Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i8UB3e813573; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 07:03:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 07:03:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <0827C89E-12D0-11D9-ACF8-000393ABE4D2@litwomen.org> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "mev@litwomen.org" <mev@litwomen.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:3025] Re: resource X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 3100 Lines: 85 Well, I was going to make an announcement next week -- but I might as well do it now! WE LEARN has just updated our website to include the new issue of The Change Agent. (The paper issue is shipping tomorrow - Friday.) I want to draw your attention to 2 new things we added. The first is an article by Donna Jones - a student in California - called "Express Your Opinions - Free of Charge" on why women should vote. Also, the Change Agent includes an interactive timeline. (http://www.litwomen.org/tca/timeline.html) the second page of the timeline includes a link for the 19th amendment - women's right to vote. please note - the timeline is still being constructed. the event links after 1935 are still forthcoming. enjoy. Mev WE LEARN Women Expanding: Literacy Education Action Resource Network www.litwomen.org/welearn.html Mev Miller, Ed.D., Coordinator 182 Riverside Ave. Cranston, RI 02910 401-383-4374 401-383-4374 (fax) welearn@litwomen.org On Wednesday, September 29, 2004, at 01:05 PM, Daphne Greenberg wrote: > With the elections approaching, I once again want to urge everyone to > encourage our learners to register to vote and learn about the issues. > The debates might be a good time to invite journal writing about how > they think each candidate will impact women's rights in this country. > If > women's issues are not addressed at all in any of the debates, a lesson > in critical thinking may involve hypothesizing why women's issues are > not being addressed. > I would like to strongly recommend a movie. It is called The Iron Jawed > Angels and it details the struggles that resulted in women being > allowed > to vote. If your site has a vcr/dvd, I would strongly recommend showing > the movie to your class. It shares how horribly the women who were > involved in the struggle were treated by society, police, and the > government. There are many parallels to our time. It shows how in times > of war, many feel that we cannot protest our government. It shows how > fear can create a culture where civil liberties are ignored. Most > importantly, it shows how a few brave women can facilitate significant > change. It may serve as a motivator for people to go vote (after all, > one sees what was endured in order to get the right to vote). > If you are interested in learning more about the suffragette movement, > here are two sites that you may want to visit and share with your > learners: > For images depicting the suffragette movement: > http://www.marxists.org/subject/women/subject/suff/images/ > > For an online movie about the suffragette movement: > http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/movement/ > > Daphne > > Daphne Greenberg > Assistant Professor > Educational Psych. & Special Ed. > Georgia State University > P.O. Box 3679 > Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979 > phone: 404-651-0127 > fax:404-651-4901 > dgreenberg@gsu.edu > > Daphne Greenberg > Associate Director > Center for the Study of Adult Literacy > Georgia State University > P.O. Box 3977 > Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977 > phone: 404-651-0127 > fax:404-651-4901 > dgreenberg@gsu.edu > >
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