Feminist Icons
In this activity, students will curate an exhibit or presentation that highlights the life and work of a feminist icon.
IDENTITY LESSON 2:
EXHIBIT / PRESENTATION
1—2 class periods (60-90 min) + visual assignment
VIDEOS:
Feminist Icon Video and Transcript (as needed)
HANDOUT:
Unit Research
Handout 1 (as needed)
Handout 2 (as needed)
Art and Literature Unit Research (as needed)
WORKSHEET:
Exhibit/Presentation Worksheet
TEACHING PLAN:
- Art and Culture
Medium > Visual Arts
Subject Matter > Art History
- History and Social Studies
People > LGBTQ
People > Women
Themes > Civil Rights
Themes > Culture
Themes > Modern World
Themes > Politics and Citizenship
- Literature and Language Arts
Genre > Biography
Genre > Essay
Place > The Americas
Place > Modern World
- Analysis
- Critical thinking
- Cultural analysis
- Discussion
- Expository writing
- Gathering, classifying and interpreting written, oral and visual information
- Historical analysis
- Internet skills
- Making inferences and drawing conclusions
- Online research
- Oral communication
- Oral presentation skills
- Report writing
- Representing ideas and information orally, graphically and in writing
- Research
- Summarizing
- Synthesis
- Technology
- Using archival documents
- Using primary sources
- Using secondary sources
- Visual presentation skills
- Writing skills
- ELA Reading: 7
- ELA Writing: 2, 4, 6-10
- ELA Speaking & Listening: 1-2, 4-6
- HSS Reading: 1-2, 7, 9-10
- HSS Writing: 2, 4, 6-10
- Choose a local, national, or international focus within the feminist movement to explore as a class—with individual students highlighting different icons within this focus area—and arrange a public exhibition of the work (see our Information for Teachers).
- Focus exhibits or presentations on feminist art—with individual students highlighting the work of different artists— and arrange a public exhibition of the collections (see our Information for Teachers).
- Allow additional time for peer review, editing, and revision of exhibits/presentations, or for students to critique the visual arrangement, style, and impact of their finished works.
- Publish class excerpts in the school newspaper or literary/art journal, or coordinate a class magazine, blog, podcast, episode, or web gallery.