Thursday, March 12, 2009

3-12-09 - 5th Grade - Women's History Month Part 2

We are going to continue searching for information about famous women, and equal rights.
This page is from the Smithsonian Institution's exhibit in the National portrait gallery of famous women. If you are interested in finding a famous American woman's portrait and biography, click here: http://www.npg.si.edu/cexh/woot/index.htm

This page has questions and links to find information about equal rights:http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3751533&ESP=Teachers/ib/20090309/awa/sa_womens_history_1_5_CyberHunt_txt1///salp/tout_txtl////

Here is a link to Encyclopedia Britannica's profiles on 300 women who changed the world:http://search.eb.com/women

Check out this magazine about women's history month, produced by 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students:http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/DE/st_proj/NobelWomen%20(2).pdf

Finally, here is a page about the Seneca falls convention:http://www.npg.si.edu/col/seneca/senfalls1.htm

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