Elizabeth+Leads+the+Way+Reinforcing+Activity

__**Reinforcing Activity **__**: ** __Materials__: __Procedure__: Opening: Before reading the book, go over the genre, biography. Students will have already discussed this in previous literacy units. Talk about what a biography is, who biographies are written about, and why we write biographies. Possible questions to lead discussion are: Lesson procedure: Closing: Discuss the posters. You may decide to focus on some questions more than others. For instance, the question “Who can vote today” can turn into a discussion on voting rights. The question “Do women act the same way today as they did when Elizabeth Cady was young?” can turn into a “Then and Now” discussion. A few questions can be asked to close the discussion and can be in the form of verbal talking or an exit slip. They may include:
 * Comic Strip Templates
 * Crayons
 * Big Post-it Paper
 * Markers
 * Who can tell me what a biography is?
 * Has anyone ever read or seen a biography? Who was it about?
 * Are biographies fake or real? Fiction or nonfiction?
 * Why do we write biographies? What can they tell us?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. Read the book aloud. Pause to clarify any new vocabulary and answer students’ questions. 10 minutes
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. After reading the book, have a small discussion to make sure everyone understands and to set the stage for the activity. Possible questions to guide the discussion may include:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What decade (vocabulary word) did this book take place? May pull up pictures from this time period on the projector to give students visual clues to what life was like back then.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">How old was Elizabeth Cady in the beginning of the book? Was she still that age at the end of the book? Discuss how biographies follow a chronological sequence. 5 minutes
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. After the discussion, pass out the comic strip template. Have students draw pictures in each box that they think best represents the series of events in the story. They may caption the pictures with one sentence if they wish. 15 minutes
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4. When everyone is done, split into groups of about 4 students each. Pass out the Post-it papers. Each paper will have a different question at the top. Have students use their comic strips to help them answer. They can bullet their ideas, draw pictures, etc. Questions include:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What are some things that Elizabeth Cady thought were unfair?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Think about the word citizenship (vocabulary word). Do you think women were citizens back then? Why or why not?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What are some unique things that Elizabeth Cady did?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Do women act the same way today as they did when Elizabeth Cady was young? What is the same and what is different?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Who can vote today? 10 minutes
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">5. Put the papers on the wall and have students walk around and do a gallery walk. Have them stay in their groups and popcorn read what is on each poster. They may use the marker to add any ideas they may have.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Why do you think Tanya Lee Stone wrote this book?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">If you were going to write a biography, who would you write about and why?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">__Tags__:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Women’s Suffrage
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Elizabeth Cady Stanton
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Women’s Rights
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Voting
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Gender Equality

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Other Ohio Academic Social Studies Strands this book might be used to teach: Government (voting rights, voting process, etc.)