Labor. [African-American] women at work in lumber yards. [African-American] women, dressed in men's clothes, lifting heavy pieces of lumber
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Women at Work: World War II
Published By:
Avani Arce
Historical Era:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Thinking Skill:
Historical Analysis & Interpretation
Bloom’s Taxonomy:
Analyzing
Grade Level:
Middle School
Suggested Teaching Instructions
In this activity, you will get a piece of notebook out and write down a section for things you notice, and things that you are wondering about the pictures. You will write three I notices and three I wonders.
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Description
Students will draw a diagram or list of things they notice and wonder about these images. They will observe on their own and must write down three things that they notice and wonder about each. After the students have completed that, you will then lead a class discussion of what the students have observed.
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Documents in this Activity
Pearl Harbor widows have gone into war to carry on the fight with a personal vengeance. Mrs. Virginia Young (right), whose husband was one of the first casualties of World War II, is a supervisor in t
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Members of the Women's Land Army in orchard
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Florida Women Learn War Work
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)