Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - Ederle Swims English Channel

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing instructional activity learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the first woman to swim the English Channel. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Swim the Open Sea: Analyzing Duel Vectors

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
This dual vector lesson has the class watch a video about a person's swim of the English Channel. The class then uses a computer program to analyze dual vectors of wind's effect on a flight path of a plane as compared to the water...
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Gertrude Ederle, First Woman to Swim the English Channel

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about Gertrude Ederle.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Swim the Open Sea: Analyzing Dual Vectors

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will explore the accomplishment and societal repercussions of Gertrude Ederle being the first woman to swim the English Channel. They will also model vectors representing the currents she had to face to accomplish these...
Article
A&E Television

History.com: The First Woman to Swim the English Channel Beat the Men's Record by Two Hours

For Students 9th - 10th
It was August 6, 1926, the day that an American, Gertrude Ederle, was poised to become the first woman to swim the English Channel. Only five men had ever swum the waterway before. The challenges included quickly changing tides, six-foot...