MATTAPOISETT — On May 21, the Mattapoisett Museum’s Education Committee and Curator Connor Gaudet presented “Women’s Day” to the fifth graders of Old Hammondtown School.

The Museum and the OHS teachers, Katherine Trudell, Amy Casi and Stacy Barrows collaborated to develop a program of workshops to dovetail with their unit of study on women’s rights.

The morning began with a presentation, Women Leaders, from Select Board member Jodi Bauer and former town clerk Lois Ennis. Both explained what their positions entailed and gave examples of things they did.

Connor Gaudet, Katherine Gaudet and Robbin Smith presented the workshop, “How to Interpret Artifacts.” Using a PowerPoint, Gaudet explained primary and secondary resources, and how to evaluate them using a four step process: observation, reflection, questioning and further investigation.

Groups of four students were given an artifact related to women’s rights to explore and evaluate through the process.

Concurrent with this group, Gail Roberts, Carole Clifford and Pauline Hamel presented “Mattapoisett’s Important Historical Women” to another fifth grade class.