March 06, 2019 : Women in the Lead

The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in The Denver Post. This issue of The Mini Page is available through the eEdition Archive to registered eEdition subscribers

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Activities:

1. Draw a picture of a woman leader. Around the picture, paste newspaper words that show what women leaders can bring to their political positions

2. In the newspaper, circle the names of any women in political leadership. Include local, state and national leaders.

3. Collect news stories about Nancy Pelosi. Paste each story on a piece of paper. Under the story, write several sentences explaining how Pelosi is doing her job as speaker of the House of Representatives.

4. What are some unusual facts about (a) Nancy Pelosi, (b) Jeannette Rankin, (c) Margaret Chase Smith and (d) the U.S. House of Representatives?

5. What is public service? Why do you think people want to go into public service? Write a paragraph discussing what public service means to you.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them.

This week's standard:
Students understand the ideas, principles and practices of citizenship in a democratic republic.(Social studies: Civics)

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)