Women in the

20th Century

Introduction

Women have played an important role in Twentieth century history. During this time women no longer considered motherhood their only profession. They earned the right to vote and entered the workforce. In order to fully understand this new role for women, it is important to understand what events and cultural changes were occurring at this time in history.

The Task

Your group's task is to:

• have each member select one of these roles: historian, cultural anthropologist, fashion designer, and biographer.
• as a group chose a decade in the Twentieth Century and a prominent woman from that decade.
• complete the task related to the role though exploring internet links.
• combine your learning into a multimedia lesson regarding the decade and the women of your choice.
• design, administer, and grade a test based on your presentation.  If possible use a multimedia format for the test.
• your group will have two class periods in order to present your project.
• submit a typed individual bibliography for your project which will included the use of at least 10 different sources of information in MLA format.

The Process

• Teacher will divide the class into working groups
• Each group will choose a 20th century decade and a prominent woman from that decade and to present a biography.
• Each member of the group will choose a role to assume
• Review project expectations with your group

  ROLES:

Historian

Who
What
When
Where
Why

• What major events marked your decade?
• How did these events change the role of women in your decade?
• Create a timeline to show major events in your decade.

Link to Historian:

Cultural Anthropologist

Folklore
Movies
Television
Radio
Print Media

• What culture changes had women made during your decade?
• How is the role of women portrayed in the media of your decade(radio, TV, advertisements, movies)?
• How did the society react to these changes during your decade?
• Be prepared to supply your group with photos and other evidence of your research.

Link to Cultural Anthropologist

Fashion Designer

Clothing
Hairstyles
Jewelry

• What clothing, hairstyles, jewelry were worn by women during your decade?
• What trends have been recorded in clothing, hairstyles, jewelry during your decade?
• Be prepared to supply your group with photos and other evidence of your research.

Link to Fashion Designer

Biographer

• What dates were important in her life?
• Create a timeline of these important dates.

Link to Biographer:

For the next two days your group should meet and begin researching your subject area. Remember to collect evidence to use in your groups multimedia presentation. DAYS 4-5

For the next two days you will meet to coordinate their materials and work on your multimedia presentation and test over their decade.

OVER THE WEEKEND

Meet with your group, if you feel the need to finalize details, in order to be ready to give your presentation to the class on Monday.

 

 Group

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
POWER POINT PRESENTATION
Technical Quality	Presentation, what Presentation?	We did A basic power point presentation with 3-4 slides.	We did a great power point presentation with 5-6 slides	We did an awesome power point presentation and included music & videos of the decade or of our person
Grammar & Spelling	What is spell check?	Some Proofreading errors but still able to make sense of the presentation	One or two Errors	No errors a Perfect presentation
STUDENT ADMINISTERED QUIZ
Design Administer &  Grade Test	Test, what Test?	We wrote a 5 question quiz for our decade presentation	We wrote a great test that covered all our information presented	We wrote an awesome test that covered all our information presented and used a form of multimedia for the evaluation
WRITTEN BIBLIOGRAPHY
Number of Sources	Sources we didn't need any sources	We only needed to use one source and that was our text book	Used 4 - 5 sources	Submitted a typed bibliography using at least 10 different sources. Sources were of different types
Submitted in MLA Format	How do you spell MLA?	We just wrote the author and title for our textbook	We attempted to follow the MLA format	Submitted a perfectly typed MLA bibliography.

Grading Scale

18-20 = A

14-17 = B

10-13 = C

 8 - 9 = D

Individual (Each group member will evaluate the other members of the group.
The teacher will then average the individual scores)

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
CONTRIBUTION TO GROUP
Researched & Gathered information	I did not collect any information I can't even find the media center	I collect very little information--some of it related to the topic	I collected information-most of it related to the topic	I collected a lot of information--all related to the topic
Shared information	I did not share my information with my team	I relayed information to my team-some of it was related to the topic	I relayed some basic information to my group-most was related to the top	I relayed a great deal of information--all related to the topic
Be Punctual	I did not hand in any assignments	I handed in most of my assignments late	I handed in most of my assignments in on time	I handed in all my assignments in on time
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
Fulfill Team Role's duties	I did not perform any of the duties of my assigned role.	I performed very little duties of my assigned role	I performed nearly all the duties of my assigned role	I performed all the duties of my assigned role
Share Equally	I always relied on others to do the work	I rarely did the assigned work. I often needed reminding.	I usually did the assigned work. I rarely need reminding	I always did the assigned work without to be reminded
VALUE OTHERS' VIEWPOINTS
Listen to other teammates	I was always talking. I never allowed anyone else to speak	I was usually doing most of the talking. I rarely allowed others to speak	I listened but I did sometimes talk too much	I listened to everyone and did a fair amount of speaking.
Cooperate with teammates	I usually argued with my group.	I argued sometimes	I rarely argued	I never argued with my teammates
Make fair decisions	I was spoiled brat and wanted everything my way	I often sided with friends instead of considering all the views	I usually considered all the views	I always helped my team to reach a fair decision

Grading Scale

29-32 = A

24-28 = B

20-23 = C

18-19 = D 

Women have played an important role in the history of the United States. In the past decades women have fought to be on equal footing with men. As we complete this webquest, we have discovered a number of women who have achieved success in this century. With as much progress that has been made in the 20th century, do you think history looks different when the contributions of women are included?

I want to thank the following webquests for their ideas in putting together my webquest:

Women in History webquest (http://topcat.bridgew.edu/~kschrock/ED560/svendsen/Page1.htm);

Glass Slippers Just Won't Do webquest (http://www.sitesbysheridan.com/webquest/process.html)

You Teach the Decades webquest(http://coe.west.asu.edu/student/hcarter/decadewebquest.htm#Task)

I would also like to thank Judy Griffin and Dennis Anderson for their help and expert advise.