Women's History Month Research Webquest

Introduction

Women's history month is celebrated in March. After viewing the Women's History Month google slides presentation. Please complete this webquest about other notable women from history. 

Task

Choose one woman from the provided list  to research and complete an informational page about. 

Process

Using tools like Galileo find citied research about one of the women from the currated list to find out about.

 

Books about famous women throughout history. Use the book if you wish.

Mae Jemison- AHMED, Roda. Mae Among the Stars. illus. by Stasia Burrington. 40p. HarperCollins/Harper. Jan. 2018. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9780062651730. POP

 

Sophie Germain- Bardoe, Cheryl. Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain. illus. by Barbara McClintock. 40p. bibliog. further reading. Little, Brown. Jun. 2018. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9780316278201.

 

Aída de Acosta- ENGLE Margarita. The Flying Girl: How Aída de Acosta Learned To Soar. illus. by Sara Palacios. 40p. photos. S. & S./Atheneum. Mar. 2018. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9781481445023. 

 

 Lilly Ann Granderson- HALFMANN, Janet. Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School. illus. by London Ladd. 40p. bibliog. notes. Lee & Low. Feb. 2018. Tr $18.95. ISBN 9781620141632.

 

Ella Fitzgerald- HANCOCKS, Helen. Ella Queen of Jazz. illus. by Helen Hancocks. 32p. Frances Lincoln. Feb. 2018. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9781847809186.

 

 

Belva Lockwood- HANNIGAN, Kate. A Lady Has the Floor: Belva Lockwood Speaks Out for Women’s Rights. illus. by Alison Jay. 32p. bibliog. chron. notes. photos. Calkins Creek. Jan. 2018. Tr $17.95. ISBN 9781629794532.

 

Harper Lee- HEGEDUS, Bethany. Alabama Spitfire: The ­Story of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird. ­illus. by Erin McGuire. 40p. bibliog. further reading. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray. Jan. 2018. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9780062456700.

 

Jane Austen- HOPKINSON, Deborah. Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen: The Story of Six Novels, Three Notebooks, a Writing Box, and One Clever Girl. illus. by Qin Lang. 40p. chron. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray. Jan. 2018. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9780062373304.

 

 

Evaluation

Please respond to each prompt about the woman you chose to research in order to recieve full credit. 

 

Details about her early life

 

Details about her adulthood

 

Details about her notable achievements

Conclusion

Women throughout time have played an important role in history. Celebrating these women and learning about their contributions to the advancement of the society they lived in is imperative for students to learn from and apply their experiences into their own unit of study. 

Credits

Teacher Page

This webquest was created to challenge middle school students.