Overview
Women's Movements has been developed for senior secondary students of History and is part of the Nelson Modern History series. Each book in the series is based on the understanding that History is an interpretive study of the past by which students also come to better appreciate the making of the modern world. Developing understandings of the past and present in senior History extends on the skills learnt in earlier years. Students will use historical skills, including research, evaluation, synthesis, analysis and communication. They will rely on their knowledge of the historical concepts such as evidence, continuity and change, cause and effect, significance, empathy, perspectives and contestability, to understand and interpret societies from the past. The activities and tasks have been written to ensure that students develop the skills and attributes required for senior History subjects.
This title explores the origins of the modern women's movements in the late 19th century and the struggle for suffrage in New Zealand, Australia and Britain. It also addresses the impact of World Wars I and II on Australian women, and the emergence of 'Second Wave' feminism in Australia from the late 1960s.
Series Editor, Tony Taylor is the past Director of the National Inquiry into the Teaching and Learning of History and the National Centre for History Education. From 2006 to 2010 he was a senior consultant to federal government bodies responsible for the development of Australian Curriculum History, while researching and publishing extensively in various topics in education and History.
About the series
Series editor acknowledgements
Author acknowledgements
Introduction
CHAPTER 1
The woman question
CHAPTER 2
Citizen mothers
CHAPTER 3
The rising tide: How British women fought for the right to vote
CHAPTER 4
Rising militancy, surveillance and victory 1907–1928
CHAPTER 5
New opportunities – the Second World War and beyond
CHAPTER 6
A new militancy
Conclusion
Maryellen Galbally has taught history at both secondary and tertiary levels and has worked extensively as a curriculum advisor in Victoria and New South Wales. She has developed numerous history teaching and learning resources, including Imagining Australia, and has presented at many teacher conferences.
The Nelson Modern History series is an extensive suite of full colour topic books developed for Australian senior students. Each title draws on recent scholarship, historiography and history specific pedagogy to ensure relevance and teachability. Providing flexibility for schools and students, Nelson Modern History is the up to date and relevant history education solution for senior students
The front cover of each title features a line drawing associated with the topic. Functioning as a topic starter, this iconic image is unpacked with a photograph and commentary with a link to a key individual and an illustrated timeline
The introduction to each book includes a brief overview of the topic and a handy reference sequence that includes profiles of major figures and organisations, definitions of key concepts and summaries of major documents
Each chapter is structured around inquiry questions and includes age appropriate language, recent research in the field, diagrams, maps and illustrations, biographical profiles that incorporate activities and discussions of historians and schools of interpretation
Chapters close with a topic summary, suggestions for further reading and review activities that consolidate content knowledge and build historical skills
Each title closes with a brief summation and a set of activities that encourage students to draw on their learning and reflect on the topic as a whole.