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In this edited book, authors provide frameworks and strategies for thematically teaching women's rights issues in U.S. history. Chapters focus on a particular woman using a reputable trade book to strengthen literacy and social studies disciplinary thinking skills for students in upper elementary through middle school classrooms.
List of contents
List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Introduction
Jeremiah Clabough
Chapter 1: Women's Rights and Classroom Literature: Theory, Scholarship, and Practice
Natalie Keefer and Tori K. Flint
Chapter 2: Thoroughly Modern Nellie Bly: Trailblazing Journalist, Feminist, and Activist
Caroline C. Sheffield
Chapter 3: "The People Must Know Before They Can Act": Examining Ida B. Wells' Legacy of Activism, Courage, and Resistance
Amy J. Samuels
Chapter 4: Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee: Chinese American Pioneer of the Women's Suffrage Movement in the Era of the Chinese Exclusion Act
Yali Zhao
Chapter 5: Mamie on the Mound: Using Interdisciplinary, Critical Literacy to Explore the Life and Impact of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson
Alyssa Whitford
Chapter 6: Protecting Our Mother: Rachel Carson and the American Environmental Movement
Sarah M. Denney
Chapter 7: Finding Our Way: Women's Stories of Migration
Margit E. McGuire
Chapter 8: The Notorious R. B. G: Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Her Fight for Equality
Rebecca Macon Bidwell and Nefertari Yancie
Chapter 9: Future Directions for Thematic Teaching of Women's Rights Issues
Jeremiah Clabough and Natalie Keefer
Appendices
About the Contributors
About the author
Natalie Keefer is associate professor of social studies education, Graduate Coordinator, and Co-Director of the Louisiana Center for Research and Education on Languages and Literacies (LA CREoLL) at the University of Louisiana Lafayette.
Jeremiah Clabough is associate professor of social science education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Summary
In this edited book, authors provide frameworks and strategies for thematically teaching women's rights issues in U.S. history. Chapters focus on a particular woman using a reputable trade book to strengthen literacy and social studies disciplinary thinking skills for students in upper elementary through middle school classrooms.
