Confidence and Crises: Women and the American Story History Unit (1920-1948)
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About the Resource
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Key ideas from the unit:
"1. Major social, economic, and political shifts in this period forced Americans to once again question what it meant to be an American.
2. Women of all backgrounds continued to feel the tension between traditional expectations of domesticity and expanding opportunities in work, education, social interaction, and politics.
3. After the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, women activists lacked a unifying issue. Instead, they focused on an increasingly diverse array of social and political issues.
4. Although women’s experiences varied depending on age, race, ethnicity, geography, and economic status, women across all these categories actively contributed to reform and activated their citizenship in creative ways throughout the era."
As with all WAMS unit plans, "each resource includes background information and vocabulary lists to provide context. Resources also include suggested activities and how to combine different resources on a certain topic. You can easily integrate these materials into current lesson plans or structure new lessons around them. Many resources in this unit allow you to teach historical themes and topics in your curriculum by including the perspective of women in this era."
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How to use this resource
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Type of Resource
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Unit plan with primary sources
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About the Creator
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Women & the American Story (WAMS) is an educational endeavor produced by the New York Historical Museum and Library. For a full list of everyone who contributed to the curriculum, please follow the link below to the acknowledgement page.
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WAMS Acknowledgements
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English
