Volume 1, Issue 2 Dr. Jeanne Mather, Editor March 1998

Women 150th Anniversary of the Celebrating of Courage Women’s Rights Movement Diversity Women of Courage is a Since March is recognized of custody rights of their An excellent resource for nonfiction book written by as “National Women’s children as well as their primary teachers, published Margaret Truman. It History Month” and 1998 property rights. While her by Teacher Created discusses twelve women marks the 150th anniversary father was anything but a Materials, is Celebrating who impacted American of the Women’s rights feminist (he thought his Diversity: Extended History including Dolley movement this issue of daughter was “insane” Thematic Unit by Susan Madison, Ida Wells- Classroom Spice will include when he found out she Kane, David Cavanaugh, Barnett, “Mother” Mary several articles relating to advocated the right of and Jane Gilbert (ISBN 1- Jones, Elizabeth Blackwell, gender equity. The first women to vote!), the 55734-601-1). It is designed Margaret Chase Smith, Women’s Rights Convention experiences of listening to for the classroom teacher and Susan B. Anthony, was held in Seneca him counse l can be used to cover units on Prudence Crandall, Kate Falls, New York in women made her diversity throughout an entire Barnard, Susan Livingston, 1848. Two of the question the legal year. However, for utmost Sarah Winnemucca, women responsible standing of women. flexibility sub-themes can be Marian Anderson, and for the Convention As a wife and covered in isolation in as Frances Oldham Kelsey. were Elizabeth mother of eight, it little as one day, with little You have probably heard Cady Stanton and was not easy to difficulty in changing the of a few of these, but not Lucretia Mott. Mrs. fight for women’s presentation order. all of them. However, just Stanton is rights but It includes hands-on because you have not heard well known No dream is too big for through the activities, bulletin board of them does not mean you for her “any” student— boy or girl recruitment ideas, theme specific will not find that they are Declaration of other bibliographies, and cross incredible women who of Sentiments, which was women such as Mrs. Mott curriculum opportunities. It rightfully should be modeled after th e and Miss Anthony, and her includes international tie-ins recognized as part of our Declaration of Independence own speeches and writing for art, language arts, music history. What do they have and identified eighteen she was instrumental in and movement, social in common? A quality of complaints women had about helping the Women’s studies, expression, math and mind and spirit which their treatment by men and Movement becom e science, and food and allowed them to face by the system, and called for successful. This was cooking. Cultures include danger and/or difficulties their redress. especially true in New York Asian; Native American; with determination. Elizabeth was the as seen in the 1848 state Egyptian; European, e.g., Margaret Truman daughter of a lawyer and as legislation granting property Greek, Italian, etc; South classifies these women as such it is not surprising that rights to married women. In American ; West Indian; demonstrating one of three she became interested in the the days of old, girls’ Pacific Islander; West kinds of courage: legal rights of women as she dreams were severely African; and North American bravery—daring and/or listened to her father advise limited. Today we hope cultures. Each lesson defiance; heroism— married women of the law. there is no limit to anyone’s includes goals, materials, nobleness and/or self- A law which deprived them dreams. (Continued on page 3) sacrifice; or fortitude— patience and/or Table of Contents perserverance. These Women of Courage; Women’s Rights Movement; Celebrating Diversity 1 women represent diverse backgrounds ranging from Scientists; Multicultural Math 2 a first lady to a slave, from The Literature Connection; Extraordinary People 3 (Continued on page 3)

Classroom Spice So Who Do You Picture When You Think of a “Scientist?”

Research has shown when children are in various areas of science; Science” card game. This asked to draw or describe a great women inventors, has the blackline master to scientists, & mathematicians make the thirty-six cards, Did you know that scientist they invariably draw a man with a lab coat, throughout history; and three cards about each of the Eiffel Tower and more often than not profiles of women twelve women scientists. has a plaque with glasses and wild hair. geologists, meteorologists, The game then is played like While the latter may not be physicists, astronauts, “Go Fish.” This can easily inscribed with the astronomers, doctors, be adapted to include more names of 72 particularly flattering to men, the entire drawing is a computer scientists, scientists and/or savants who slap in the face to women. enviromentalists, zoologists, mathematicians including helped with the Perhaps if children, both chemists, electrical engineers, men or other designated boys and girls, were and marine biologists. groups. How? Either do a physics required to It also has several little background work on enable the Tower exposed to women scientists they might be less inclined educational activities which your own or make it part of to be built? So to stereotype “scientists.” are an assignment, regular why wasn’t So what can you do to help? science and/or math related. assignment or maybe extra There are a number of It has a magic square activity, credit points for your Sophie Germain’s a flow chart activity, a students. name included K-12 resources available through the National classification activity, a The NWHP can be since her work on Women’s History Project. pentomino activity, and a reached at (707) 838-6000, elasticity, (NWHP) such as statistics activity. One or e-mail: [email protected]. biographies, reference activity which is particularly We have catalogs available acoustics, and great is a “Women in in the USAO Multicultural vibrating plates books, cd-roms, t-shirts, posters, coloring books, Resource Center (MRC) for was instrumental paper dolls, videos, and your convenience. in the building of even buttons. One very inexpensive the Tower? item, ($2.00), is Women in Science, a special (Answer to Eiffel Tower supplement published by the question: Because she was Philadelphia Daily News. a woman.) It includes articles on women Nobel Prize winners Multicultural Math

Multicultural You might b e curriculum areas into content exchanges. Each topic activities in the surprised at the number of such as social studies, art, includes goals, identification of math class let ways that math and culture and physical education. math skills addressed, a main interact. One book which Mathematics skills addressed activity and accompanying you add does a fine job in bringing are in the areas of geometry, student activity pages, a listing flavor, a multicultural flavor into problem solving, probability, of additional activities, and an interest, and the math class is written by statistics, discret e answer key for the related interdisciplinar Sharon Vogt, and is mathematics, basi c student pages. It is a great y opportunities entitled simpl y operations, proportions, resource book. Check it out. Multicultural Math. It is a tesselations, fractions, Order through Frank Schaffer to your lessons. resource book published by patterning, estimation, 1-800-609-1734 or your local Frank Schaffer for middle solving algebraic equations , teacher supply store, or see it and upper grades. Many of numeration, measurement, in the MRC. Its ISBN # is 0- the lessons cros s map skills, and money 86734-804-6.

2 Classroom Spice (Continued from Courage page 1) a U.S. Senator to the daughter of an Indian Chief, from native born The Literature Connection to immigrants, from the woman involved with the nightmare at A regular feature of Classroom Spice indeed a master storyteller easily enthralling Liberty Hall to the woman known will be a review of children’s literature K- his readers. as the Good Angel of Oklahoma. 12 which can be used in a classroom or The Three Little Javelinas by Susan While this book is no longer in school to help promote multicultural Lowel and print it is available through most education. Even if you do not teach in published by libraries, and interlibrary loan an area where the book is particularly Scholastic is an services. And of course it can be appropriate you might find that it is a book adaptation of the seen in the MRC. Be sure and you would like to see in your school “Three Little Pigs” check it out. It will give you a library, and hopefully a book that you with a southwestern wealth of background information would benefit from reading. flavor. It includes Native American and to utilize and perhaps a new title Many Mexican culture references. In addition its to recommend to secondary Oklahoma illustrations and text easily provide cross students. teachers, both curriculum aspects for integrating with both If you find it useful you might elementary and science and social studies. It is a primary try calling the publisher and say it secondary, cover level text and could easily be part of a fairy would be an excellent book to units which tales unit, a pig unit, or a three little pigs reprint—believe it or not this has include unit. Another interesting aspect of the story worked in the past! It was cowboys. How is the third pig (whom you may recall was published by Bantam Books ISBN many of these the smart one) is a female. It is a really 0-553-10939-1. Phone number 1- teachers include cute book students will love. 800-223-6834. information An historical biography which middle Additional sources for about the five thousand plus black school and up will find interesting is The information on women include cowboys? It is usually for one of a Double Life of They Led the Way: 14 American handful of reasons such as 1) they never Pocahontas by Jean Women; Reclaiming the Past... thought about it, 2) they did not know Fritz . The Disney movie Rewriting the Future: A anything about them, or 3) they did not about Pocahontas helped Curriculum Unit; and Famous know how to get information on them. to increase the interest in American Women: A Biographical Well, there is a book by Robert Miller, the young daughter of a Dictionary from Colonial Times to Reflections of a Black Cowboy, published Native American the Present; or the Women’s by Silver Burdett which should provide Algonquian chief, but also History Catalog all of which are you with some valuable information. It helped to perpetuate many available in the USAO includes stories about Nat Love, myths about her. Pocahontas was not Multicultural Resource Center Stagecoach Mary, Cherokee Bill, Willie romantically involved with John Smith but (MRC). Kennard, and Bill Pickett. The author is (Continued on page 4) ExtraordinaryEXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE (Continued from Diversity page1) So what is so extraordinary about Ellen Ochoa, Antonia Novello, David Ho, or covers 16 extraordinary individuals in each directions, and extensions. Maya Lin? Perhaps you or your students of the following groups: Asian Americans, Blackline masters are provided for would like to learn more about how Hispanic Americans, African Americans, most lessons. Whether you are Americans from different ethnic and Native Americans, in addition to its 16 interested in ideas ranging from cultural backgrounds have helped shape Extraordinary American Women. The animals to folktales, map-skills to our country. series includes outstanding individuals in bowling, quilts to Venn diagrams, Even if you do not have any students such areas as politics, science, sports, arts, poetry to fish prints, or metrics to from any of these particular ethnic or religion, and business. The interest level is greetings in other languages you cultural groups it is a great way to middle school through adult, with a are sure to find helpful tips in this appreciate the contributions of Americans readability level of 3rd-5th grade. Each book. who may have similarities with your own reading provides a profile on the individual students, such as socioeconomic level, followed by comprehension and application hobbies, family structure, medical activities. For a Walch catalog come by the conditions, etc. MRC or call 1-800-341-6094. The new series from J. Weston Walch 1-800-558-2846.

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In This Issue... Women’s Rights Movement; Literature, Math, & Science Connections; Extraordinary People

(Continued from Literature page 3) is the tale of a fifteen year old the search for freedom is set in girl and her pregnant older Korea in 1945 where a ten year had more of a sister/brother sister and six year old brother old girl is forced to face the relationship, note that she was who illegally cross the U.S. Japanese occupation of her only around eleven years old border and attempt to get to home and the upheaval it and he was twenty-seven at the Chicago to escape the fighting causes for her family. But the time of their meeting! The and killing of El Salvador . end of the Japanese occupation A key to book goes on to tell the The cruelty they endure before does not bring all that is hoped successful fascinating story of her life and during the trip and after for as the Communist Russian multicultural including her kidnapping by they reach the “land of milk and troops then take control of the colonists, her marriage to John honey” brings a new North Korea. A new education is to Rolfe, her trip to England, and perspective to the reader. It perspective on twentieth accentuate the her death at the age of 21. Jean shows both the kindness and century world history. The Fritz is well known for her cruelty of people. Published book is Year of Impossible similarities historical writing, and has won by Yearling Books, ISBN 0- Goodbyes by Sook Nyui Choi between us many awards including the 440-40785-0. published by Dell Yearling rather than the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal Another story dealing with Books and is an ALA winner for this book. The book Children’s Notable Book, an differences. is published by Puffin Books, ALA Best Book for Young ISBN 0-14-032257-4. Adults, and recipient of Another book appropriate glowing reviews from School for middle school and up is Library Journal, and The New Journey of the Sparrows by York Times, to name a few. Fran Leeper Buss with the assistance of Daisy Cubias. It

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