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1Start with your online catalog
Click on the large paw print and enter women in the search box. From the dropdown next to Item group, select Biography. Find the biography of a famous woman and check it out. This woman will become your subject for Women's History Month.
http://sunfire.laca.org/opac/GR/GREI/
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2After you find a biography in the online catalog......
After you find a biography of a famous woman, go to INFOhio's Biography Reference Bank and search for your famous woman. To do this, you will click on the Core Collection from INFOhio's main page and then the Biography Reference Bank. Please open another browser window to do this step.
http://www.infohio.org
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3First ladies
Explore the indepth biographies of our First ladies. You could possibly find things here that you can't find anywhere else!
http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/
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4Create a timeline
From INFOhio's main page, you will go to World Book Student and the Timelines link. Open another browser to create your timeline. Once you click on the Create a new timeline button, you can enter all the important events in your famous woman's life.
http://www.infohio.org
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5It's time for a movie!
Enter "women's achievement" in the search box to find the digital videos in the "The History of Women's Achievement in America" series. Is your famous woman in any of these videos?
http://mediast.infohio.org/viewvideo.asx?videoid=20037
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6Create a wall of Words
Click create and enter all the words and phrases that you feel best describe your famous woman. How did she contribute to American history? What is she best known for? Print out your wordle once you have completed it and see if your class can figure out who your famous woman is?
http://www.wordle.net