Strides for Women Posters
Grade Levels: 3 - 6
Objectives
- Students will learn about the strides women have made in various career fields.
- Students will practice research skills.
- Students will create a poster for display in the classroom.
Materials
- Copies of Famous Women's Accomplishments
- Copies of Research Questions
- Poster Board
- Markers
- Magazines
- Scissors
- Glue or tape
- Reference materials
Procedures
- Ask students to read Famous Women's Accomplishments.
- Direct students to select one of the women on the list as the subject for a poster.
- Direct students to use the Research Questions handout to guide their work.
- Once their research is complete, ask students to write a one page description of their subject's life and paste it in the center of their poster.
- Direct students to finish decorating their posters. Students can draw illustrations, find small objects, or cut out photographs from magazines that symbolize various aspects of their subject's life.
- Explain that students must clearly label each item with a sentence describing what the item represents.
- Once the posters are complete, share them with the larger group.
- Display posters around the classroom.
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