Colonial Women in History

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Colonial Women in History

by JH

Oct 30, 2014

HI:

I'm a pre prac. student who is planning a lesson plan on women of the colonial era/or even a little later. My lesson plan is obviously corresponds to gender. I'm having difficulty finding lesson plans and/or activities for high school history students. Any suggestions. I'm hoping to keep my focus around the following: Phillis Wheatley Lucy Terry Prince Polly Baker The Daughters of Liberty Anne Hutchinson Margaret Corbin And Deborah Garnet.

I also hopefully want to include information about some of the political/social restrictions of women during this period. Ideally I hope to craft a lesson plan that will help students develop an understanding of the role of multiculturalism and social justice. I want to focus on teaching the experience of underrepresented groups in history (women)

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History Teacher On 10/30/14, JH wrote:

I think you're biting off way too much for any one lesson plan certainly or even for a unit. What are you targeting? Multiculturalism, social justice or women as an underrepresented group?

What do the Daughters of Liberty have to do with multiculturalism? They were not a multicultural group. At all. What doe...See MoreOn 10/30/14, JH wrote:

I think you're biting off way too much for any one lesson plan certainly or even for a unit. What are you targeting? Multiculturalism, social justice or women as an underrepresented group?

What do the Daughters of Liberty have to do with multiculturalism? They were not a multicultural group. At all. What does Phyllis Wheatley have to do with social justice? Social justice on the whole is not an 18th century concept. You want students to understand the lack of social justice in 18th century America? Phyllis Wheatlry was freed as an act of affection - not as a gesture of social justice.

The reality is - you develop your lesson plans and the activities to go with them. It's not often that you can cadge them from somewhere else. And for this lesson or this unit, you need to narrow it down and find a focus.

Use Abigail Adams' letter to her husband asking that the women be remembered as he and his colleagues were considering the construction of a new republic. Then show them his letter in return which mocked her request.

What was up with that? Their marriage was a happy one yet his response to her was one that showed he considered her request for equal recognition before the law a laughable one.

Be prepared to share and discuss the concept of femme covert and you've taught a lesson on women as an underrepresented group in colonial history.

> HI: > > I'm a pre prac. student who is planning a lesson plan on > women of the colonial era/or even a little later. My lesson > plan is obviously corresponds to gender. I'm having > difficulty finding lesson plans and/or activities for high > school history students. Any suggestions. I'm hoping to > keep my focus around the following: > Phillis Wheatley > Lucy Terry Prince > Polly Baker > The Daughters of Liberty > Anne Hutchinson > Margaret Corbin > And Deborah Garnet. > > I also hopefully want to include information about some of > the political/social restrictions of women during this > period. Ideally I hope to craft a lesson plan that will > help students develop an understanding of the > role of multiculturalism and social justice. I want to > focus on teaching the experience of > underrepresented groups in history (women)

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