HerStory - Stories of Women at War

Summary:

‘By doing this project, [the student] will develop relevant historical thinking skills by evaluating sources, using historical evidence and examining issues of significance, causation, continuity, change and historical perspective. Historical research can be a challenge as it does not give [her] a clear-cut and definitive answer. History is interpretive; [it] is [her] job as a historian to interpret the story of the female you have been assigned.’


General Tasks:

Part 1: After a preliminary research on women’s role in WWI and having shared it with the class, students visit archives on the woman they chose to do a research about.

Part 2: Student search in archives, take notes and discuss research strategies.

Part 3: Students write and submit a script of the audio-visual project, the main part of their project.

Part 4: Students produce their audio-visual project


Evaluation Criteria:

Thinking: interpretation and research. Communication: video, voice, visual quality. Application: meaningfulness of the project, appropriateness of audio-visual presentation, deepness of the research; sources presentation, research notes.
HerStory - Stories of Women at War

Rita Gravina & Cathrine Pfaff

10 or 12

Toronto, Ontario

‘Encouraging young women to explore the stories of the many women (mostly unsung) who served their countries in time of war.’

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