Journal
reflections on students' experiences and group
process follow the DARE method (Describe, Analyze,
Reflect, Evaluate). Students and teacher periodically
hold feedback sessions to screen and edit video
footage. Written and oral presentations are assessed
by Did I? Sheets for PSA
and Monologues with
clearly established rubrics. Peers and teachers
review Learning Festival process and evaluate
Feedback Sheets completed
by visitors.
Software
or Materials Used For
Technology: digital camera still & video;
IMOVIE editing program & fire wire connecting
cable to computer & digital camera; for Monologues:
second-hand clothing and objects to create costumes,
props and sets; for Research: Adams National Historical
Park Teacher Materials from People and Places
Program: Pen
& Parchment; From Penn's Hill Pennsylvania;
The Bostonian Society Resource Guide from Teaching
Boston History Workshop: "Abigail Adams,
Lucy Stone, Phillis Wheatley ~ Patriotism, Poetry
and Persistence"; "The Boston Women's
Memorial Curriculum Writing for Change: The Power
of Women's Words" (contact BWHT
for availability and ordering information); Boston
Women's Heritage Trail Guidebook.
Teacher
Developed Materials BWM
dedication video and photos; photos of Adams National
Historical Park visit and class projects; Did
I? Sheets on PSA and
Monologues.
Student
Developed Materials Project
Journals, Scripts for
Monologues and PSA, Letters
to the Editor, videos on Women of Substance
for PSA and Monologues, Feedback
Sheets.
Web
Sites Abigail
Adams; The
Phillis Wheatley Page; "To
His Excellency, General Washington" poem
by Phillis Wheatley and explanation; Lucy
Stone; Boston
Women's Heritage Trail; City
of Boston: Boston Women's Memorial.
Final
Words Students
remember the ladies by getting in the subjects'
skins. Role-playing women of substance makes a
difference. Even the boys become involved with
"Herstories."
Teacher
Tip I keep boys
engaged by adding male characters who interact
with the women during their Monologues. President
John Adams enjoys life with Abigail after the
Presidency. George Washington reads Phillis Wheatley's
letter and poem. Lucy Stone's husband Henry Blackwell
and President Abraham Lincoln voice their support
of the heroic abolitionist.
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