Deepen your students' understanding of women's experiences during World War I!

This quick three-page Reading Assignment and two-page Worksheet provides an overview of the various activities, contributions and activities of women during World War I. It works well as a Guided Reading activity or as an exercise for Reading Comprehension.

It covers the time period 1917 through 1919. Women's experiences and contributions in the work force, as nurses, as volunteers, and on the home front, while not long-lasting, were still significant. This reading assignment covers the following topics:
Women Workers
Nurses
Suffrage Movement during the War
Women Volunteers
African-American Women and the Great Migration
Life on the Home Front
The Red Scare

Students can read this on their own in class, or as a homework assignment or it can be a group activity in a classroom. It is also ideally suited for home-schoolers or independent learners who want to learn more about women's contributions. A 2-page Worksheet with questions based on the reading is included, along with a 2-page Answer Key.

Reading Assignment - 3 pages

Worksheet - 2 pages
Answer Key - 2 pages

This is part of the Women in American History Series which includes Reading Assignments and Worksheets, Primary Sources/DBQs, Power Points and Activities from other eras.

Other World War I curriculum resources include the following:
Women during World War I: Power Point Lesson
Women during World War I: Primary Source Analysis and DBQ's

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Women during World War 1: Unit Resource

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