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Teaching Women’s History Through Music with TeachRock
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST
Presented by Dayna Orlak, Teacher, Waldwick High School (NJ); and Gina Machado, Director of Programs and Partnerships, TeachRock
Sponsored by TeachRock
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Women’s history is American history, and women musicians have played a vital role in shaping it. From Aretha Franklin’s powerful anthem “Respect,” which became a rallying cry for both women’s and civil rights, to Margo Price’s thought-provoking song “Pay Gap,” which highlights gender-based wage disparity, women in music have been at the forefront of social change, using their artistry and activism to make a lasting impact.
View this recorded edWebinar with TeachRock for a media-rich exploration of the first, second, and third waves of the women’s rights movement and a discussion of how music has amplified women’s voices throughout history, inspiring change and shaping cultural movements. This session equips educators with lessons and free resources to connect music and women’s history in their classrooms using TeachRock’s CNN Soundtracks: Songs That Defined History lesson collection.
This edWebinar is of interest to middle and high school teachers, librarians, school leaders, and district leaders.
About the Presenters
Dayna Orlak has been a middle and high school social studies teacher in New Jersey since 2000. Over the past 18 years, she has specialized in teaching the History of American Popular Culture and all academic levels of United States History, grades 10 through 12, with a focus on arts integration. Dayna has designed and facilitated a variety of professional development workshops for TeachRock and other state and national organizations.
Gina Machado is the Director of Programs and Partnerships at TeachRock. Beginning her career as a classroom teacher in The Bronx, New York, she now designs arts-integrated education materials for TeachRock and leads professional development sessions across the United States, working alongside teachers to implement the TeachRock curriculum. An educator at heart, Gina’s true passion lies in creating new and innovative ways to reach students of all levels, always aiming to foster the student-teacher relationship.
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Launched by Stevie Van Zandt and the Founders Board of Bono, Jackson Browne, Martin Scorsese, and Bruce Springsteen, TeachRock.org provides free, standards-aligned resources that use music to help K-12 students succeed in science, math, social studies, language arts, and more.
