History Lesson Plan Women In WWII Grade Level: 9-12 Objectives Following this lesson students should know: Important female figures Roles of women Materials No materials are needed for this lesson Procedure 1. Before beginning the lesson, have students discuss: Traditional roles of women o Mother, housewife, etc How were women’s lives already beginning to change before the war? o Right to vote, the Great Depression, etc 2. Pairs or groups: What is needed to fight in a war? o Soldiers, clothing, food, supplies, etc What kinds of jobs needed to be filled while the men were away at war? o Factories, farms, businesses, etc Talk about the different statistics involving the number of women involved in the war effort Adapted from: http://www1.cuny.edu/portal_ur/content/women_curriculum07/pdfs/womens_curric_l esson_3_11.pdf
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History Lesson Plan
Women In WWIIGrade Level: 9-12
Objectives Following this lesson students should know: Important female figures Roles of women
Materials No materials are needed for this lesson
Procedure 1. Before beginning the lesson, have students discuss: Traditional roles of women
o Mother, housewife, etc How were women’s lives already beginning to change before the
war?o Right to vote, the Great Depression, etc
2. Pairs or groups: What is needed to fight in a war?
o Soldiers, clothing, food, supplies, etc What kinds of jobs needed to be filled while the men were away
at war?o Factories, farms, businesses, etc
Talk about the different statistics involving the number of women involved in the war effort
Industrial Group Number of Women Employed in 1940
Number of Women Employed in 1944-45
All industries 626,600 1,266,200Manufacturing 141,900 565,200Government 21,600 138,100Trade, Service and Other
463,100 562,900
Statistics are a compilation from page 36 of “Women Workers in Ten War Production Areas and Their Postwar Employment Plans,” United States Department of Labor, Women’s Bureau, Bulletin No. 209
3. Influential women Have students list off names of
women who come to mindo Rosie the Riveter, etc.
Why is the Rosie the Riveter image so important?
o Have students think critically about the image
4. Additional homework activity: Have students create their own