BIOGRAPHY
DATABASE FROM SFPL (http://sfpl.org.ca.us) From the main SFPL page,
click on "Articles and Databases". This is found on the left, second
item under the yellow/gold "search catalog" box. Click on "Alphabetical
List" and then "Biography Resource Center/Marquis Who's Who". Enter
your library card number. Type in the name of the person. One
or more documents will appear in the default tab"Narrative
Biographies". Click on the title to read the
information. Other tabs available for information are: Thumbnail
Biographies, Marquis Who's Who, Magazine Articles, and Websites.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
BIOGRAPHICAL DATABASE (http://www.africanpubs.com/):
Click on African Americans. The Login is des5.
Select letter of the last name of the person, i.e., A for Maya Angelou.
Then scroll to the name and click on it.
NetTrekkerResource
from SFUSD (http://www.nettrekker.com/frontdoor/): Collection of reviewed
websites. User name and password are both
sfusd.
Type in the name of the author and click search.
In
the yellow box on the right side, go to Secondary and click on "Famous
Person". You can search individually for persons or create a list
of people by creating criteria via checking the boxes provided.
A search
on "Women" from the main page will bring up 1000+ websites! So the
term should be more specific. At the bottom of the 1st search result
page, there are more specific subjects. Limit by area or time period.
"women WWii" brings up 25 sites. The subject tabs will give "Pictures"
or "Maps/Charts".
Women's
History Hotlist (http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/women.html) from the
Franklin Institute Online (http://sln.fi.edu/index.html)
: The Franklin Institute's Educational Hotlists are organized lists of
resources on the Internet that science educators, as well as science enthusiasts,
may find useful. We've screened these resources for their educational
appropriateness, helping take some of the guess work out of the web for
you. Basically, to make the list, a resource needs to stimulate creative
thinking and learning about science. Using the Hotlists should save you
time and provide quality online resources for your classroom needs.
Librarians'
Index to the Internet Women's page
(http://lii.org/search/women)
Womens'
History Month -- Free Resources from Gale (http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/index.htm):
Biographies of notable women along with Activities, Timeline, Women's Rights
on Trial, Links, Quiz.
NARA
(U.S. National Archives and Records Administration): (http://www.archives.gov)
Go to "search" in the list in white print. In the search box, search
all NARA web pages, and type "women's history".
Filamentality
on "Women" (http://www.kn.pacbell.com/kne_search.html): Go to the "Knowledge
Network Explorer Search Page ". Search for Women or more specific
women subject in Filamentality. The results will be links to pages
of web links created by teachers.
Online
Archive of California (http://www.oac.cdlib.org/) search on Women
(http://texts.cdlib.org/xtf/search?type=archival+collection&rmode=ead&text=women&home-ignore.x=15&home-ignore.y=11)
In
"Search all Collections", search with the term "women". Other terms
could be used. Items can also be searched within collections.
Use the "Collection
finder" (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html) for this.
Women's
History Resources from Scholastic (http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/womhst/index.htm):
has history resources and biographies of notable women in the areas of
civil rights, art, sports, politics, science, and journalism.
Article
Archive (http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/index.htm): Under
Social Studies, click on Women's History.
From the Scholastic
web site: A wide range of fascinating books are now available on the topic
of women's history. A few are listed below. You can check for them at your
library. Some can be ordered from the National Women's History Project
(7738 Bell Road, Box P, Windsor, CA 95492. 707/838-6000). (http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/womhst/books.htm
#GRADE)
Women's
History Month from Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenshistory1.html)
includes resources on history and timelines, special features, prize winners
and honorees, fun stuff, biographies, awards and achievers, population,
education, work, motherhood and family, health and reproductive
issues, crime, and other resources. Biographies of notable women
are in a special box on the page.
Google
search on Women
(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=women)
Twentieth
Century Women- The E-Journal of First Person Biography. (http://www.20thCenturyWomen.com)
This is an electronic journal of stories from the extraordinary lives of
ordinary women who have lived through this revolutionary century, recording
their experiences in the family, in the workplace and in society.
A
Celebration of Women Writers from the University of Pennsylvania (http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women)
The Celebration of Women Writers recognizes the contributions of women
writers throughout history. Women have written almost every imaginable
type of work: novels, poems, letters, biographies, travel books, religious
commentaries, histories, economic and scientific works. Our goal is to
promote awareness of the breadth and variety of women's writing.
The women writers can be searched by name, century, country, or ethnicity.
WOMEN'S
HISTORY MONTH learning resources (http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/cfapps/free/displaysearch.cfm?searchword=women%27s+history+month
NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WEBSITE:
The
National
Women's History Project (http://www.nwhp.org/whm/themes/themes.html)
website includes the story behind National Women's History Month and provides
inspiration for media educators to highlight the influential role of women
in media today -- and throughout history. A listing of program ideas is
provided, including working with local newspapers to develop articles about
women from local history, and contemporary women working in comparable
fields. Your original event or activity may even be posted on their Events
Message Board.
In honor of National Women's History Month,
the Center
for Media Literacy (CML) has assembled research reports, teaching resources
and activities centering on women, girls and the media.
From the American Association of University
Women MAJOR NEW STUDIES EXPLORE GIRLS
AND TECHNOLOGY (http://www.aauw.org/research/girls_education/techsavvy.cfm):
Some valuable new reports on girls and technology that are particularly
noteworthy for media educators. The first, published by The American Association
of University Women, is titled "Tech-Savvy: Educating Girls in the New
Computer Age." Other articles are entitled: Beyond the "Gender Wars",
Community Coalitions Manual, Gaining a Foothold, Gender Gaps, Girls in
the Middle, Growing Smart, Hostile Hallways, How Schools Shortchange Girls,
A License for Bias, Separated by Sex, Shortchanging Girls, Shortchanging
America, The Third Shift, Voices of a Generation, Women at Work.
Girl
Scout Research Institute (http://www.girlscouts.org/research/). Another
resource to explore concerning girls and how they think, respond, etc.
MEDIA
REPORT TO WOMEN (http://www.mediareporttowomen.com): In
the spirit of National Women's History Month, the "Media Report to Women"
newsletter has provided over 30 years of provocative discussion about women
and media. Presenting an important dialogue between female academicians
who teach journalism and mass communication -- and the professional field
of women journalists - this quarterly covers the concerns and depiction
of women in newspapers, magazines, TV, movies, the Internet and advertising.
Now available on the web, this is a great resource site for young media
scholars searching for interesting studies and historical perspecti
TEACHER
RESOURCES
Parade
Classroom (www.paradeclassroom.com) is featuring Women's History Month
activities which include downloadable lesson plans and activities.
Lesson
Plans from Scholastic (http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/index.asp):
Search this page for Women's History Lesson Plans.
From the Scholastic
web site: A wide range of fascinating books are now available on the topic
of women's history. A few are listed below. You can check for them at your
library. Some can be ordered from the National Women's History Project
(7738 Bell Road, Box P, Windsor, CA 95492. 707/838-6000). (http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/womhst/books.htm
#GRADE)
