March Week 1-2
Lesson: Women's History Month
Lesson Objectives:
Students will:
Identify six important Hispanic women in history
Describe one historic woman
Discuss why each woman is important
Pre-test:
I can identify six important Hispanic women in history Yes or No
I can describe one of the historic woman Yes or No
I can identify why each woman is important Yes or No
What are the similarities?
Women History
Video Discussion
What is something that you learned about this video?
Did something stand out?
Think Sheet
What is her name?
Describe her.
Theater
Her name is Jennifer Lopez.
She is from Puerto Rico
She is an actress and a singer
She is pretty
Her birthday is on July 24
She first started as a dancer on the show “In Living Color”
Then she started acting in movies like “Selena”.
Sciences
Her name is Ellen Ochoa
She is Mexican but born in LA
Her birthday is on May 10.
She is an astronaut.
She is smart.
She voyaged into outer space in 1993.
In 2013, Ochoa made history again by becoming the first Hispanic and second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Art
Her name is Frida Kahlo
She is from Mexico
She is an artist
She is ugly
Her birthday is on July 5.
She attended National Preparatory school (Mexico City 1922)
She exaggerated her unibrow and mustache in many of her self portraits, almost as a joke.
Politics
Her name is Evita Peron.
She is from Argentina
She is a politician
She is strong
Her birthday is on May 7.
She started the Eva Peron Foundation that helped poverty in Argentina and aided similar women foundations in the world.
She helped passed the Women’s Suffrage Bill which gave women the right to vote in Argentina.
Music
Her name is Celia Cruz
She is from Cuba
She is a singer
Her birthday is on October 21st.
Cruz is indisputably the best known and most influential female figure in the history of Latin music.
She won 8 Grammy awards.
Post-test:
I can identify six important Hispanic women in history Yes or No
I can describe one of the historic woman Yes or No
I can identify why each woman is important Yes or No