Activity 6:
Shaking Things Up by Susan Hood focuses on single-page poems that relate the remarkable achievements of 14 girls and women who defied expectations, gender restrictions, racial prejudice, and social bias to make a mark early in their lives. Some names (Ruby Bridges and Frida Kahlo) may be familiar, while others (18th-century firefighter Molly Williams and World War II British secret agents Jaqueline and Eileen Nearne) are likely to be new to most readers. The diversity of the women highlighted—across time, race, class, and achievement—as well as the variety of poetic structures, including acrostic, concrete, and free verse, lend energy to this accessible volume. Each poem is paired with an illustration by a female artist thoughtfully selected to expand the book’s inclusivity. This book was selected to help students learn about important women who changed history and acknowledge the change in the treatment of women over time.
Standard 2.SL.2.1: Participate in collaborative conversations about grade-appropriate topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
Standard 2.SL.2.3: Listen to others, take one’s turn in respectful ways, and speak one at a time about the topics and text under discussion.
Activity: Students will select a woman from the book Shaking Things Up 14 Young Women Who Changed The World By: Susan Hood that they think was most influential to history and then share their opinion to the class. Then the class will have a discussion on these women and debate who was the most influential.
Activity 7:
The Women's Suffrage Movement is a book found on the Epic! Website. This text resource was chosen because it is a great age appropriate book that accurately describes the historical events during the women's suffrage movement. It reviews people, places, and a timeline of events.
Standard: JU.K-2.13 I know some true stories about how people have been treated badly because of their group identities, and I don’t like it.
Activity: Bring in a copy of this book and play the read aloud video along with it as a class. Before playing the video ask your students what they know about women’s rights and if they can describe what their lives were like in the 18 and 1900s. After playing the video sit as a group and make a t-chart with 2 sides. Add the descriptions about a women’s life before the suffrage movement on one side and then discuss the video and what a women’s life looks like now in 2022. Talk about equality and human rights with the class as well.
Activity 8:
This crash course video is a 13 minute overview of what happened during the Women's Suffrage Movement. This John Green video was chosen because he is a famous author and historian known for his youtube videos reviewing major historical events and topics. He makes his videos kid friendly and lays out the facts and information in an easy to follow format.
Standard JU.K-2.15: I know about people who helped stop unfairness and worked to make life better for many people.
Activity: Watch the John Green video together as a class. Have the students write down 5 important facts from the video or something they learned. Call on a couple students after to share what they wrote with the class. After learning about the movement, the students work on a project where they choose a prominent female figure during this time and create a poster board about them and what they did in history. Something fun to do would be a wax museum as a class and invite parents/family to come to see our work.
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