ENGLISH
PERIODS 6 AND 7
March
12, 2001
Project
for Women’s History Month
Aim:
How do we improve our reading, comprehension, and analytical skills (projects)?
STANDARDS
ADRESSED: Reading (E1), Writing (E1), Literature (E5), Conventional Usage of
English Grammar (E4)
To
appreciate the role of history and historical figures in our lives.
Instructions: Choose one person from the list and do a research project on the life, contribution to the development to the status of women, and to society as a whole.
1.
Florence
Nightingale
2.
St.
Joan of Arc
3.
Indira
Gandhi
4.
Benazir
Bhutto
5.
Eleanor
Roosevelt
6.
Fannie
Lou Hamer
7.
Dorothy
Height
8.
Corazon
Aquino
9.
Dame
Nita Barrow
10.
Edna
Manley
11.
Winnie
Mandela
12.
Grace
Machel
13.
Mae
Jemison