At a Glance:
| Grades: | 5 |
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| Subject: | History; Social Studies |
| Topic: | World War II and Women’s Identity |
| Lesson Length: | 35 - 40 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will understand the impact women had on the developing identity of the United States as it emerged from WWII as a World Leader.
What should students know before this activity?
Students should have an understanding of the daily life of women pre-World War II.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- Introduce Rosie the Riveter, her origins, and what she represents.
- Explore the purpose of using Rosie the Riveter in propaganda.
What will students do?
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Research the different jobs that women were able to do during WWII that were not open to them prior to the war.
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Create a one-panel comic that illustrates a specific role women had during WWII, e.g., aircraft industry.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Share and discuss student comics.
- What did this mean for women in the United States?
- How did their participation in the war effort change the identity of the United States moving forward?
- Display student comics digitally or in print.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
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Preteach vocabulary.
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Provide background knowledge of women’s rights pre-WWII.
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Allow students to work with a peer model.
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Provide sentence starters as needed.
- Provide a list of jobs that women held.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
World War II
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Women's History
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