Format
This program guides participants through an examination of primary resources and demonstrations to learn how female telephone operators contributions were critical to effective U.S. Army wartime communications. Participants will be encouraged to answer questions based on a review of primary sources. Time will be allowed for questions and answers.
Objectives
This program guides participants through an examination of primary resources and demonstrations to learn how female telephone operators contributions were critical to effective U.S. Army wartime communications. Participants will be encouraged to answer questions based on a review of primary sources. Time will be allowed for questions and answers.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
Common Core Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
State Standards
History and Social Science Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools
United States History: 1865 to the Present
USII.6 The student will apply social science skills to understand how the social, economic, and technological changes of the early twentieth century by
Explaining how developments in factory and labor productivity, transportation (including the use of the automobile), communication, and rural electrification changed American life and standard of living;
Virginia Studies
The student will demonstrate an understanding of Virginia during the twentieth century and beyond by
Describing how national events, including women’s suffrage and the Great Depression, affect Virginia and its citizens.