DOCUMENT RESUME ED 378 502 CG 025 904 TITLE Women in American History: A Training Module [Grades] 7-12. Equity in Education: The Alaska Project. INSTITUTION Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. Office of Curriculum Services.; Anchorage School District, AK. PUB DATE Oct 87 NOTE 68p.; Funded by Title IV Sex Desegregation Technical Assistance Grant. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use Teaching Guides (For leacher) (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adolescents; Curriculum; *Curriculum Development; Females; Instructional Materials; Learning Modules; Material Development; Professional Training; *Secondary Education; Sex Bias; Training; *United States History; *Womens Studies IDENTIFIERS *Alaska; *Womens History ABSTRACT This module arose in part from a state law which prohibits sex discrimination in public school education. Its purpose is to increase awareness and knowledge of women's contributions to U.S. history. The module was developed so that secondary school personnel could readily adapt its information for secondary grade students. It reviews lessons plans developed by classroom teachers and encourages that these plans be adapted for use by teachersin their individual classes. The module states seven learning objectives:(1) Participants will become acquainted with each other and with the trainer;(2) Participants will be exposed to six American women who have played important roles in our political process;(3) Participants will try to identify 48 notable Americans by matching a person's name to bibliographic information;(4) Participants will become familiar with the breadth and depth of women's participation in American history;(5) Participants will be given resource material on women in America and interesting eventsin Women's history;(6) Participants will have an opportunity to view women in history lesson plans, developtheir own lesson plans, and share newly written plans; and (7) Participants will begiven an opportunity to evaluate the workshop. It is hoped that the module will help correct sexual bias in instructional materials.(RJM) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** y,/44.7,";,,, fi Women in American Histor,9 7-12 A TRAINING MODULE Developed by Alaska Department of Education Office of Curriculum Services Funded by Title IV Sex Desegregation Technical Assistance Grai.: 1 eoucation THEALASKA PROJECT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION C:30 Office of Educational Research and improvement "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Cr% CENTER (ERIC, 0 This document has been rePrediced as K. g. cie4AIE In received from the person or organization CM originating it 0 Minor changes have been made to improve 0 reproduction qualify Points of view or opinions slated in this docu- BESI COPY AVAILABLE LI ment do not necessarily represent official TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES OE RI position or policy INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The development of the Women in American History (7-12) equity module has been a collaborative effort requiring the cooperation of Anchorage School District personnel and the Alaska State Department of Education. Those who worked on the development of this module are: Jeanmarie Crumb Special Assistant to the Superintendent Community Relations Anchorage School District Carole Green Chapter 18 Coordinator Alaska State Department of Education Anita Robinson Human Relations S3ecialist Community Relations Department Anchorage School District Jan McCrimmon Module Writer Staff Development Coordinator Charter North Hospital Susan Remick Graphic Artist Anchorage School District Sharon Jaeger Secretary Community Relations Department Anchorage School District October, 1987 - J INTRODUCTION TO THE MODULE SERIES Alaska's sex equity law, which prohibits sexdiscrimination in public school education, was passed by the AlaskaLegislature in 1981. The law has been cited as one of the strongest state sexdiscrimination laws in the nation. This is in part due to the fact that theregulations require school districts to establish written procedures: personnel in the 1. for the biennial training of certificated recognition of sex bias in instructionalmaterials and in instructional techniques which may be usedto overcome the effects of sex bias; and counseling staff in the 2. for the biennial training of guidance recognition of bias in counselingmaterials and in techniques which may be used to overcome theeffects of sex bias; instructional materials for evidence 3. for the review of textbooks and of sex bias; and of materials found to exhibit 4. for the replacement or supplementation bias. Since the implementation of theseregulations, referred to as Chapter 18, many school districts have relied on theDepartment of Education to provide them with on-site inservice training inthe area of sex discrimination. Recopizing that local school districtsneed their own cadre of equity trainers as well as materials, theDepartment of Education utilized TitleIV funds for the development of a seriesof equity modules. During the summer of 1986, educators within Alaska developedsix modules, relating directly to curriculum content areas, that are nowavailable to all Alaskan school in such a fashion than districts. The modules were developed and written district personnel with a minimal amountof experience could conduct an equity inservice. Modules which have been completed include: Women in American History (Elementary) Computer Equity (K-12) Women in American History (Secondary) Foreign Language Language Bias (K-12) Fine Arts (Elementary) Science (Elementary)) Mathematics (Elementary) The Department is continuing thedevelopment of modules in othercurriculum areas. The Department of Education iscommitted to helping school districtscomply with the regulations outlined in Chapter18. School district personnel using themodules are requested to complete the evaluation sheet and return it to theDepartment of Education. This information will be used to update andimprove the modules. 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