Honor women in journalism with an online exhibit called Women with a Deadline. Class members demonstrate their understanding of the topic in a final assessment by writing a newspaper article on the information they learned in the online exhibit.

Concepts

famous women, women's history, women's history month, journalism, newspapers, colonial america, world war i

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Have learners explore the computer lab activity at home as a flipped classroom assignment, or in class with a partner

Classroom Considerations

• Resource assumes pupils are familiar with parts of a newspaper, as well as what the First Amendment is and why it was written
• Tailor the lesson to meet specific classroom time constraints
• Best used during Women's History Month or in a newspaper course

Pros

• The resource comes with a complete detailed plan, worksheets and links for the activity, guidelines for Jigsaw Method, links for further exploration on the topic, and an assessment activity

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.7