Famous Firsts In Women's History - Sketch Notes - Women's History Month
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Description
American women’s history has been full of pioneers: Women who fought for their rights, worked hard to be treated equally and made great strides in fields like science, politics, sports, literature and art. These are just a few of the remarkable accomplishments that historians not to mention people across the United States celebrate. What “Famous Firsts” will American women achieve next?
This set of sketch notes is based upon the following 13 women listed in the article Famous Firsts in Women's History at History.com:
Hillary Clinton
Madeleine Albright
Margaret Sanger
Sandra Day O'Connor
Janet Guthrie
Joan Benoit
Julia Morgan
Kathryn Bigelow
Manon Rheaume
Amelia Earhart
Edith Warton
Frances Perkins
Alice Paul
Students become more engaged when their assignments are visually appealing and creative. Sketch notes are are just that. They are creative, hands-on, allow students to express themselves while they learn and best of all they are fun! If you love creativity you will love this differentiated learning activity.
Each sketch note has been produced thoughtfully, painstakingly and has been given more many hours of thought and preparation. You can assign sketch notes for homework or classwork. It takes the average student about 30 min to complete this assignment correctly.
Print a copy of the graphic organizer for each student and they are off and learning! For the super creative you can have students upload to their favorite note-taking application (notability, Microsoft One Note, etc.) and students are creating 21st century digitally artistic content.
Directions for Students
Take some time to research the inspirational figure of the week.
Path to success
Throughout their life they experienced success and failure. Record the most important moments along their path to success.
Instagram Post
Make an inspiring post based upon the life of our inspirational figure. Draw a picture and include 5 hashtags based upon important and inspirational learning moments.
The One Thing
If someone asked you "What is the one thing I need to know about this inspirational figure?" what would you say?
Next Level Thinking
After learning about this inspirational figure, how can you take your thinking to the next level?
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