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Cultural Literacy: Marie Antoinette

As the final week of Women’s History Month 2018 begins, here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Marie Antoinette, certainly one of the more infamous women in history.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Queen Victoria

If you teach global studies, or world history, or whatever your school district calls a survey course on global history, you will probably find this Cultural Literacy worksheet on Queen Victoria useful.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Sacagawea

You might be able to use this Cultural Literacy worksheet on Sacagawea in your classroom, particularly if you teach younger children. Sacagawea passed by my radar the other day when a female student in my third period class sought to exchange a Sacagawea one-dollar coin for a bill, because she didn’t believe it was real money.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Seneca Falls Convention

Monday has rolled around once again, so let’s start the fourth week of Women’s History Month 2018 with a Cultural Literacy worksheet on the Seneca Falls Convention, one of the most significant events in the history of women in the United States.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

The Weekly Text, March 16, 2018, Women’s History Month 2018 Week III: A Reading and Comprehension Worksheet on Geneticist Barbara McClintock

Another Friday has rolled around, so it’s time for another Weekly Text in observation of Women’s History Month. This week’s Text is a reading on geneticist and botanist Barbara McClintock accompanied by this comprehension worksheet on the reading. Finally, here is a complementary Everyday Edit worksheet on Marie Curie (and you can get a full-year supply of Everyday Edit worksheets from the generous proprietors of the Education World website.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Jane Addams and Settlement Houses

On a Thursday morning, here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Jane Addams and another on the settlement house movement of which she was a founder. My paternal grandfather spent time as a child at Hull House. In high school, I read Twenty Years at Hull House, which exercised a profound influence over my view of the world and how I should live in it.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Alice Walker

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Alice Walker. She remains relevant as does The Color Purple , and I hope, despite the many attempts to ban the novel, it remains within the reach of all who seek to read it.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Joan of Arc

There are a number of classroom situations, I think, in which this Cultural Literacy worksheet on Joan of Arc might come in handy.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Cultural Literacy: Cleopatra

Here is, first thing on a Monday morning, a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Cleopatra. Time to get a brain signal and get to work.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

The Weekly Text, March 9, 2018, Women’s History Month 2018 Week II: A Reading and Comprehension Worksheet on Abolitionist and Author Lydia Maria Child

Friday morning at last, which means it’s time for the Weekly Text, this one in observance of Women’s History Month. This week I offer this reading on Lydia Maria Child. To accompany it, here is a reading comprehension worksheet. Finally, here is an Everyday Edit worksheet on “Women Get the Vote.” (And, incidentally, you can get more Everyday Edit Worksheets–indeed, an entire year’s worth–from the generous people at the Education World website.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.