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I am the building substitute at City High school, but went to college for Painting and Drawing and Geology, so my post is going to be for if I would make an assignment for understanding the impact of woman artists within the last century on art.

First I went to Iowa AEA Online Resources, then I clicked Britannica Online. I then clicked "High Level", and would have them click under Explore "Biographies". From there, I specified the era to "1900-present", and then under known for I added "printmaking", "painting", "drawing" and "sculpture". I then selected "female". To diversify our search, I would ask each student to select a different "National/Cultural Association". For this example I selected Mexican. Here are a couple examples of the biographies I came upon!

Elizabeth Catlett: https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Elizabeth-Catlett/2984
Frida Kahlo: https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Frida-Kahlo/44315
Leonora Carrington: https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Leonora-Carrington/574133

From there I would direct the students to read the biographies, and then make a poster about the artist and their art, as well as how they may have effected the art world as a woman.