Friday, March 7, 2014

Unsung Women Who Made History

Civilrightsteaching.org has put together a teaching resource for Women's History Month. In this lesson you can find information on women often left out of textbooks and conversations on prominent Civil Rights champions. Check out the resource here,
http://civilrightsteaching.org/about/handouts-sample-lessons/womens-work-an-untold-story-of-the-civil-rights-movement/

My social studies methods students and I recently went through the lesson, by holding a "meet and greet" featuring select women. I was Jo Ann Robinson, the facilitator of the "meet and greet". After the meet and greet, the students broke into small groups and recorded VoiceThread* conversations between select women who worked for social justice. Their conversations are linked below.

https://voicethread.com/share/5658978/

https://voicethread.com/share/5659057/

https://voicethread.com/?#q.b5659201.i28870822

https://voicethread.com/?#q.b5658984.i28869782

https://voicethread.com/?#q.b5659172.i28870645

*A VoiceThread account may be required to listen.