INTRODUCTION
Famous men are a part of our history. We have
all studied them. Women have been overlooked for far too long.
Women have made many contributions to our history and society. March
is Women's History Month.
This March each of you will be studying a famous woman from our history.
You will be working on this project while I'm conducting the voting of
the Golden Sowers.
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TASK
The class will be learning about famous women
from our history. You will gather information from written sources
and Web sources trying to discover why these women are remembered yet today.
By the end of the project each of you will have produced a Women's Trading
Card.
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PROCESS
1. Each of you will draw a slip of paper containing
the name of a famous woman. I
will keep the master list on the front post in the library.
2. You will have an E-sheet and worksheet
to record the required information about your research person. Click
here to get a copy of your work-sheet. (To
be done in the library.) Click here to get your copy of your E-sheet.
(To be done in the computer lab.) These will be turned in for a grade
at the end of the project. Be sure to use complete sentences.
3. In the Resource section there will
be links for you to go to on the Web for some information and a list of
required written texts for you to use.
4. You will be allowed to work in the
library and the computer lab to do your research. Record your answers
on your worksheets and E-sheets. Please remember to use complete
sentences.
5. At the end of the fourth class, each
of you will have printed a Woman's Trading Card. (Much like a baseball
card.) This card will include a picture of your famous woman, her
birthdate and deathdate, her place of birth, why she is remembered today,
and an interesting fact about her.
6. There is an extra-credit
quiz on the internet that you can take.
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RESOURCES
You will need to use the following printed resources during your search:
Here are some links that will help you find information on the Web:
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EVALUATION
There will be a rubric to help determine your
grade in the research that you did and the trading card that you printed.
Click
here to view the rubric. Remember that you can earn an extra
4 points by doing the extra credit quiz.
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CONCLUSION
After a month of doing research on famous
women from our past, you should have a better understanding on the role
that they played in making our country what it is today. They have
been overlooked for far too long. By doing research on their acomplishments
and sharing them with the rest of the class and the school by displaying
your trading cards on the hall bulletin board, you are doing your part
to say "Thank You"to the women of our past and future.
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