Dame Shirley: Current Issues
Instructions
Now that you know a little about your historic leader, your main task is to skim through the Web sites linked below looking for things that you think are interesting. Take notes of what facts, ideas, examples, and stories are the most interesting to you.
- Use the cluster below as a model for organizing what you find.
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- When you are finished, join back up with your partner.
- Share what you have learned with your partner and see what he or she has learned.
- Together come up with three - five important questions that relate the past to the present. These questions should spring from your curiosity, not a need to complete the assignment.
- Write down the important questions and use them in a class discussion. See what your classmates think based upon what they may have explored.
- Use the links below to go to the Web sites.
Social Commentary
Go on to the next activity
- The balancing act: work v life
- San Carlos / Belmont Mother's Club
- A Home Page & Episode Guide: -- 'California Dreams!'
- Where the Stars Live gives insight into one aspect of life in California.
- Dot-com bomb: A special report , from the San Francisco Bay Guardian
Created May 1, 1999 - Last revised: February, 2005
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