in the rodeo. Includes a series of three movies and the article “From Ranchers to Rodeo Stars: The History of Women in Rodeo” by Joanie Stewart, which is accompanied by black and white vintage photography. [|Women’s Adventures in Science] The National Academy of Science presents this interactive site for students, highlighting the lives and work of ten women scientists. Includes science labs, an “ask a scientist” feature, games, and a parent/educator guide. [|Biographies of Women Mathematicians] From Agnes Scott College, an extensive set of biographies illustrating the numerous achievements of women in the field of mathematics. Also includes information on the first women to earn Ph.D’s in mathematics before 1930 and prizes, awards, and honors for female mathematicians. [|National Museum of Women in the Arts] The NMWA is the only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to recognizing the contributions of women artists. Discover a wealth of information about the museum, selected artists, the collection, and glimpses of the museum’s exhibits. Artist profiles feature the lives of selected women artists and samples of their work in online portfolios. [|**More websites about women**]
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