Activity #1--Journal Question: “What does it mean to break a barrier? Have you ever broken a barrier? If you have, what does this type of accomplishment mean to you? To your family? To your community? To your ethnic group? If you have not, imagine what impact this could have on your life, family, community and ethnic group.”
Activity #2--Write-Pair-Group-Class Share--After completing the above pre-activity journal question, talk about your response first with a partner, then your small group, and then the whole class.
Activity #3--Read the following NY Times article on Annika Sorenstam at this link http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20030523friday.html
Activity #4--After reading the article, open this document and answer the questions in COMPLETE sentences. All Eyes on Sorenstam as She Gets Off to a Strong Start.docx
Activity #5--"Ladies First" class book project--the class will be researching groundbreaking women for a book on the achievements of women around the world called, “Ladies First.”You
will be broken into 6 small groups. Each group will be assigned one of the following categories to focus their research on “groundbreaking” women:
Business, Sports, Politics, Entertainment, Science andTechnology, and Education.
*As a group, brainstorm a list of women that fit your group's category. Come up with a list of at least 10 famous women. You may use the internet to help create your list.
*Once you have your list approved by one of your teachers, discuss the advantages and disadvantages for researching each woman and then discuss which ones your group feels are the most relevent to Women's History Month. Assign one "famous woman" to each group member.
*Now you should start your research. While researching your famous lady think about the following questions.
-Who is the person you are researching?
-Where is this person from?
-When were they alive?
-What was happening in their homeland and around the world when they were living?
-What was happening in their field or industry at this time?
-What are they famous for? What mark did this woman leave on the world or in her industry or field?
-How has this achievement affected this aspect of society?
-Why does this woman matter? In what context did her work or actions occur?
*Once you have completed your research on your individual woman, the group will reconvene to discuss the achievements and characteristics of the women in your group's assigned field. The group will create an introduction to their chapter of the book, “Ladies First” which will help explain their individual pages.
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