Borderland Teacher's Guide
Thanks to a grant from Mass Humanities we are pleased to provide educators with a free curriculum guide to accompany our film. The guide was written by Linzy Brekke-Aloise, Professor of History, Stonehill College.
Teacher's Guide
A mini, three-unit lesson plan (9-12 U.S. History I & II, AP U.S. History), on Blanche Ames Ames (visionary, artist, inventor and women's suffrage activist), incorporating the new documentary, Borderland: The Life & Times of Blanche Ames Ames
Download a copy of the curriculum guide here:
A mini, three-unit lesson plan (9-12 U.S. History I & II, AP U.S. History), on Blanche Ames Ames (visionary, artist, inventor and women's suffrage activist), incorporating the new documentary, Borderland: The Life & Times of Blanche Ames Ames
Download a copy of the curriculum guide here:
Supplemental Material*
-Definition of a “New Woman”: https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-new-woman/sources/660
-“A Study in Bloomers:” dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-new-woman/sources/674
*Accompanying material such as worksheets, graphic organizers and cartoon graphics will be made accessible through our company Google drive. Please contact us (below) to arrange access to these materials.
- Document Analysis Worksheet
- Blanche Ames Photographs
- Graphic Organizer ("The New Woman")
- Blanche Ames Political Cartoons
- Pro-Suffrage Cartoon Analysis Worksheet
- Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Analysis Worksheet
- Links to Primary Resources ("The New Woman)
-Definition of a “New Woman”: https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-new-woman/sources/660
-“A Study in Bloomers:” dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-new-woman/sources/674
*Accompanying material such as worksheets, graphic organizers and cartoon graphics will be made accessible through our company Google drive. Please contact us (below) to arrange access to these materials.