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All Homework assignments are in this folder...please click here to access assignments.
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OQ_D09ZMbZzxwMOqEcKQ0o2SvJQ272_2?usp=sharing
Class Expectation Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WjP3Wxma1zdqRJP1igrmelmopEDL71aZ/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=103951432096539748733&rtpof=true&sd=true
Class Expectations Addendum: In a world where A.I. has become more and more available and used, I will not accept the use of A.I. generated homework...this includes essays, written questions and art projects. Consequences can include having to re -do assignments, losing credit in class and the inability of writing a recommendation for colleges. In many cases, my questions are asking for your analysis and opinions, I am not interested in a random computer generated response. If you have any questions about this or how to cite sources, alternative versions of an assignment or anything else, it has to be approved by me before you complete the assignment and hand it in.
You can email Erin at erine@school-one.org. If you email your homework to Erin, please send it as a google doc.
Trimester I
Trimester I
Reading I: The Tried and the True
This reading begins on Page 5 and the section titled Indian Foremothers and the coming of the Europeans…it ends on page 10 just before the next section titled Puebloan Women.
Please follow the instructions on the reading assignment sheet carefully. Please see Erin if you need help completing this assignment. This assignment is due Thursday September 11, 2025.
Reading 2: To Toil the Live Long Day
The reading begins on Page 54 and it ends on page 63 just before the next section titled Marriage and Motherhood. Please follow the instructions on the reading assignment sheet carefully. The assignment sheet is in the homework folder and the link to the folder is above. Please see Erin if you need help completing this assignment. This assignment is due Tuesday September 23, 2025.
Although there are no questions to answer, I would also like you to read pages 75-86. This section of the chapter is on Women and Religion. This is also due on the 23rd. You may also be interested in reading pages 86-98 on Witches, Rebels and Captives.
For Tuesday September 16: Please begin formulating a persona of a person who made the journey to the new world like the Pilgrims. Who are you? Why did you go on this voyage? What did you take with you? This Persona is to be used in conjunction with the first project in which you design a homestead and kitchen garden...more details to follow. Please have your persona, with a name and answers to the questions above by Tuesday September 16, 2025.
For Thursday September 25: Please formalize your persona for the colonial homestead project...please add details to what you have written so far to include who makes up your family? Do you have any servants or non-family members in your house? What are these people ages? Their relationship to you? Do they have any special skills, or do you? Try to write as much about the people on your homestead so you can share this with me in class.
For Tuesday September 30: Write out some lists of what you want to have on your homestead...what plants are you going to plant? What animals do you own? Where are you going to keep the animals? How many patches of plants and vegetables will you need...essentially you are planning the layout and contents of your homestead so you will be ready to draw the homestead in class. If you have any other questions, please email Erin!
Do not refer to anything below this line...it is all from a previous class and may not be used by this class.
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Reading 3 - The Limits of Independence
The reading begins on Page 131 ( An Era of Challenges...)and it ends on page 148 just before the next section titled Independence Realized. Please follow the instructions on the reading assignment sheet carefully. The assignment sheet is in the homework folder and the link to the folder is above. Make sure you put your name on the answer sheet and please see Erin if you need help completing this assignment. This assignment is Due Monday October 24, 2022.
Reading 4 - The Limits of Independence
The reading begins on Page 161 The Limits of Republicanism and it ends on page 173 just before the next section titled Prayer and Charity. Please follow the instructions on the reading assignment sheet carefully. The assignment sheet is in the homework folder and the link to the folder is above. Make sure you put your name on the answer sheet and please see Erin if you need help completing this assignment. This assignment is Due Friday November 4, 2022.
Trimester II
Trimester II
Reading 5: The Politics of Resistance
This reading begins of page 223 and I want you to read until the end of the chapter on page 236. Please follow the instructions on the reading assignment sheet carefully. The assignment sheet is in the homework folder and the link to the folder is above. Make sure you put your name on the answer sheet and please see Erin if you need help completing this assignment. This assignment is Due: Monday December 12, 2022.
Here is the link to the reading pdf: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vh2uFHKigqnDddoxItjAtiLN-nCzKvLA/view?usp=share_link
Please write a paragraph on each of the following women. Tell me who they are and what is their connection to Abolition. You can also include if they are part of any other reform movements. Lydia Maria Child, Maria Stewart, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Jacobs, Lucretia Mott, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Julia Ward Howe and Martha Coffin Wright This is due Wednesday January 11,2023.
Reading 6: Journeys to New Places
This reading begins of page 252 and I want you to read until the end of the chapter on page 261. Please follow the instructions on the reading assignment sheet carefully. The assignment sheet is in the homework folder and the link to the folder is above. Make sure you put your name on the answer sheet and please see Erin if you need help completing this assignment. This assignment is Due: Monday January 23, 2023.
Westward/Oregon Trail Diary Project
I would like you ti design/write a diary of a woman who is walking the Oregon Trail to the west coast of the United States. You need to produce entries for one week of the trip (7 days/7 entries). These entries should references to where you come from; where you are going; how many people are in your group and who are they; what are the necessities that you have brought with you; talk about one item that is precious to you that you could not leave behind; and share your unique experiences that you have on the trip.
This can take the form of a written diary, a written and illustration diary or a series of illustrated dairy entries with more art than words. If you are not sure about what to do, you should come and see Erin ASAP!!! This will be due on Friday February 10, 2023.
Reading 7: The Year of Revolution
This reading begins on page 232 and I want you to read until the start of the section called New Voices and Ideas on page 242. Please follow the instructions on the reading assignment sheet carefully. The assignment sheet is in the homework folder and the link to the folder is above. Make sure you put your name on the answer sheet and please see Erin if you need help completing this assignment. This assignment is Due: Wednesday February 22, 2023.
Here is the link to the final in-class essay on the documentary Not For Ourselves Alone
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_ExWDW2SWLqp4qJ6R6TVaj53NgW7U_iTgnJQ3zp70eU/edit?usp=sharing
Trimester III
Trimester III
Welcome to Trimester III...let's get started....I will updating this regularly so make sure you are checking this site daily.
Assignment 1: Settlement House research: Please collect a group of photographs of the inner city around the turn if the century (1900-1920). You will need about 10-12 pictures, put them in a google folder, print them out or create a power point with the photographs. You will need these photos for Friday March 17, 2023.
For Monday March 20,2023: Please write up a list of programs that you are going to have at your new Settlement House. The list should be based on your analysis of the neighborhood photos you collected. The questions you should consider is what is your settlement house going to do to help your neighborhood the most.
Settlement House Project: You are going to create a Settlement House based on the information you have collected in the photos. Those photos represent your neighborhood. You have to develop a list of the services provided by the Settlement House and a floor plan drawing of the Settlement House itself that shows where the services are provided. This will be Due Friday March 31, 2023.
For Friday March 24, 2023: Please send or bring into class the following written out on a piece of paper with your name on it. Please write out the following on the paper: 1. Tell me what type of house you are using for your settlement house. 2. Write out the list of programs and services you are providing in the settlement house. 3. Make of list of how you are going to allocate space in your settlement house for the programs and activities you will be doing in your settlement house. If you have any questions, please see Erin or email her immediately!!!
Timeline: I have put a timeline for Women's Suffrage here...follow the link to access...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ws7g8TGYbwmRFuGG1imYloAs2DeqyATpX_Wqq5u2cL8/edit?usp=sharing
Reading: please begin reading the following sections of the chapter New Paths to Power in the No Small Courage book: Pages 385-398 the section is called In Public Life. We will be discussing the reading in class. This should be done by Wednesday March 29, 2021...no fooling!
Essay #1: You are to write a 4-5 paragraph essay discussing the means used by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns to achieve that passage of the amendment that gave women the right to vote. How were they different from the methods that had been used by NAWSA? What was the reaction to these methods by NAWSA? Were you surprised by the lengths that Alice Paul, Lucy Burns and the other members of the National Women's Party were willing to go to get their goals accomplished? Which side of the movement do you think you would have supported if you had been there to participate in the movement?
This essay should use Humanities department standards. It is due on Monday April 10, 2023.
Reading: From Ballots to Breadlines I
Reading: From Ballots to Breadlines I
Please read the following sections of this chapter (pages 413-418, and 435-446) and answer the questions. The questions are in the folder linked above. You will see the chapter headings at the start of each section of questions. Questions are due Friday April 14, 2023.
Short Story Assignment: Choose a picture from the slide presentation of Great Depression Photographs and write a story about a person from the photo...tell me who they are and what is happening to them...what to the want to achieve...what are they looking for in the photo? You will start the story in class and it is dye Wednesday April 26, 2023. There is a link below to the slide show presentation:
Link to the She She She Camps Article:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16zh7ERjZqC717EwpCstnil_G2h6BlFDp/view?usp=share_link
Reading : From Ballots to Breadlines II
Reading : From Ballots to Breadlines II
Please read the following pages (446-472) of this chapter and answer the questions. The questions are in the folder linked above. Questions are due Wednesday May 3, 2023.
Reading IV: Pushing the Limits - Please read pages 500 (start at section called Suburbia) and read to page 520 (stop at the section Going Against the Grain). There are no questions for the reading but you will be responsible for knowing the content for an upcoming written assignment. Please email Erin if you have any questions. This is due on Monday, May 15 for class time.
Reading V: The Road to Equality - Please read page 545 (Start at the section called The Rebirth of Feminism) to page 554 (Stop at the section called Which Road to Travel). There are no questions for the reading but you will be responsible for knowing the content for an upcoming written assignment. Please email Erin if you have any questions. This is due on Wednesday, May 17 for class time.
Reading VI: The Road to Equality - Please read page 562 (Start at the section called Responses) to page 576 (Stop at the section called The Persistence of Differences). There are no questions for the reading but you will be responsible for knowing the content for an upcoming written assignment. Please email Erin if you have any questions. This is due on Monday, May 22 for class time.
Final Essay - In a thoughtful and well written essay (4-5 paragraphs), discuss the future of women's rights in America. Include in your discussion the history of the fight for equality we have seen in the RBG and Gloria documentaries, as well as the readings that have been recently assigned. Do women have equal rights today? What can we take from previous activities and use in a current or future movement for equality? What is important to you to be discussed in a current or future women's movement? Please use Humanities department rules for this essay. This assignment is due Friday May 26, 2023.
Please disregard anything below this line...they are assignments from past classes.
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Trimester I
Reading I: The Tried and the True
Please read these sections of this chapter ( pages 3-10, your assigned section, and 44-50) and answer the following questions:
How did each group of Native people (as assigned) react to meeting
Europeans? How were their reactions the same?
How were their reactions different? Was there anything that stood
out to you...something that you did not know...surprised you or upset you?
This is due Friday September 13, 2019
For Monday September 16, 2019
Read Chapter 2 introduction...pages 51-54. Stop at the
section "To Toil...".
Reading II: To Toil the Livelong Day: Working Lives (pages: 54-63 but please continue onto the next section called Of Marriage and Motherhood - there are no questions for this section. Please also read the section called Captives, Rebels and Witches...there are no questions for this section.)
Please find questions in the Herstory Folder
Due Wednesday September 25, 2019
Due Friday October 4. 2019
Each of you have to draw your map of your plot of land and the kitchen garden.
Your garden should include medicinal and culinary herbs as well as
vegetables and fruit. Use can use your notes from class and do research as well.
Your drawing should have color and include a legend telling me
what everything is on your map.
Reading III: An Era of Challenges...
Please find questions in the Herstory Folder
Due Friday October 11, 2019
Reading IV: The Limits of Republicanism
Please find questions in the Herstory Folder
Due Monday October 21, 2019
Essay: Martha Ballard & A Midwife's Tale
Please write an essay of 4-5 paragraphs in length using
Humanities department standards answering the following:
In what was does Martha Ballard epitomize the post Revolution
Woman? What has she achieved over her lifetime? What is her legacy?
This is due Wednesday November 6, 2019
Due Monday November 18, 2019
Your Story/Essay on the history of your farm is due on November 18...you are to design an update of your farm from your original drawing...show how it has changed over the 18th century including what might have happened to it and the region during the Revolution. You can include a short statement/story of the changes that have occured...see me for questions or help. Make sure to "zoom out" the drawing so I can see the whole property and the land around it.
Trimester II
Assignment 1
Please write a paragraph on each of the following women. Tell me
who they are and what is their connection to Abolition. You can also
include if they are part of any other reform movements.
Lydia Maria Child, Maria Stewart, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Jacobs, Lucretia
Mott, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Julia Ward Howe and Martha Coffin Wright
This is due Monday December 9, 2019
Essay One: Please write a 4-5 paragraph essay or a creative written piece on Abolition and Abolitionists. I want to read about how you would start an abolition movement in the 19th century...who would you like to recruit to your cause? How would you get your message out and persuade people to end slavery? You can use your notes, the documentary we have been watching on the Abolitionists and the reading handed out in class as background information for your writing. Please see Erin for help. Due Wednesday December 18, 2019
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Harriet Jacobs
Please write an essay discussing the lives of women as depicted in the Narrative of Harriet Jacobs. Describe the differences between the races of women in the narrative. What roles did they play? How did society determine these roles? Did these women have any choice in how they treated their family...other women? What do you think drove these women to make the choices they made in the narrative? This is due Wednesday January 29, 2020
Please re-read the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments and make a list of the demands...next to the list of demands write what your opinion is of whether or not we have achieved this right or are we still fighting to get it done.
Please read this article about the new movement Time's Up which has been formed to combat sexual harassment in the work place and society...be prepared to discuss it in class. Go to
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/movies/times-up-hollywood-women-sexual-harassment.html
Reading I: An Unfinished Battle "I had much rather starve than be a slave"
Due January 19, 2018
Herstory unfinished battle I (1) slavery.docx
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Reading II: The El Dorado of Our Hopes
Due Friday February 2, 2018
Herstory The El Dorado of Our Hopes I.docx
Herstory The El Dorado of Our Hopes I.docx
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Westward Movement Assignment
Due Wednesday February 14, 2018
Westward Movement Assignment.docx
Westward Movement Assignment.docx
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All overdue work and revisions are due Friday February 16, 2018
Trimester III
Reading I
Due Monday April 2, 2018
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Due Wednesday March 21, 2018
Research on your neighborhood for the Settlement House project.
This should include the name of your neighborhood, where it is (what city), who
lives there and what are the problems that need to be solved by your Settlement
House.
Due Friday March 23, 2018
Final copies for the Settlement House Cookbook. Please
email Erin your family recipes so she can put the Cookbook together.
Due Monday March 26, 2018
Continue research for Settlement House - get photos of your city, more specific
'information on who lives there and problems that need to be solved by the
Settlement House.
Due Wednesday March 28, 2018
The floor plan of your Settlement House is due in class.
Think carefully of where you are going to put things in your house and
what floor they will be on within the house.
Due Friday March 30, 2018
A programming pamphlet for your Settlement House is due.
This is a guide to the services your Settlement House provides
to your neighborhood.
Due Friday April 27, 2018
You must choose a Great Depression era photograph and write a story about the person
or persons in the photo. Who are they? What has happened to them? What will happen
to them now? Email me with questions or problems.
Due Wednesday May 17, 2018
Fairy Tale presentation and Paper
You must read and analyse your chosen Fairy Tale for the role your
main female character plays in the Fairy Tale. What attributes does
she have...i.e. is she brave, smart, etc.
Then you must find a contemporary version (film) of the Fairy Tale and
also analyse it for how it presents the same character in the story
and how that reflects the time in which the movie was made. Is she the same in both?
How is she the same or different? These two pieces of analysis form the basis of
your written paper (4-5 paragraphs long).
For the presentation in class, you must show the class a scene from the
movie that best demonstrates your analysis...see me if you are having a hard time
figuring this part out - but bring your paper and ideas with you
For Wednesday May 30, 2018
Please look for the Official Equal Rights Amendment website and
read up on the history of the Amendment and where it is now. Please also
be prepared to discuss it in class.
Reading I
Herstory Ballots to Breadlines I.docx
Herstory Ballots to Breadlines I.docx
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Assignment : Iron Jawed Angels
This is a HBO film about the last part of the fight to get the right to vote. This film is available on Youtube. Please answer the following questions as you watch this film...we will be discussing both the film and your answers later on in class. This is due Monday March 30 emailed to me by class time.
docs.google.com/document/d/1oRVrtkHMsSHtHjkcGab2cHUAzq_0-gJGBYjd0zFt0RA/edit?usp=sharing
Reading: Due Monday May 18, 2020
Reading: Due Monday May 18, 2020
Please read pages 500-520...please start at section called "Suburbia" and end before the section marked "Going Against the Grain."
Reading : Due Wednesday May 22, 2020
Reading : Due Wednesday May 22, 2020
Please read chapter 10 - The Road to Equality. Pages 529 - 586. There are no questions for the chapter, but you will be writing a final essay based on the materials in this chapter of the book. You should read this chapter carefully and if you have any questions about anything in the chapter, please bring them to class and we can discuss them.
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