The sources in the table below, indicate articles that were used throughout the unit in the form

of homework
or classwork.

Source Type Title Brief Description/Significance

Online Article Deep Sea Search Students are typically assigned ReadWorks articles on Thursdays
for homework, and I wanted to maintain that routine with some
intentionality. This article was chosen, due to it’s informative
description of Amelia Earhart, and her accomplishments while she
was still alive.

Online Article The Ride Stuff Students are typically assigned ReadWorks articles on Thursdays
for homework, and I wanted to maintain that routine with some
intentionality. This article was chosen due to it’s background
information on Sally Ride, and the ways in which it highlighted
her successes as a pioneer in her field (i.e. the first American
woman to go up in space). This article was also chosen, because it
correlates to the science portion of the unit, in which students
build and launch paper rockets.

Online Article Ella Baker This source was integrated into the persuasive writing lesson plan.
It was chosen specifically from biography.com (one of the
websites they were encouraged to use for their research). This
brief article highlighted the accomplishments of Ella Baker, and
all that she fought for.

Magazine A Whole New Ball Each week, the students receive a new Scholastic News magazine
Game to work through independently. Since it was Women’s History
Month in March they were issued readings on the first all-female
American baseball team.

Throughout each day, if students complete their work early, have free time, or need to read independently,
they are allowed to walk over to the classroom library and choose a book. For this unit, I intentionally
displayed a variety of books across the whiteboard. Each of these books were brought in from my personal
collection, and were chosen based on their female-centric content. Many of the books featured an historical
figure, a woman of color, or a woman conquering a task. Below are the books that were displayed during my
two-week takeover.

Source Type Title Brief Description/Significance

Book Ladies of Liberty: the This book highlights the “female

Women who Shaped our explorers, educators, and writers as well as political and social
Nation activists that shaped our nation’s early history”. It features a
variety of inspirational women between the 1700’s and 1800’s.

Book Night out with Mama This book was written from the perspective of an incredibly
talented young, Black girl. ​Quvenzhané Wallis is an Academy
Award-winning actress, and an excellent example of an
inspirational female experiencing joy with her family.

Book Prietita and the Ghost This book was explicitly displayed for two reasons. First, it is
 Woman translated in both Spanish and English. We have one Latina in the
class, who speaks Spanish, and this was the first time she would
have a text in her language throughout the year. Secondly, the
book was written by Gloria Anzaldua; a prominent writer and
activist in the Latinx community, and a wonderful example of an
empowering woman throughout history.

Book She Persisted: 13 american This book was written in order to empower young girls to use
women who changed the their voice to challenge social and political norms. It includes
world positive images of ​Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Clara Lemlich,
Nellie Bly, Virginia Apgar, Maria Tallchief, Claudette Colvin,
Ruby Bridges, Margaret Chase Smith, Sally Ride, Florence
Griffith Joyner, Oprah Winfrey, Sonia Sotomayor, many of whom
the children chose to conduct research on.

Book Rad Women A-Z This book was a refreshing example of radical women and
femmes taking active roles in society, in order to create a more
equal world for future generations. It includes a wide span of
inspirational women from centuries in the past to present day.

Book Little Leaders: bold This book is a collection of biographies that focus on 40
women in black history inspirational women. Students were able to access an
informational text that provided the backgrounds of historical
figures and everyday women doing extraordinary things.

Book Talkin About Bessie: the This book was a unique retelling of Elizabeth Coleman’s life
story of aviator Elizabeth through the use of monologues and descriptive language.
Coleman Elizabeth Coleman was the first Black, female aviator, and a
relevant figure to the unit.

Book Eleanor Everywhere: the This book described the life of Eleanor Roosevelt through
life of Eleanor Roosevelt focusing on the ways in which she accomplished her goals
through building the courage to try her best.

Book Playing to Win: The Story This book focused on the strong-willed nature of Althea Gibson, a
of Althea Gibson prominent Black female tennis player from Harlem. It showed
how being assertive and strong are positive traits that young girls
should strive for.

Book Girl Wonder: a baseball This story featured a young girl who was amazing at baseball, and
story in nine innings faced many challenges when trying to play the sport amongst
boys. The character in the story is incredibly determined, and
worked hard to accomplish her goals.
 Works Cited

Clinton, C., & Boiger, A. (2017). ​She Persisted:13 American women who changed the world​.
New York: Philomel.

Deans, K., & Brown, E. (2007). ​Playing to win: The story of Althea Gibson​. New York:
Scholastic.
Ella Baker Biography. (2017, April 17). Retrieved from ​https://www.biography.com/people/ella-baker-9195848

Grimes, N., & Lewis, E. B. (2004). ​Talkin about Bessie: The story of aviator Elizabeth Coleman​.
New York: Orchard Books.

Harrison, V. (2018). ​Little leaders: Bold women in black history​. London: Puffin Books, Penguin
Random House UK.

Hopkinson, D., & Widener, T. (2013). ​Girl wonder: A baseball story in nine innings​. Columbus,
O.H.: Zaner-Bloser.

Kulling, M. (1999). ​Eleanor everywhere: The life of Eleanor Roosevelt​. New York: Random House.

ReadWorks. (2018). Deep Sea Search. Retrieved from

https://www.readworks.org/article/Deep-Sea-Search​.

ReadWorks. (2018). The Ride Stuff. Retrieved from

https://www.readworks.org/article/The-Ride-Stuff​.

Roberts, C. (2008). ​Ladies of Liberty: The women who shaped our nation​. New York: Harper
Audio.

Schatz, K., & Stahl, M. K. (2015). ​Rad American women A-Z.​ San Francisco: City Lights Books.

Wallis, Q., & Brantley-Newton, V. (2017). ​A Night out with Mama​. New York: Simon &
Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s
Publishing Division.