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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Gertrude Ederle, First Woman to Swim the English Channel

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about Gertrude Ederle.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Swim the Open Sea: Analyzing Dual Vectors

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars will explore the accomplishment and societal repercussions of Gertrude Ederle being the first woman to swim the English Channel. They will also model vectors representing the currents she had to face to accomplish these...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: The First Woman to Swim the English Channel Beat the Men's Record by Two Hours

For Students 9th - 10th
It was August 6, 1926, the day that an American, Gertrude Ederle, was poised to become the first woman to swim the English Channel. Only five men had ever swum the waterway before. The challenges included quickly changing tides, six-foot...