Enhancing the curriculum using primary sources: women engaged in war. From: Teacher Librarian | Date: February 1, 2008| Author: Crew, Hilary S. | COPYRIGHT 2008 Scarecrow Press, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

PRIMARY RESOURCES CAN BE PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR ENRICHING CURRICULUM AND FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING, IN THIS ARTICLE, I DEMONSTRATE HOW A VARIETY OF PRIMARY SOURCES CAN BE BROUGHT TOGETHER TO ENRICH STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF WOMEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN WAR IN VARIOUS WAYS, I HAVE CHOSEN FIVE WOMEN WHOSE STORIES ARE INTERESTING TO TELL AND FOR WHOM THERE ARE FEW OR NO RECENT PRINT BIOGRAPHIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

"Women have always and everywhere been inextricably involved in war...