Women’s History Month(March)

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"Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent." 

—Eleanor Roosevelt  

In 1978, a school district in  California, organized a “Women’s History Week”. By 1981, Congress passed a resolution establishing a National Women’s History Week and in 1987, Congress created a month, March, to honor the contributions of women and to promote the teaching of women’s history. 

The following information may be helpful  for Women’s History Month. The 2016 theme for Women’s History Month is “Working to Form a More Perfect Union: Honoring Women in Public Service and Government”

At one time, women weren’t able to do many things because of their gender. Here are some women trailblazers.  Being the first, made it easier for other women to follow in their footsteps. Every year, new firsts continue to be made by women. Here is just a sampling of firsts made by women.

Lucy Brewer

First woman marine

1812

Elizabeth Blackwell

First woman to receive a medical degree

1849

Amelia Jenks Bloomer

Publisher/editor of first prominent women's rights newspaper

1849

Harriet Tubman

First woman to run underground railroad to help slaves escape

1850

Lucy Hobbs

First woman to graduate from dental school

1866

Arabella Mansfield Babb

First woman admitted to the bar to practice law

1869

Frances Elizabeth Willard

First woman to become a college president (Evanston College)

1871

Victoria Chaflin Woodhull

First woman to be presidential candidate

1872

Helen Magill

First woman to receive a Ph.D. degree (Boston University)

1877

Belva Ann Lockwood

First woman to practice law before U.S. Supreme Court

1879

Clara Barton

Founder of the American Red Cross

1881

Suzanna Madora Salter

First woman mayor (Argonia, Kansas)

1887

Marie Curie

First women to win  a Nobel Prize AND first person awarded TWO Nobel Prizes(as of 2016)

1903 AND 1911

Mary McLeod Bethune

First woman to establish secondary school that became 4-year accredited college

1904

Blanche Scott

First woman to fly an airplane

1910

Jeannette Rankin

First woman U.S. House Representative (Montana)

1917

Bessie Coleman

First African American Female pilot in USA and first AMERICAN to receive an international pilot’s license.

1921

Hallie Ferguson

First woman governor of U. S. state (Texas)

1924

Amelia Earhart

First woman to be a passenger on an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean (1928)

and first woman to fly  across the Atlantic Ocean.

1932

Jane Addams

First American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize

1931

Hattie Wyatt Caraway

First woman elected to U.S. Senate

1932

Amelia Earhart

First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

1932

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova

First woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6.

1963

Mary Clarke

First woman to be named major general in U.S. Army

1978

Sandra Day O'Connor

First woman a justice of the U. S. Supreme Court

1981

Sally Kristen Ride

First American woman to reach outer space.

1983

Ann Bancroft

First woman to walk to North Pole

1986

Christa McAuliffe

First woman citizen passenger on a space mission

1986

Lt. Col. Eileen Collins

First American woman to pilot a Space Shuttle

1995

Madeleine K. Albright

First woman Secretary of State and highest ranking woman in the U.S. government

1997

Condoleezza Rice

First African-American woman to be appointed Secretary of State

2005

Nancy Pelosi

First woman to become Speaker of the House

2007

Hillary Clinton 

First woman to be in a presidential primary and caucus in every state

2008

Michelle Obama 

First African American First Lady

2008

Kathryn Bigelow

First woman to win the Best Director Award

2010

2012

Mary Barra became the first  female CEO of General Motors

2013

Women were allowed to compete in ski jumping events at the Winter Olympics for the first time!

2014

Katie Higgins became the first female pilot of the Blue Angels(US Navy Flight demonstration  squad)

2014

Megan Brennan

First female United Sates Postmaster General

2014

Questions

1. Are there any areas in which women still have yet to make a contribution?

2.  What are 3 character traits of women who have been trailblazers? What would you list as 3 of your best character traits?

3.  The last woman to be on a U.S.paper currency was Martha Washington! There is an effort to change that in the United Sates. Thirteen other countries already have a woman on their paper currency. http://www.womenon20s.org Which woman would you like to see on a $20 bill and why?

4.  There is a Hispanic Heritage Month, a Native American Month, a Black History Month and a Women’s History Month. Why do you think such months were established? Do you think there is a need for such months to highlight different groups? Why, why not?

5.  If you could interview a woman trailblazer(past or present), who would it be and why? What might be 2 questions you would ask of that person?

Sites of interest for additional materials:

1. http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/unit/womens-history-month-everything-you-need

2. http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/50850.htm

3.  http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768462.html   Statues built to honor woman 

4.  http://www.infoplease.com/quizzes/whmadventurers/1.html   Quiz your women’s history knowledge(women adventurers)   http://www.infoplease.com/quizzes/womenleaders/1.html   Quiz your women’s history knowledge (women leaders)

5. Check out the National Women’s Hall of Fame, opened in 1979, in Seneca Falls, NY.    Check out the inductees to the National Women’s Hall of Fame:  https://www.womenofthehall.org/women-of-the-hall/

6.   http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies Learn about the First Ladies of the White House

7.  http://www.historyswomen.com/1stwomen.html Another great source of women past and present 

8. http://www.timeforkids.com/minisite/womens-history-month

9.  http://multiculturalkidblogs.com/2015/03/02/womens-history-month-strong-girls-books-for-kids/  Books to recommend

10. The last woman to be on a U.S.paper currency was Martha Washington! There is an effort to change that in the United Sates. Thirteen other countries already have a woman on their paper currency. http://www.womenon20s.org Which woman would you like to see on a $20 bill?

11. Did you know that Congress has voted to create a Women’s History Museum to be built in our nation’s capital, Washington, DC?  http://www.nwhm.org/building-the-museum/ (2014)

Resources:

Women’ History Month: A Webquest on 10 women that made a difference: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Womens-History-Month-Webquest-501023

Check out my web quest on famous First Ladies: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Ladies-of-the-United-States-Wequest-604151

Reader’s Theater Scripts:

Susan B. Anthony:  https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Susan-B-Anthony-A-Readers-Theater-Script-2304130

Elizabeth Blackwell: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elizabeth-Blackwell-A-Readers-Theater-Script-2369216

Hillary Clinton: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Hillary-Clinton-Biographical-PlayTo-Tell-the-Truth-Play-613549

Bessie Coleman: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bessie-Coleman-AviatorReaders-Theater-Script-1687487

Michelle Obama: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Lady-Michelle-Obama-Biographical-PlayA-To-Tell-the-Truth-Play-595945

Eleanor Roosevelt: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Eleanor-Roosevelt-A-Biographical-PlayTo-Tell-the-Truth-Play-590590

Amelia Earhart: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Amelia-EarhartBiographical-PlayTo-Tell-the-Truth-Play-348663

Other Plays on Women in History: Dolly Madison, Abigail Adams, Lady Bird Johnson,Sacagawea, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Marian Anderson, and more: https://www.pinterest.com/gailhennessey/gails-tpt-store-social-studies-emporiumand-more/

Note: Photographs from wpclipart.com(photograph of Elizabeth Blackwell:public domain)

* Left to right: Harriet Tubman, Margaret Mead, Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie,Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Blackwell

FREE DOWNLOAD OF A FIRST LADY PLAY: Florence Harding:
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Check out this FREE Reader's Theater Script on First Lady Edith Wilson: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Womens-History-Month-First-Lady-Edith-Wilson-2414630

Valentine's Day FREEBIE!

by

Gail Skroback Hennessey

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Webquest:

Valentine's Day is February 14th. The symbol of the holiday is a heart. What do you know about the human heart and the Valentine’s Day holiday? Grab a red pencil and use this web quest to find out some very interesting facts about the human heart and the holiday of Valentine’s Day! Then, try the RED Game!

1. In a lifetime, about how many beats can a person’s heart beat? _________________ What was Dr. Christopher Barnard, the first to successfully do, in 1967?____________________ The ancient Egyptians believed the heart was the center of what two things? _________________and ______________What is the only part of the body that does not get blood?______________________ Find the answers at this link:http://www.coolkidfacts.com/facts-about-the-heart-for-kids/

2. There are FOUR parts of the heart. There are two____________and two _______________ compartments. Which have the oxygen filled red blood?___________________ Which has the purplish-blue blood (lacking

oxygen) which is returning to the heart?______________What is the size of the average heart? ______________
Find the answers at this link: http://sciencewithkids.com/science-facts/heart-facts-for-kids.html

3. The ___________ carries the blood back to the heart and the _________carries blood from the heart to the body.Which part of the body protects the heart from injury? _________________ Find the answers at this link:http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/humanbody/heart.html

4. The heart is not actually located on the left side of the body. Where is it actually found and between which two organs? ____________________________________ During the average lifetime, about how many barrels of blood will be pumped?____________________ Find the answers at this link:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/heartfacts.html

All things RED!
Test you “red” knowledge:
1. Name a jewel that is the color red:__________________________
2. Who is the famous cartoon dog of this color?___________________________
 3. A story about a girl and a wolf: _____________________________
4. Name a traffic sign which is red: ___________________________
5. Name a red bird: _______________________________________
6. Name a red insect: _____________________________________
7. Name two red fruits: ______________________________________

8.  Name three red vegetables:_________________________________________

9.  Which large planet has several big red spots?__________________________  

Fun Facts
1. The capillaries are so tiny, it would take 10 human hairs to show their thickness. Think garden hose which is the width of the aorta, the largest artery in your body.
2. The average person has blood travel through their body in one day that would reach 12,000 miles if measured in a straight line.
3. Did you know when you sneeze, your heart stops? Each day, your heart beats about 100,000 times.
4. Your body has about six quarts of blood which circulate through the body THREE times in ONE minute.
5. The heart is a MUSCLE.

Teacher Page:
1. Before doing the activity, ask the students to share any prior knowledge they might have about the heart and the history of Valentine's Day.
2. Have students do the web quest and "All Things Red" in small groups. Then, as a class discuss the activity.
3. Discuss Fact and Opinion and have the small groups of students make up a 7 Fact/Opinion review on information learned in the activity to exchange with another group to complete.

Extension Activities:
1. Write a paragraph pretending you are the HEART and tell a day in your life. Include 3 facts learned about the heart in your story.
2. Make a Valentine’s Day card to give to someone in a nursing home or elderly person in your community.
3. http://www.thinkingfountain.org//c/crosssection/namethatbar.html Try the name that
candy quiz!
4. Charle Brown wants a Valentine on Valentine’s Day, in the television special, "Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown." How do you think he felt as Valentine’s Day approaches. How would you feel? Write a paragraph pretending to be Charlie Brown and share your thoughts.
5. Illustrate a Fun Fact.

Check out my Valentine’s Day Webquest which has 9 web questions, lots of additional extension activities and includes my Red Game (of 20 All Things Red statements): https:// www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Valentines-Day-A-WebquestExtension-Activities-1659788

Check out my Everything Has a History...even Candy! (A webquest/ extension activities): https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Candy-History-of-Candy-Webquest-516787

Have a wonderful Valentine's Day!
Gail

Clipart from Wpclipart.com

 

Presidential Fun Fact Freebie:Possible Interactive Notebook Activity

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PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

by 

Gail Skroback Hennessey

Dogs, cats and birds  have often found a home in the White House. There have also been some unique pets such as John Quincy Adams’ pet alligator,Martin Van Buren two tiger cubs and James Buchanan’s elephant. President Coolidge had a wallaby and a pygmy hippo and Theodore Roosevelt had a lion, hyena, five bears, a piebald rat, and a zebra. Only Presidents Arthur, Fillmore and Piece had no pets.

President Washington was an avid spelunker,enjoying exploring caves. 

President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only president to be elected  four times.The constitution was later changed to allow only two four-year terms.

President Theodore Roosevelt named the Executive Mansion or President’s House, the White House.

Only President George Washington did  not live in the White House. It was opened in 1800.

The Star-Spangled Banner became the National anthem under President Herbert Hoover.

President William Henry Harrison only served one month after taking the oath of office, dying from pneumonia.

President Van Buren is said to have started the expression OK, signing paper with his “Old Kinderhook” nickname.

Left handed President James Garfield  could write with both hands at the same time and in different languages such as Greek and Latin.

President John K. Kennedy was the first president who had been a boy scout in his youth.

President George W. Bush was appointed President in 2000 by Supreme Court after the election results gave him more electoral votes but his opponent, Al Gore won the popular vote. John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. hayes and Benjamin Harrison also won the presidency without the majority of the voters. 

The teddy bear was named after President Theodore Roosevelt. 

President Richard Nixon was the first president to resign his presidency over a scandal called Watergate.

President Taft became chief justice of the Supreme Court after leaving the White House, saying he preferred this job to that of being President of the United States 

Gerald Ford was the only president of the United States to not be elected by the people. He was appointed vice president by President Nixon and later assumed the office of president when President Nixon resigned.

President John Quincy Adams liked to swims naked in the Potomac River ...in the early morning.

Extension Activities:

Try this free web quest on the Presidents of the United States: http://www.gailhennessey.com/index.shtml?presidentcyberhunt.html

Pretend you are the President of the United States. Write a diary entry about a day in your life. Who did you meet in the Oval Office? What issue do you address? Etc.

Which president would you like to meet and why? What would you ask of this President?

What are FOUR characteristics you feel that someone who is President should possess? Why are these characteristics important?

You may wish to check out these resources:

Use this informative Reader's Theater Script to learn about Abraham Lincoln. The fun/informative play uses the format of Abraham Lincoln being a guest on a talk show and the studio audience asks questions about his life. Part of my Ms. Bie Ografee's Talk Show Series. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Abraham-Lincoln-A-Readers-Theater-Script-2066843

Did You know that President John Quincy Adams had an alligator? Martin Van Buren had two tiger cubs and President McKinley's pet parrot could whistle, "Yankee Doodle". Did you know that President Franklin D. Roosevelt served HOT DOGS to the King of England? Did you know that President Garfield could write with both his right and left hand at the SAME time? Presidential Webquest/Extension Activities: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/290482244688537382/

Did you know that Florence Harding was the first woman to be able to VOTE for her husband in a presidential election? Learn about the contributions of some of our first ladies with this fun and informative webquest. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Ladies-of-the-United-States-Wequest-604151

Learn about the White House with 10 informative web questions, comprehension and discussion questions and several extension activities.NEW:Check out all my resources(summaries) in one place: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Learn-about-the-White-House-Webquest-359868