Blog Analysis Assignment for 4th Grade

Hello and welcome to my blog on Famous Women in History!

This is a 4th grade lesson website where students can learn about Famous Women and analyse some primary sources related to them.

4th Graders!
As you are looking at the photographs and information provided, make some observations.  For each of the posts, choose one of the following questions to answer.  You must answer all the questions at least once, and must answer a question for each post.  You can insert your answers as comments or write them down and turn them in.

• What do you see in the picture/document/video? (Objects, other people, dress, other interesting things.)
• How does the women look in the picture and what does this tell you about her? (Emotions, physical appearance, etc.)
• What does this quote mean to you?
• How does this woman inspire you?
• Who else do you know of that has accomplished similar things in his or her life?  This can be a person you know or someone you have heard of.  
• What is one question you have about this photo/video/document/quote?

There are references for each women listed in the post, as well as a list of links at the bottom of the page.  

Helen Keller

Helen Adams Keller 1880-1968
Tuscumbia, Alabama

At age 19 months, Helen Keller became so ill that she lost her sight and hearing.  Her parents gave her a tutor, Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy (pictured on the right) at age 7, and by age 10 she could read, write, and speak.  After attending Radcliffe College, she went on to be an advocate for the blind and deaf, Anne by her side at all times.  She is a symbol of overcoming the greatest of odds, and continues to inspire people today.

References
(2011). About Helen Keller - Helen Keller International. Retrieved October 30, 2012, from http://www.hki.org/about-helen-keller/.

Image retrieved from the Library of Congress with no known restrictions. Web page: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004672077/. Retrieved on October 30, 2012.

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks, a.k.a. Rosa Louise McCauley 1913-2005
Tuskegee, Alabama

Rosa Parks became famous for her refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white male passenger on December 1, 1955 and was arrested.  Subsequently, protests erupted, and a bus boycott by the city of Montgomery, Alabama lasted 381 days, let by Martin Luther King Jr.

References
Images of police report and bus diagram retrieved from The National Archives.  Web Page: http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/rosa-parks/.  Retrieved on October 30, 2012.

(2005). ROSA PARKS. Retrieved October 30, 2012, from http://rosaparks.org/.

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman (Born Araminta Harriet Ross) 1820-1913
Dorchester County, Maryland

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery, but later escaped.  She was a major force in the Underground Railroad, making trips to aid at least 70 other slaves.  During the Civil War, she worked as a cook and nurse, then eventually a spy for the Union Army.  She also became active in women's suffrage in her later years.

References
Video from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ2Kbk4QTGU. Retrieved on October 24, 2012.

Image retrieved from Library of Congress.  Web Page: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3a10453/  Retrieved on October 24, 2012.

(2003). Harriet Tubman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved October 30, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-1962

New York City, New York

Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest first lady of the United States from1933-1945.  She was very involved in civil and women's rights as a speaker, writer, and politician.  

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people” - Eleanor Roosevelt

An excerpt from a speech given to the United Nations.

http://www.history.com/topics/eleanor-roosevelt/speeches#eleanor-roosevelt-on-internation-cooperation

References

Eleanor Roosevelt - Wikiquote. Retrieved from http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt.

(2004). Eleanor Roosevelt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved October 24, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt.

Image retrieved from the Library of Congress. Web Page: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/oem2002010044/PP/. Retrieved on October 24, 2012.

Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keefe 1887-1986

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Georgia O'Keefe was an American artist, prominent in the art scene before women were allowed formal education in the arts.  Much of her work included close up abstraction of flowers.  

References

(2004). Georgia O'Keeffe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved October 24, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O'Keeffe.

Image retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O'Keeffe.  Photo By Alfred Steiglitz, 1918. Retrieved on October 24, 2012.

Jeannette Rankin

Jeannette Rankin 1880-1973

Missoula, Montana

Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress in 1916.  She is most well known for being the only person to vote against entering World War I and World War II.  She was instrumental in the women's suffrage movement, as well as many pacifist movements throughout the country.  

"You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake." - Jeannette Rankin

References

"You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake." <http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/517.html>

"Women in Congress - Jeannette Rankin, Representative from ..." 2009. 23 Oct. 2012 <http://womenincongress.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?intID=202>

Image retrieved from the Library of Congress with no known restrictions. Web page: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004672791/. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.

Amelia Erheart

Amelia Mary Earhart 1897-1937 

Atchison, Kansas

Amelia Earhart broke many records for women in the aviation industry.  Her first record was being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in 1928 (two male pilots accompanied her on this flight.)  She was then the first woman and second person to solo fly over the Atlantic in 1932.  She continued to break many other records until she attempted her last, to be the first woman to fly around the world, in 1937.  She was last heard from flying near Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean.  Her plane was never found. 

"...now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done - occasionally what men have not done--thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action. Some such consideration was a contributing reason for my wanting to do what I so much wanted to do." - Amelia Earhart

References

"Biography - The Official Website of Amelia Earhart." 2008. 23 Oct. 2012 <http://www.ameliaearhart.com/about/bio.html>

Image retrieved from Library of Congress with no known restrictions. Web Page: <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011649482/>. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.

"Quotes - The Official Website of Amelia Earhart." 2003. 23 Oct. 2012 <http://www.ameliaearhart.com/about/quotes.html>

Calamity Jane

Martha Jane Cannary-"Calamity Jane" 1852-1903

Princeton, Missouri

As a young girl, Martha was orphaned and forced to move out West to Wyoming, South Dakota, and eventually, Montana.  There are many stories about Calamity Jane, most of which involve her as a generous, gun-slinging, drinking, wild-west type of woman.  Some stories are true, others exaggerated by writers of the time.  What we do know about her was her can do attitude and force during the Gold Rush in the West allowed her to be extremely successful.

References

(2011). Calamity Jane Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com. Retrieved October 23, 2012, from http://www.biography.com/people/calamity-jane-9234950.

(2003). Calamity Jane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved October 23, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamity_Jane.

Image retrieved from the Library of Congress, with no known restrictions. Web page: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/91483145/. Retrieved on October 23, 2012.

Susan B. Anthony

Susan Brownell Anthony 1880-1906

Born in Adams, Massachusetts

Susan B. Anthony was a women's rights activist who worked for women's suffrage.  She co-founded the Women's Temperance Movement, as well as the women's rights journal, The Revolution.  She was even arrested for voting and took her case to the Supreme Court in 1872, which allowed her to spread her message even further.  

References

(2003). Susan B. Anthony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved October 23, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony.

Image retrieved from the Library of Congress with no known restrictions.  Web address: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001704096/.  Retrieved on October 23, 2012.  

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott  1832-1888 

Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania

Louisa May Alcott was a writer.  She published her first book at age 22 in 1854, but is most famous for her book, Little Women.  Overall, she published over 30 books and stories during her life. 

“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead” - Louisa May Alcott

References

(2004). Louisa May Alcott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved October 23, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_May_Alcott.

INSPIRING QUOTES BY WOMEN. Retrieved from http://www.feminist.com/resources/quotes/. Retrieved October 23, 2012.

Image downloaded from the library of Congress with no known restrictions on publication.  It is a wood engraving, created in 1888.  <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002735645/>.  Retrieved on October 22, 2012.