Women’s History Month
A WebQuest for 1st Grade/2nd
Grade Social Studies
Designed by
Sandra Hendershot
skiddohendershot@hotmail.com
Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher
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Introduction
Do you like history? Can you think of a woman who made history by doing
something courageous? March is “Women’s History Month”. This is a special
time that we can learn about women who have impacted our lives through
their valiant actions.
You have been selected to travel back in time to interview women who made
history! You can travel back a few months, a few years, or even a few
centuries! You will meet these women, learn about them, and then write a
biography about them.
The Task
Individually, your task is to seek out 1 woman whose choices and
courageous acts made history. You will find out as much information about
this woman as you can, and then create a poster, with a timeline, depicting
this person’s life and achievements. You will then present your biography to
the class.
After each biography is presents, we will create a giant timeline, placing
each woman’s accomplishments in order.
The Process
1. First, choose a woman you would like to research. Go to the following
websites for ideas:
Amelia Earhart http://www.history.com/topics/amelia-earhart
Rosa Parks http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0gal-1
Helen Keller http://www.biography.com/people/helen-keller-9361967
Sally Ride http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ride-sk.html
Mother Theresa
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/teresabio.html
Rhonda Scott Cornum: POW of Persian Gulf War
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp-stories/loc.natlib.afc2001001.19247/
Abigail Adams http://www.biography.com/people/abigail-adams9175670
Eleanor Roosevelt
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Eleanor_Roosevelt
Michelle Obama http://www.biography.com/people/michelle-obama307592
Susan B. Anthony http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/herstory/biography.php
Pocahontas http://www.history.com/topics/pocahontas
Harriet Beecher Stowe
http://www.americancivilwar.com/women/hbs.html
Harriet Tubman
http://www.americancivilwar.com/women/harriet_tubman.html
Women of the American Revolutionary War
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women_american_revolutio
n/
2. Once you've picked a woman to study, research this person, and on a
sheet of paper, write down important dates, such as birth date, death
date, marriage, children, and their great accomplishments.
3. Next, create a timeline, with the dates that you have written down. To
see how to create a timeline, go to http://www.teachnology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/. You can choose a vertical
or a horizontal timeline. Follow the directions, and then print out your
final paper.
4. Find images of the person you are studying about. Try to find at least
3 different pictures, such as when they were a child, when they were
an adult, and a picture of them working. Print these out.
5. In your journal, write about what you have learned about this person.
Organize your ideas, and plan out your poster.
6. Create your poster! Be creative, but neat. Make sure you include the
timeline, pictures, and biography.
Evaluation
You will be graded on the amount of information you find on your selected
person, and how well you present it in your final poster. You will also be
graded on your participation on the classroom timeline.
Beginning
1
Student
chose 1
woman to
learn about
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not choose a
woman from
our history
to study.
Developing Accomplished Exemplary Score
2
3
4
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a woman to
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timeline with
3-4 dates.
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time.
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shows full
participation.
Conclusion
After completing this WebQuest, you will have a better idea about the
different things that women have done to impact our history, and our future!
I hope that at least one of these women has inspired you (even if you’re a
boy) to be courageous, and not be afraid to try something new!
Credits & References
A big thanks goes out to the following groups of people who helped make
this WebQuest possible:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp-stories/loc.natlib
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/women_american_revolution
http://susanbanthonyhouse.org
www.achievement.org
www.amazon.com for Let's Read About-- Rosa Parks (Scholastic First
Biographies)
www.americancivilwar.com
www.biography.com
www.history.com
www.jsc.nasa.gov
www.newworldencyclopedia.org
www.nobelprize.org
www.scholastic.com for A girl named Helen Keller by Margo Lundell
www.teach-nology.com
yahoo images
Last updated on August 15, 1999. Based on a template from The WebQuest
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