Women in American History Agenda
Thank you to all the participants of this new class. It was a wonderful opportunity to be part of such a dynamic group of students.
Syallabus:
Women in History: This term course will review American History from women’s perspective. Following chronological themes, the course will employ primary documents to focus on the lives of women. Students will analyze speeches, letters, court documents, advertisements, cartoons as well as a variety of secondary sources. Students will be expected to discuss course readings and documents. Themes interwoven throughout the course will include class, race and ethnicity in American culture as well as women’s role in moral legislation and court decisions. The course will culminate in a research project reflecting research skills, technology skills, critical thinking, document analysis, and a firm point of view.
Weekly format: Teacher will share background information on selected topics; students will evaluate and analyze selected primary and secondary documents; students will write in class essays regarding course material; students will participate in Socratic seminars and discussions; time will be allotted for core assignment and final assessment as needed.
Core Assignment:
Women and the Law Presentations
Final Assessment:
Final Paper and Power Point
Materials: Notebook (3 ring binder or spiral notebook with folder), Writing Utensil, High Lighters, Jump/Flash Drive
Grade: Course grade will be based on essay grades, Socratic seminar involvement, projects, papers, and active participation. It is expected that all work be on time.
Classroom Policies:
RESPECT shown to every member of the class
Come to class prepared and on-time
Water only; no food or drink
Women in History:
Topic |
Resource |
Projects |
Women’s History and Connotations of Feminism Discussed |
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Witchcraft |
Essex County Court Records |
Opinion Essay |
Colonial Women & Women in the Revolution & Republican Motherhood |
Essex County Court Records; Abigail Adams |
Material Culture |
Women and the West |
Diaries |
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1848 |
New York Divorce and Property Laws; The Declaration of Sentiments; Not For Ourselves Alone (documentary part 1) |
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Women, Slavery and the Civil War |
Sojourner Truth’s Ain’t I a Woman? |
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1875 Not the Women’s Hour |
Letters of Anthony and Stanton; Frederick Douglas |
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Immigration & Working Class Wome |
Union documents; Leisure Account |
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Progressivism |
Jane Addams |
Women and the Law |
Protest and Prison |
Not For Ourselves Alone (documentary part 2); Images of the 1912 march; Alice Paul |
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From Vote to Beauty Pageants |
The It Girl (film); Advertisements |
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From the Depression to the Second World War |
Fly Girls (documentary) |
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1950s, 1960s & Feminine Mystique |
Advice Columns; Feminine Mystique; The Pill (documentary); Roe v. Wade |
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Modern Feminism |
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Final Projects |
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Paper and Power Point on a Woman or Woman’s Organization |
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