Rosie the Riveter
Publication Information
Author:  Colman, Penny	Illustrator:
Title:  Rosie the Riveter	Date:  1995
Publisher:  Crown	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-517-59790-X	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
This carefully researched book tells the story of the millions of women who worked in factories during WW II, how they got there, and how they were persuaded to return home after the war was over. The volume is illustrated with archival photographs and copies of posters and advertisements.
Teaching Ideas:
Students might be interested in exploring whether the war is, in some way, a root of feminism. Lots of other discussion and writing possibilities also exist. For example, students may want to do an interview project in which they talk with women who worked in the factories during the war and were then let go: What did they do? How did they feel? Students may also wish to compare issues related to women in the workplace during WW II and now. Attitudes, social mores, and propaganda are other topics for discussion or writing. Bleich's Heuristic would work well with the last chapter. Lots of the text lends itself to Agree, Disagree, Why? as well.
Teaching Strategies:
Agree? Disagree? Why?    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
Bleich's Heuristic for Responding to Reading    http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/bleichs_heuristic.pdf
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Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues > gender Government/Civics > propaganda History > topic > war > World War II Work > factory Social Studies > sociology > women > women's issues

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