Subject Area(s): Career and Technical Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, and History
Grade Level(s): 9 - 12
Format of Library of Congress media:
Best Instructional Practices
Standards
History and Social Science: VUS.14
- Compare how work life is affected by families and how families are affected by work life
- Demonstrate an understanding of your place in the family, community, and world
- Identify life changes that impact a life management plan
- Evaluate societal conditions affecting individual, family, and community well being
History and Social Science: GOVT. 17, GOVT. 18
- Identify ways to be a responsible citizen at home, at school, at work, and in community settings
- Analyze the value of work ethic in relation to personal and family principles and goals
Length
Two weeks
Lesson Summary
The Power of One: How one woman's passion led to reform and justice for others. Research an influential woman or women's group - one from each decade (1900 - 2000).
Back to topSusan B. Anthony
Margaret Sanger
Amelia Earhart
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosa Parks
Jacqueline Kennedy
Gloria Steinem
Sally Ride
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