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US HISTORY:
Women in History
GRADE LEVEL: 11th Grade
TEKS:
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Chapter 113.32(c)
(5) History
(A) Analyze causes and effects of the changing role of women.
(21) Culture
(D) Identify the political, social, and economic contributions
of women to American society.
(24) Social studies skills
(A) Locate and use primary and secondary sources to acquire information
about the United States.
(B) Analyze information by comparing and contrasting.
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OBJECTIVE:
Student
will utilize a painting(s) to explore the contributions of women to
American society.
Students will discover the causes
and effects of the changing roles of women in American society.
MATERIALS:
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DISCUSSION:
Have students view
the O'Keeffe image.
- What first catches
your eye? How has the artist accomplished this?
- Why does the
artist show only one object?
- What do you know
about Georgia O'Keeffe? (students should write this answer down to
compare with their findings after concluding research)
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Research other
images by O'Keeffe in which she used similar techniques.
- List the occupational
choices that women had before 1918.
- Each student
will interview one woman born before 1930 to find the following
information:
- who were
your role models?
- what occupations
were open to you? Explain.
- Report to the
class: In what ways was O'Keeffe unique as an artist?
- Report to the
class: In what ways was O'Keeffe unique as a woman artist?
RESOURCES:
Publications:
Bailey, Thomas
A., and Kennedy, David, eds. The American Spirit, Vol. II, Lexington,
MA: Heath, 1984
O'Keeffe,
Georgia. Georgia O'Keeffe, New York: Viking, 1985
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