Instructional Media and Technology Service

Instructional Media and Technology Service

Monthly Curriculum Resources

Women’s History Month

March 2006

Sources Available at Wayne RESA’s Instructional Media and Technology Services:

For additional information on these resources, please call (734)334-1439.

OR check our online catalog at: http://161.57.201.6/search~S4

Shoulder to Shoulder: Annie Keeney. (1988) PBS Video. One 60 minute videocassette. Presents the works of this suffrage organizer who brought England’s working class into the women’s movement. Appropriate for high school students. WCRESA Duplication Collection: HQ1592.D.

Shoulder to Shoulder: Christabel Pankhurst. (1988) PBS Video. One 60 minute videocassette. Explores the opinions and ideology of this militant British women’s movement leader. Appropriate for high school students. WCRESA Duplication Collection: HQ1592.B.

Shoulder to Shoulder: Lady Constantine Lytton. (1988). PBS Video. One 60 minute videocassette. Retells the story of this aristocrat’s prison term and violent involvement with the British women’s movement. Appropriate for high school students. WCRESA Duplication Collection: HQ1592.c.

The Childhood of Susan B. Anthony. (1988). Studio City: CA: Film Fair Communications. One 17 minute videocassette. Gives insights into some of the experiences and relationships from Susan B. Anthony’s childhood, which led her into her life’s work of seeking equality for women. Appropriate for middle school students. WCRESA Duplication Collection: HQ1413.C5.

Video Streaming Resources:

Below is a sample of videos available for licensed Wayne County users, these videos are available at: http://streaming.resa.net. For help accessing additional videos, contact Anupam Chugh at chugha@resa.net

Highlighting the lives of some of the women who were pioneers in the field of aviation, such as Harriett Quimby, Bessie Coleman, and Ameilia Earhart, this video will begin to bring history alive as we trace the contributions and achievements of these women who wouldn't take no for an answer...who would let nothing stop them from reaching their goal - flying. Includes blackline masters, teachers’ guides, and correlations to Michigan standards. Appropriate for grades 3 – 5. Runtime: 13:10.

"Speeches from History" presents primary source footage of some of recent history's most famous and formative orations, by some its most famous and infamous figures.

Includes correlations to Michigan standards. Appropriate for grades: 6 - 8 Runtime: 24:27.

This program chronicles the work activities, goals, and educational backgrounds of three accomplished female scientists. Each of the women -- a marine biologist, an industrial forester and an astronomer -- describes her professional responsibilities and shares personal insights about the motivations behind her career choice. Includes correlations to Michigan standards. Appropriate for grades 6 - 8. Runtime: 19:00.

Web Resources:

African American Women – Special Collections Library, Duke University

(Online). Available: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html (Feb. 28, 2006). This site links to digitized and transcribed diaries and slave letters.

Civil War Women – Special Collections Library, Duke University

(Online). Available: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html (Feb. 28, 2006). This site links to digitized diaries, letter, papers, and additional resources from the Civil War era.

Discovery School – Women of the Century

(Online). Available: http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/womenofthecentury/ (Feb. 28, 2006). This site includes phenomenal women, decade by decade, and quotes from important women in American history.

The History Channel – Women’s History Month

(Online). Available: http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/womenhist/index.jsp (Feb. 28, 2006). This site includes a timeline, the history of women’s suffrage, firsts in women’s achievements, and resources.

National First Ladies’ Library – Bibliography

(Online). Available: http://www.firstladies.org/Bibliography.htm (Feb. 28, 2006). This site links to curriculum resources, a timeline, bibliographic information and more.

National Women’s History Project

(Online). Available: http://www.nwhp.org/ (Feb. 28, 2006).

Access events promoting Women’s History Month, instructional information, resources, and more.

New York Times Lesson Plans – Women in the World

(Online). Available: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/women.html (Feb. 28, 2006). The page has lesson plans that use articles from the New York Times to examine current topics.

Scholastic – Women Who Changed History

(Online). Available: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/women/index.htm (Feb. 28, 2006). This page has links to student activities, biographies, and “more to explore.”

Sophia Smith Collection – Agents of Social Change

(Online). Available: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/curriculum/index.html (Feb. 28, 2006). Use the links on the right to access lesson plans and primary source documents related to women’s history.

Women’s History at the Wisconsin Historical Society

(Online). Available: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/topics/womenshistory/

This site includes the history of women in Wisconsin, and links to primary documents such as photographs and letters.

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