AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Play & Learning
GOALS
Quality Education, Gender Equality, Reduced Inequality, Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions, Trust, Tolerance & Empathy
KEYWORDS
feminism, history, women empowerment, women, Augmented Reality
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Goodby Silverstein & Partners
WEBSITE
https://www.lessonsinherstory.com/
Lessons in Herstory
This is an app that uses AR to bring to life the forgotten heroes in U.S. history textbooks - women.
Did you know that only 11% of the stories in U.S. History Textbooks are about women? Lessons in Herstory rewrites one of the most popular middle school US history textbooks without changing the textbook at all, using AR technology. Less than 11% of stories in US history textbooks are devoted to women, which means children aren’t seeing the full picture of what’s possible. Lessons in Herstory tackles the power imbalance between men and women in society by getting to the root of the problem: how we're conditioned as kids in school - which meant illuminating the stories of women in history that have been previously left out.