Album Description

This album is one part of my final Teaching with Primary Sources Internship Project, to see other parts, click the links below: 

1. Learning Activity: Women in the Military During World War II
2. Women in the Military Recruitment Posters: Four Corners Activity
3. Learning Activity: Closer Look-Who Were the Women Airforce Service Pilots?

Introduce a WASP Project

For a folder containing downloadable PDFs of these project materials, click here

This project is intended for students to complete after they have completed these learning activities: 

1. Learning Activity: Women in the Military During World War II 
2. Learning Activity: Closer Look-Who Were the Women Airforce Service Pilots?

This project is a relatively short, fun, and engaging way to help your students better understand what a primary source is, how primary sources are helpful in learning about the past, and how to search for primary sources at the Library of Congress. 

In this activity, students are directed on a search through the Library of Congress collections to find primary sources related to the story of a Woman Airforce Service Pilot's oral history located in the Veterans History Project collections. 

This project is also a way to introduce your students to oral history as a form of primary source and discuss the many different formats primary sources can take. Students will also gain knowledge about research and presentation strategies as well as enhancing their knowledge of the material on the Women Airforce Service Pilots.

Included in this Album:

1. Introduce a WASP Project-Teacher Guide (Start Here!)
2. Introduce a WASP Project- WASP VHP Collection Options
3. Introduce a WASP Project- Student Worksheet

 (Here is an example page from the student packet!)

If you have any questions about the project, decide to try the project in your classroom, or have any feedback about the content, please let me know in the comments or through a message! 

Thanks to   Robert Scarlett , and his History of Black Music--Researched by my students discussion, as his work was a model for my creation of this project!

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