Title: The Famous Five
First published: 2006
Description: Many people have not heard of The Famous Five. Yet, these five women fought for women's rights in the early 1900s. They helped women win the right to vote and serve in Canada's Senate. The Famous Five also worked to change the property rights law, so that women could own property. This resource is organized so that it: provides an historical context which enhances the studentb2ss knowledge of the past; uses familiar language, which enables students to use context cues to predict words; uses photographs to illustrate the text, making the words easier to decode; repeats sentence patterns, making the text easier to read; provides discussion questions that encourage critical thinking.
Subjects: Feminists, Feminism, Women's rights, Juvenile literature, Biography, History, Famous Five (Canadian women's rights activists), Readers for new literates, Famous Five (Femmes défenseurs des droits de l'homme canadiennes), Femmes, Droits, Histoire, Anglais (Langue), Lectures et morceaux choisis pour nouveaux alphabétisés, Women, canada
Places: Canada
People: Emily F. Murphy (1868-1933), Louise McKinney (1868-1931), Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951), Irene Parlby (1868-1965), Henrietta Muir Edwards (1849-1931)