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Today, we’re going to read about the first woman doctor in the United States and England—Doctor Elizabeth Blackwell.
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Let’s begin by using “Google” to search the Internet.
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Look at the Google search results, at left.
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Click on the link that is most likely to have information about the life and achievements of Doctor Elizabeth Blackwell.
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When did Elizabeth’s family move to New York?
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1821
1832
1847
1849
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In what year was Geneva Medical College founded?
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4.
According to the timeline, what did Elizabeth do in 1874?
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What is an advantage of presenting the events in Elizabeth’s life in a timeline?
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It gives detailed information about her.
It shows the events in order of importance.
It lets readers choose what to read first.
It lists the events in the order they took place.
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Now, click on the following link and read A Lady Doctor? You must be joking!
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Now, click on the website tab “Applying.”
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The title of the text is “A lady doctor? You must be joking!” Which two groups of people treated the idea of a lady doctor as a joke?
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“Elizabeth contacted every medical school in the New York area – 29 altogether!” Why is there an exclamation point (“!”) used in the sentence above?
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to show that Elizabeth was lucky to have so many schools to choose from
to show the number of medical schools in the New York area
to show how difficult it was for a woman to get into medical school
to show that Elizabeth could not find a school she liked
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Now, click on the website tab “Studying.”
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“Some teachers would not let her stay and watch the surgery classes.”
How did Elizabeth react to this?
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Now, click on the website tab "Practicing.”
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Why did Elizabeth have to give up her dream of becoming a surgeon?
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Think of everything you have read on the website “A Lady Doctor? You must be joking!”
Give two examples that show how Elizabeth Blackwell did not give up and kept trying.
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Now, click on the following link and read The Unusual Blackwell Family
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Why does the writer describe Elizabeth’s family as “ahead of their time?”
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They lived in England.
Mr. Blackwell was a businessman.
The boys and girls were raised equally.
The children did not go to school.
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How did growing up in an unusual family help Elizabeth become the first woman doctor in America and England? Give one way.
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Now, click on the following link and read Elizabeth Blackwell Opens The New York Infirmary
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According to the webpage, would New York have been a good place to live in the 1850s?
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Yes
No
Use information from the text to explain your answer.
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Now, click on the website tab “Need for Patients.”
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When Elizabeth Blackwell first opened her clinic in New York, what shows that most people did not accept the idea of a woman doctor?
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Now, click on the website tab “A New Hospital.”
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Give two goals of Elizabeth Blackwell’s hospital that are the same today as when she opened it.
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Name three things that Elizabeth Blackwell did to help women.
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Think about all of the information you have read about Elizabeth Blackwell. Give three of her important achievements.
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Well done! You have completed your research on the life of the first female doctor, Elizabeth Blackwell.
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