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Educational Change; Educational History; Educational Methods; Educational Research; Females; Gender Issues; Higher Education; Sciences; Womens History

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Investigates the field of science to examine the neglect of its interrelationship with gender and how this weakness can be resolved. States it is vital to understand the methods and sources used in educational history when examining science and gender as an intellectual part of educational history. (KDR)

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Educational Change; Educational History; Educational Research; Females; Gender Issues; Higher Education; Historians; Womens History

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Discusses gender influences and ways that history and theory have interacted in influencing women's contribution and recognition in educational history. Focuses on several historians' views and how some have eventually written women back into the historical picture of education. (KDR)

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Females; Gender Issues; Higher Education; Historical Interpretation; Historiography; Religious Factors; Social History; Social Studies; United States History; Womens History

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Explores the ideas of the nineteenth century female historian, Matilda Joslyn Gage, who authored the book, "Woman, Church, and State." Focuses on Gage's ideas about women's history, particularly related to the role of the church and women persecuted for witchcraft. (CMK)

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Biographies; Higher Education; Historical Interpretation; Historiography; Literature; Secondary Education; Social History; Social Studies; United States History; Womens History

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Presents information related to the attempts on discovering the true identity of Tituba. Focuses on theories presented about her identity and her role in the Salem (Massachusetts) witchcraft trials. Discusses the images of Tituba portrayed in literature and U.S. history. (CMK)

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Black History; Educational Strategies; Higher Education; History Instruction; Local History; Social Studies; Undergraduate Students; Undergraduate Study; United States History; Womens History

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Provides background information for a local history project about the 1793 Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) yellow fever outbreak. Offers potential project topics to help students learn about local history and understand life in the eighteenth century United States. (CMK)

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Communism; Educational Strategies; Females; Films; Gender Issues; Secondary Education; Sexuality; Social Studies; United States History; Womens History; World War II

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Discusses the role Hollywood and films had in defining the image of women in post-World War II in the United States. Focuses on the film, "Mildred Pierce," and offers a discussion of the content of this film. Includes a film based lesson plan and three accompanying handouts. (CMK)

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Activism; Communism; Conservatism; Females; Gender Issues; Higher Education; Patriotism; Politics; Social Studies; United States History; Womens History

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Explores the role of U.S. women, in particular "house-wife activists," during post-World War II conservatism. Focuses on women living in Los Angeles (California) and the suburbs surrounding the city. Addresses topics, such as women's groups and patriotic bookstores operated by women. (CMK)

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Audience Awareness; Females; Intermediate Grades; Learning Activities; Middle Schools; Oral Interpretation; Readers Theater; Scripts; United States History; Womens History

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Readers Theater is a presentation by two or more participants who read from scripts and interpret a literary work in such a way that the audience imaginatively sense characterization, setting, and action. Traditionally, the primary focus of readers theater is on an effective reading of the script, not on a dramatic presentation. The scripts in this collection on women were developed from historical events elements have been added for the purpose of illustrating the time period in which the women lived. The Readers Theater format of the collection's scripts empowers students to focus on learning about historical events of the women's lives while bringing those events to life in the classroom. Following an Introduction, chapters (scripts) in the collection are: (1) Warm-Up Theatre Activities; (2) Sacagawea; (3) Susan B. Anthony; (4) Harriet Tubman; (5) Elizabeth Blackwell; (6) Nellie Bly; (7) Amelia Earhart; (8) Laura Ingalls Wilder; (9) Eleanor Roosevelt; (10) Babe Didrikson Zaharias; and Conclusion. Each play includes a background, presentation suggestions, listing of characters, and follow-up activities. Contains 3 general references. (BT) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Comparative Education; Educational History; Educational Research; Females; Feminism; Foreign Countries; Gender Issues; Historiography; Males; Womens History

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Notes a lack of recognition for Sarah Austin, an English educationist, who translated the work of Victor Cousins, a French comparative educationist. Male educationists were promoted as founding fathers of education history in the 19th century. Discusses social and women's politics as factors in considering female educators of value in comparative education. (KDR)

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Activism; Clubs; Gender Issues; History Instruction; Organizations (Groups); Political Issues; Secondary Education; Social Studies; United States History; Womens History

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Focuses on teaching a U.S. history course to secondary school students about the women's club movement which began in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Explores five key topic areas involving theoretical frameworks, community activities of the women, and skill development due to club involvement. (CMK)

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