Women in History

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WOMEN IN HISTORY

A 5TH GRADE WEBQUEST

INTRODUCTION

TASK

WOMEN IN HISTORY LIST

SOURCES

EVALUATION

INTRODUCTION

In this assignment you will learn about the contributions of women in our History. You will choose a woman to research, then read about their life and accomplishments. Good Luck!

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TASK(S)

Write a report about your famous woman following the steps below
Make a 5 slide Power Point about your woman following the steps below
1. Title Slide
2. Early Life
3. Accomplishments and contributions to society
4. Interesting facts
5. Sources and author

Choose a Woman from the list below or research the woman assigned by your teacher
Use the links in the SOURCE section to learn about your woman in history.
You will take notes of all important information on note cards
You should include information about your woman’s early life, family life, contributions to society, and any other interesting information you can find.

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WOMEN IN HISTORY LIST

Abigail Adams
Jane Addams
Madeleine Albright
Susan B. Anthony
Aung San Suu Kyi
Clara Barton
Coretta Scott King
Maya Lin
Florence Nightingale
Marie Curie
Eleanor Roosevelt
Amelia Earhart
Anne Frank
Margaret Thatcher
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Jeannette Rankin
Gertrude Ederly
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sybil Ludington
Deborah Samson Gannett
Nancy Morgan Hart
Mary Hays

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SOURCES

Tell what Historical Era your woman lived in
National Women’s History Site
Encarta
Biographies (green search box)
Biographies
Biographies
NSDAR
NSDAR
NSDAR
Yahooligans
American Women's History

You may also use World Book Encyclopedia on your computer or the books on our shelves.

Be sure to write the source on your source card and your fact cards.

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EVALUATION

	4	3	2	1
Mechanics	No errors in capitalization, punctuation, indenting, spelling, etc	Very few errors in capitalization, punctuation, indenting, spelling, etc, Errors do not interfere with reader's understanding	Many errors in capitalization, punctuation, indenting, spelling, etc, but errors do not interfere with reader's understanding	Many errors in capitalization, punctuation, indenting, spelling, etc, errors interfere with reader's understanding
Grammar	Correct word choice, verb agreement, and appropriate vocabulary	Few errors in word choice, verb agreement, and appropriate vocabulary, errors do not interfere with reader's understanding	Many errors in word choice, verb agreement, and appropriate vocabulary, errors do not interfere with reader's understanding	Many errors in word choice, verb agreement, and appropriate vocabulary, errors interfere with reader's understanding
Content	Writing has a clear topic sentence and theme development including supporting details and examples in each paragraph. Writing describes woman’s early life, family life, contributions to society, and other interesting facts. Bibliography included	Writing has a topic sentence with supporting details and examples in each paragraph. Writing describes part of the following: woman’s early life, family life, contributions to society, and other interesting facts. Bibliography included	Writing is vaguely tied to topic, or strays from topic. Few supporting details are included.	Writing is off topic, assigned topics are not addressed.
Handwriting/Presentation	Word processed or hand written in final copy format with no errors	Word processed or hand written in final copy format with few errors	Word processed or hand written in final copy format with many errors	Unreadable, crumpled, marked out, not in final copy format

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