[OPLINLIST] NoveList Notes-February: NoveList and Women's History Month
Lynne Rohweder
LRohweder@epnet.com
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NoveList Notes February, 2004
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NOVELIST CAN HELP WITH WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
March is Women's History Month, and the 2004 theme for Women's History Month
is "Women Inspiring Hope and Possibility." According their web site, the
National Women's History Project selected this theme to celebrate the hope
and sense of possibility that comes to our lives from the inspirational work
of women. ( http://www.nwhp.org/whm/themes/themes.html
<http://www.nwhp.org/whm/themes/themes.html> ) Whether you are at a school
or a library, NoveList can help you create book displays or booklists as
well as offer curricular materials on the role of women in history,
literature and society.
BOOK LISTS AND DISPLAYS
You can use NoveList's Describe a Plot to create a list of fiction titles
that herald the role of women in history. If you are looking for new titles
that address women in history, you can limit the search by publication date.
Consider the following search:
1. Access NoveList and click the START button to go to the New Search page.
2. Select the link, "Describe a Plot."
3. Type in "women history" and scroll down the limiters to Publication date.
You can enter 2002 -2004 to retrieve only recent titles that have been
published if you are looking for new titles to offer your readers.
4. Click Search and view the search results. Click on any of the title
links to get more information. You can also scroll from one title record
page to another without returning to the results list by clicking the "Next"
button at the top of the title page.
5. For any title that you would like to use in your list, click on the "Add"
button at the right of the record.
You can use the "Find Similar Books" button on any title that is of specific
interest, or you can run another search that uses some of the headings that
draw your attention when looking through the records.
6. After you have added all the titles that you are interested in for your
list, you can print, e-mail or save the list. You can also print or e-mail
the search results of any search by using the links in the left-hand margin
of the page.
Two of this year's eight honorees by the National Women's History Project
have fiction works that you may want to display. They are Maxine Hong
Kingston and Leslie Marmon Silko.
1. Click the New Search button at the top of the page (assuming you are
still in NoveList, otherwise repeat steps 1-2 above).
2. Select the "Find a Favorite Title" link.
3. Enter either of the above names ("leslie marmon silko" for example), and
click SEARCH.
4. NoveList has three titles by this author.
CURRICULAR MATERIALS FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
In addition to running searches to compile lists of books that can be used
in book displays or handouts, NoveList offers several curriculum support
materials that can help you honor women during the month of March:
* Check out the curricular article, "Exploring Strong Female Characters in
Picture Books" by Andrea Bittle. Ms. Bittle, a literacy teacher at an
elementary humanities magnet school, offers a thoughtful piece on the role
of girls and women in pictures books for elementary age children. Consider
the introductory paragraph from this article with included bibliography:
"Elementary age children are fortunate to enjoy an enormous wealth of
materials and literature defining the contributions women have made
throughout history. As important as it is for children to know these
courageous, outstanding women, it is equally valuable that they understand
the larger context of women's place in our culture. Young children in
particular do not have the historical and political background to understand
the obstacles women have faced, but may already have seen and experienced
biases, stereotypes, and limitations regarding gender roles. "
To find this article in NoveList: Access NoveList and click the "Features
for Teachers" button at the top of the homepage or top of the New Search
page. Under the heading for "Articles with Curricular Connections," select
the Preschool and Elementary Articles link and scroll down to "Exploring
Strong Female Characters in Picture Books." The articles are in
alphabetical order by title.
To find this article in NoveList K-8: Access NoveList K-8 and click on the
Teacher Resources button at the top of any page. Select "Books in the
Classroom." Scroll down to the Children's section and then keep scrolling
past Activities and Author Focus to the subsection called General
Literature. "Exploring Strong Female Characters" is listed alphabetically
in this section.
* Also at the elementary level, NoveList and NoveList K-8 offer a
standards-based thematic unit on "Heroic Women" designed for grades 4 - 6.
In this complete lesson plan, students learn about heroic women, unusual
women for the time they lived in, exceptional women, women who showed
incredible strength of character, and what it was like when Susan B. Anthony
and her suffragists came to town for a demonstration in support of women's
right to vote. Our thematic units include objectives, suggested and
alternative texts, skills practiced, vocabulary terms, activities, writing
projects, extension activities, resources, a rubric, and more.
To find this article in NoveList: Access NoveList and click the "Features
for Teachers" button at the top of the homepage or top of the New Search
page. Under the heading for "Standards-Based Thematic Units," select the
Preschool and Elementary Articles link and scroll down to "Heroic Women."
The units are in alphabetical order.
To find this article in NoveList K-8: Access NoveList K-8 and click on the
Teacher Resources button at the top of any page. Select "Standards-Based
Curricular Units." "Heroic Women" is listed alphabetically in the Units for
Pre-School and Elementary Grades section.
* At the middle and high school level, take a look at the curricular article
called "History as HERstory: Using Literature with Female Protagonists to
Teach History" by Betsy Eubanks. Ms. Eubanks, a library media specialist,
explores the perspective of history from a woman's point of view and offers
a list of examples from throughout history.
To find this article in NoveList: Access NoveList and click the "Features
for Teachers" button at the top of the homepage. Under the heading for
"Articles with Curricular Connections," select the Middle School and High
School Articles link and scroll down to "History as HERstory," listed
alphabetically. Note that this article is geared for grades 7-12 and
therefore is not available in NoveList K-8.
* Ann Wilder, a high school English teacher for over 25 years, offers a high
activity that looks at Women Immigrants in Literature. This short lesson
plan offers another way to use NoveList to find books that explore how women
overcome differences in inspiring ways. This brings us full circle back to
this year's theme in Women's History Month, "Women Inspiring Hope and
Possibility," which celebrates the hope and sense of possibility that comes
to our lives from the inspirational work of women.
To find this article in NoveList: Access NoveList and click the "Features
for Teachers" button at the top of the homepage or New Search Page. Click
the link for "Activities for High School English Classes," then scroll down
to "Women Immigrants in Literature" listed alphabetically. Note that this
article is geared for high school students and therefore is not available in
NoveList K-8.
SUMMARY
Whether you are looking for ways to weave Women's History Month into your
ongoing classroom activities, or looking for new titles to add to your
display on Women's History, NoveList offers searches and content to save you
time.
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2004<BR></FONT></STRONG><EM>Please share by forwarding to any other colleagues
who would benefit from this content.</EM></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><BR><STRONG>NOVELIST CAN HELP WITH WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>March is Women's History Month, and the 2004 theme for Women's History
Month is "Women Inspiring Hope and Possibility." According their web site, the
National Women's History Project selected this theme to celebrate the hope and
sense of possibility that comes to our lives from the inspirational work of
women. (<A
href="http://www.nwhp.org/whm/themes/themes.html">http://www.nwhp.org/whm/themes/themes.html</A>)
Whether you are at a school or a library, NoveList can help you create book
displays or booklists as well as offer curricular materials on the role of women
in history, literature and society. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR><STRONG>BOOK LISTS AND DISPLAYS</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>You can use NoveList's Describe a Plot to create a list of fiction titles
that herald the role of women in history. If you are looking for new
titles that address women in history, you can limit the search by publication
date. Consider the following search:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>1. Access NoveList and click the START button to go to the New Search
page.<BR>2. Select the link, "Describe a Plot."<BR>3. Type in "women history"
and scroll down the limiters to Publication date. You can enter 2002 -2004
to retrieve only recent titles that have been published if you are looking for
new titles to offer your readers. <BR>4. Click Search and view the search
results. Click on any of the title links to get more information. You can
also scroll from one title record page to another without returning to the
results list by clicking the "Next" button at the top of the title page.<BR>5.
For any title that you would like to use in your list, click on the "Add" button
at the right of the record. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>You can use the "Find Similar Books" button on any title that is of
specific interest, or you can run another search that uses some of the headings
that draw your attention when looking through the records. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>6. After you have added all the titles that you are interested in for your
list, you can print, e-mail or save the list. You can also print or e-mail
the search results of any search by using the links in the left-hand margin of
the page.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Two of this year's eight honorees by the National Women's History Project
have fiction works that you may want to display. They are Maxine Hong Kingston
and Leslie Marmon Silko.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>1. Click the New Search button at the top of the page (assuming you are
still in NoveList, otherwise repeat steps 1-2 above).<BR>2. Select the "Find a
Favorite Title" link.<BR>3. Enter either of the above names ("leslie marmon
silko" for example), and click SEARCH. <BR>4. NoveList has three titles by this
author.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR><STRONG>CURRICULAR MATERIALS FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In addition to running searches to compile lists of books that can be used
in book displays or handouts, NoveList offers several curriculum support
materials that can help you honor women during the month of March:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>* Check out the curricular article, "Exploring Strong Female Characters in
Picture Books" by Andrea Bittle. Ms. Bittle, a literacy teacher at an elementary
humanities magnet school, offers a thoughtful piece on the role of girls and
women in pictures books for elementary age children. Consider the
introductory paragraph from this article with included bibliography: "Elementary
age children are fortunate to enjoy an enormous wealth of materials and
literature defining the contributions women have made throughout history. As
important as it is for children to know these courageous, outstanding women, it
is equally valuable that they understand the larger context of women's place in
our culture. Young children in particular do not have the historical and
political background to understand the obstacles women have faced, but may
already have seen and experienced biases, stereotypes, and limitations regarding
gender roles. "</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><STRONG>To find this article in NoveList:</STRONG> Access NoveList and
click the "Features for Teachers" button at the top of the homepage or top of
the New Search page. Under the heading for "Articles with Curricular
Connections," select the Preschool and Elementary Articles link and scroll down
to "Exploring Strong Female Characters in Picture Books." The articles are
in alphabetical order by title.</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><STRONG>To find this article in NoveList K-8:</STRONG> Access
NoveList K-8 and click on the Teacher Resources button at the top of any
page. Select "Books in the Classroom." Scroll down to the Children's
section and then keep scrolling past Activities and Author Focus to the
subsection called General Literature. "Exploring Strong Female Characters"
is listed alphabetically in this section.</EM></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>* Also at the elementary level, NoveList and NoveList K-8 offer a
standards-based thematic unit on "Heroic Women" designed for grades 4 - 6.
In this complete lesson plan, students learn about heroic women, unusual women
for the time they lived in, exceptional women, women who showed incredible
strength of character, and what it was like when Susan B. Anthony and her
suffragists came to town for a demonstration in support of women's right to
vote. Our thematic units include objectives, suggested and alternative
texts, skills practiced, vocabulary terms, activities, writing projects,
extension activities, resources, a rubric, and more. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><STRONG>To find this article in NoveList:</STRONG> Access NoveList and
click the "Features for Teachers" button at the top of the homepage or top of
the New Search page. Under the heading for "Standards-Based Thematic Units,"
select the Preschool and Elementary Articles link and scroll down to "Heroic
Women." The units are in alphabetical order.</EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><STRONG>To find this article in NoveList K-8:</STRONG> Access
NoveList K-8 and click on the Teacher Resources button at the top of any
page. Select "Standards-Based Curricular Units." "Heroic Women" is listed
alphabetically in the Units for Pre-School and Elementary Grades
section.</EM></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>* At the middle and high school level, take a look at the curricular
article called "History as HERstory: Using Literature with Female Protagonists
to Teach History" by Betsy Eubanks. Ms. Eubanks, a library media
specialist, explores the perspective of history from a woman's point of view and
offers a list of examples from throughout history. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><STRONG>To find this article in NoveList:</STRONG> Access NoveList and
click the "Features for Teachers" button at the top of the homepage. Under the
heading for "Articles with Curricular Connections," select the Middle School and
High School Articles link and scroll down to "History as HERstory," listed
alphabetically. Note that this article is geared for grades 7-12 and therefore
is not available in NoveList K-8.</EM></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>* Ann Wilder, a high school English teacher for over 25 years, offers a
high activity that looks at Women Immigrants in Literature. This short
lesson plan offers another way to use NoveList to find books that explore how
women overcome differences in inspiring ways. This brings us full circle
back to this year's theme in Women's History Month, "Women Inspiring Hope and
Possibility," which celebrates the hope and sense of possibility that comes to
our lives from the inspirational work of women.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><STRONG>To find this article in NoveList:</STRONG> Access NoveList and
click the "Features for Teachers" button at the top of the homepage or New
Search Page. Click the link for "Activities for High School English
Classes," then scroll down to "Women Immigrants in Literature" listed
alphabetically. Note that this article is geared for high school students and
therefore is not available in NoveList K-8.</EM></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR><STRONG>SUMMARY</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Whether you are looking for ways to weave Women's History Month into your
ongoing classroom activities, or looking for new titles to add to your display
on Women's History, NoveList offers searches and content to save you time.
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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