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Petition of Amelia Bloomer Regarding Suffrage in the West

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the role of Amelia Jenks Bloomer in the struggles for suffrage and political reform. They consider the factors involved in political socialization and compile webliographies of their research materials.
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Susan B. Anthony Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students demonstrate reading comprehension skills, including reading strategies, inference, literal meaning, and critical analysis.
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The Acadian Diaspora

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the Acadian Diaspora of 1755. They read the Acadian Diaspora and discuss the readability, characters, cultures, and psychology of the storyline. They write a reaction paper of journal entry and share and discuss them...
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King Arthur's Family Tree

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students examine the genealogy of King Arthur. They create a poster of his family tree and shares with the class. They also place other key figures of the time period on the poster to put his life in perspective.
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Del Corazon

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students examine family traditions. They develop a list of family traditions, explore an artist website, read a biography about a selected artist, write a description and critique of an art piece, and write a description of a family...
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Famous Hoosiers: Madam C. J. Walker

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study Madam Walker's contribution to Indiana and US history. They study how important women have been in Indiana's history through this series of lessons.
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Martha Goes To War!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate how women went to war and the contributions that they have made in history. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to create a class presentation and answer some...
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WHEN JOHNNY CAME MARCHING HOME

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the roles of men and women throughout history.
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The Building Blocks of the Nation

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students research, document, use the Internet, and employ varied computer skills, along with oral communication skills to discover people who have "made history" in Michigan, women in the United States, people who contributed to our...
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Country: Africa

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students access a variety of Africa themed websites. They locate information about African people, governments, languages and culture. They interact with timelines and explore African history or art.
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Kimonos

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners create their own kimono design after researching the history, tradition, and techniques of kimono design and production. This art instructional activity can be connected easily to the Language Arts and/or Social Sciences.
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Pulsar Stars And Black Holes

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the discovery of pulsar stars, and the characteristics of pulsar stars. Theories and ideas behind black holes are discussed. The issues of women's historical role in science are also touched on.
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How Michigan Law Affects You

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how the laws in Michigan affect their lives. They use primary source documents to analyze the state's history. They discuss laws pertaining to women as well.
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Tolerance: Gender Issues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore why some professions have been gender-dominant in the past. In this lesson, students identify some professions that have typically had one specific gender employed in the past, then research that job to see when it...
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The Walk

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students gather information from the local community about a walking trail. They create a brochure highlighting the women from the community. They walk to every site in which women made an impact.
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Gee's Bend Quilts One

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify analogous and contemporary colors on the color wheel and identify the five facts about the quilts, women, and community of Gees Bend. Finally, 3rd graders pinned their fabric pieces to the copy paper in the exact...
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Girls Speak Out

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars discuss "education" and gender equity. They examine primary sources (video clips) of women/girls who do not have the privilege of an education. They create a pamphlet that will be used to publicize the issue of girls'...
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The Story of Magic: Centuries of Deception

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils examine the history of magic and the men and women who practice the art. The Story of Magic would be useful for classes on Religion, Culture, Mythology, Physics and Psychology. It is appropriate for middle school and high school.
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Profiles of Alaska Native Leaders

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students reserach an Alaska Native leader. They present their report to the class and then write an essay in which they reflect on their understandings of the history of Alaska Natives.
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The Impact of AIDS in Africa and its Effect on the United States

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explain the social devastation visited on seven nations of sub-Saharan Africa by the AIDS pandemic, with particular emphasis on the damage to educational systems, women, and Students.
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Chinese Games

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the concepts related to the development of Chinese Games. They work with the teacher to point out important events in history that are related to their development and the influence of games upon the Chinese culture.
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Reform Movements

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the reform movements in connection to the suffering of women, African American rights, temperance and prohibition, education reform, etc... They brainstorm in groups in order to come up a historical analysis of the...
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Family Life

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the lives of families in two different centuries. They compare the 1600's to the 1800's. Students write an essay about the differences and how they developed in history. Special attention is paid to the external...
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Quilting Connections

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students research online an influential woman, then create on the computer a quilt block with text and graphics. Quilt blocks are then printed and combined to form a quilt of connections.

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