TeachersFirst: Women's History Month Resources

TeachersFirst's Women's History Month Resources

This collection of reviewed resources from TeachersFirst is selected to help teachers and students learn about Women's History and to plan related projects and classroom activities. Whether you spend one class or an entire unit on Women's History, the ideas included within the "In the Classroom" portion of reviews will launch discussions and meaningful projects for student-centered learning.

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Women in History Grade 5 to 12 - Myvocabulary.com- permalink -

This site features interactive word puzzles about Women in History (perfect for Women's History Month). This site also includes an alphalary of vocabulary words, and "A Woman Should Have" by Maya Angelou. There are word searches, fill in the blank, true or false, and more.
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Use this site to introduce your students to new vocabulary words while you teach about famous women in history. Share the site on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Use the word lists to compile vocabulary lists to enhance Women's History Month.

Women's History Resources Grade K to 12 - TeachersFirst- permalink -

In the Classroom:
Use the resources in this collection to supplement a classroom during a Women's History unit. The resources on this site can be used for webquests, learning centers, lesson plans & the like!

National Women's History Museum Grade 7 to 12 - National Women's History Museum- permalink -

The National Women's History Museum site includes a rich collection of resources. Although the collection is certainly deep on issues related to women's suffrage, there is also information on women in World War II, women and education, women and the Progressive movement, and women spies. There are good photographs of artifacts from the women's movement, and a nice collection of lesson plans, grouped by grade level.
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Of course, the site would be useful to students doing research on the women's movement in general, or on the role of women during several important historical eras. In the "educational resources" section, there is a collection of quotations from women that would be great for creating displays for women's history month. There is also a group of quizzes that could be adapted for classroom use. The section focused on the women of Jamestown includes the stories of Native American women as well as the role of early European settler women and could supplement the usual Thanksgiving lessons on the new American colonies. There are also free lesson plans and classroom activities that teachers should take advantage of!

Women in World History Grade 6 to 12 - - permalink -

A collection of information and resources on famous women through history.
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Take advantage of the free lesson plans and resources put together on this website! There are also biographies of important women in history that could benefit a class more geared towards social history. Use the appropriate biographies to supplement the normal topics they would belong to.

Women in Alaska's History Grade 6 to 12 - ThinkQuest- permalink -

Here's a student-created site that examines the roles of women in the founding and history of Alaska, including the frontier days, the gold rush, and even the Iditarod race.They're not all as colorful as Klondike Kate, but there are many characters here.
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Use this site for some fresh perspective on the teaching of the Alaskan Gold Rush. The site offers detailed information on prominent women prospering during the Gold Rush - an interesting find for an American History course. Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Allow students to review the information, before having them respond to an essay prompt. An effective way to combine this information with what is typically tested in the Standards of Learning is to have students compare and contrast womens' roles in the Gold Rush and mens'. Was it harder for women? Why or why not?

Women's History - The History Channel Grade 6 to 12 - - permalink -

The popular cable channel's women's history site provides images, content, and links to related resources.
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This site has plenty of relatively short videos that could easily be played in class to supplement lecture. For a unit on WWII, play the short 3 minute video about the Women Auxiliary Corp on the interactive whiteboard or projector. Short and sweet, the video addresses what the domestic front was like and addresses the issues of women's rights simultaneously. Have students watch the video, and then hold a class discussion as to the differences seen in the WAC video and videos that they might have seen concerning the mens army. After the discussion, have students create venn diagrams highlighting the differences. Use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram (reviewed here).

Celebrate Women's History Month Grade 3 to 9 - Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum- permalink -

This downloadable PDF file offers a list of activities for the classroom to celebrate Women's History Month! The PDF file links to a great site all about famous and empowered women. There are also ten (or more) activities that could be used in various grade levels. This site requires Adobe Acrobat. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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Use this site for research projects about famous females. Most of the activity suggestions are more traditional projects and writing assignments. If you want to add some technology touches, why not have students create a fictitious blog from a famous woman, or a wiki discussion between a famous woman from the early 1900s and a famous woman nowadays, or create a PowerPoint or podcast sharing information about their famous female.

No Job for a Woman Grade 6 to 12 - Imperial War Museum- permalink -

This British site looks at women's roles in war time from 1900 to the present. Divided chronologically (pre-1914, WWI, WWWII, and post-1945) the site focuses on five main themes: A Woman's Place is in the Home, Woman's Work: War Work, That's no job for a woman: The Services, War Babes: Stereotypes, pin-ups and prejudice, and You have no Right: Protest and Equality. There is an image guide for each theme, lesson plans, reading lists and suggestions for further research.
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Although the focus of the site is clearly on Great Britain, the image galleries provide good primary source information. This site would be a great resource for incorporating women's roles into the study of the two World Wars in a regular Modern US History course. There is also great material for History Day projects on women's roles in wartime. The use of British terminology might be a little confusing, but also points up the different perspectives of another country, and might be useful in showing how the two World Wars were perceived outside the US. Despite the fact that the site is designed to cover up to the present time, it is not particularly useful for periods after World War II.

American Women Through Time Grade 8 to 12 - Ken Middleton- permalink -

Learn about specific time periods in America's past through the lens of women's history. This site provides a chronology of women's contributions in the United States from the nation's infancy through the twentieth century. Students can "read more about it" by following links to relevant web sites for each event, or explore helpful research sources (census data, newspapers, diaries, etc.) for each specified area.
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This is an excellent resource for piecing together American history by examining primary source documents. Have cooperative learning groups investigate women's contributions in various decades and create a video. Share the videos using a site such as SchoolTube reviewed here.

Changing the Face of Medicine Grade 6 to 12 - NIH- permalink -

Here’s a site that documents the achievements of female physicians while also providing lesson plans and information that will show students (at all levels) how physicians do their work. The biographies of women physicians – some dating back into the 19th century – are probably the strongest section of this site, but the lesson plans and Flash activities are also well worth a look. This site could be used in history, career planning, science, or women’s history studies.
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Take advantage of the free lesson plans offered in this site! There is also a recommended book list which could be a great addition to a classroom reading list, or as a list students can choose from for a book report. This is an excellent site for any study of women in the workplace and the evolution of the medical field.

Distinguished Women Grade 6 to 12 - - permalink -

This site contains a listing of women (American and otherwise) who are famous in their particular fields. It includes biographies of some of the women listed. This site could be used to aid in researching famous women of the past. Text-heavy and a little dated, the content is there nonetheless. Privately published.
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Use the reading list published on this site to search for new reading materials for your classroom during Women's history month, or for an addition of women's history into your every day curriculum. The reading list however would be great for book talks or papers!

National First Ladies' Library Grade 6 to 12 - National First Ladies' Library- permalink -

The wives of U.S. Presidents have often served a crucial, but unofficial and sometimes unrecognized, role in U.S. History. Hillary Clinton's recent run for the White House even prompted a spirited discussion of what her husband might be referred to if she became the first woman president.

The National First Ladies' Library, located in Canton, Ohio, is dedicated to teaching others about the contributions of the First Ladies of the United States, as well as other notable women in U.S. History. In fact, the library is housed in the former home of Ida Saxton McKinley, the wife of President William McKinley. The Library is both a physical resource, but also a comprehensive virtual library of information. The site contains biographies of US First Ladies, lesson plans, and a searchable timeline. There is an online catalog of the many resources available in the library itself; those who do not live nearby could still use the catalog to identify resources associated with former First Ladies. This site requires Adobe Acrobat. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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These resources might be useful to those doing First Lady biographies for Women's History Month or other famous Americans reports. Students doing more in-depth research for History Day projects will find the online catalog helpful. Check out the link to facts and trivia for a good First Ladies Trivia page.

Prohibition and Temperance Grade 9 to 12 - OSU Department of History- permalink -

From the Ohio State University history department, this site includes resources related to the prohibition and temperance movement in the US. There is a good, straightforward summary of prohibition including hyperlinks, information about the Women's crusade against alcohol and the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and contemporary opinion pieces about prohibition. Of particular use is a series of political cartoons from the period which illustrate contemporary political viewpoints. There is a brief audio clip of prohibition era music (ragtime).
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This site is best used as a supplementary set of resources for further exploration. Teachers might use some of the contemporary illustrations or narratives to expand understanding, or students working on an independent project might find the resources helpful. You could also design a brief web scavenger hunt within the site to introduce the topic a new way.

Women’s History – National Sites Grade 6 to 12 - National Park Service- permalink -

This site from the National Park Service provides a listing and links for dozens of locations where important events in the history of women in American took place. While some of these will be familiar, many are not, and the stories of how these locations were important in changing womens’ roles in America could make a fascinating study.
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You’ll need some creativity to use this one, but there are many possibilities.

Duke University's Collection on Women in the Civil War Grade 6 to 12 - Duke University- permalink -

Includes original source documents, scanned images, and transcriptions from women in the Civil war era detailing their lives and times. This site would be of interest to students studying the history of Women as well as US History.
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Use this site on a projector or interactive whiteboard to discuss and informally assess prior knowledge as you start your study of the Civil War. Examine the journals and diaries online as a way to prompt an activity where students will write their own "authentic" diary entry. Pick an event in the unit you are studying and have students write a journal entry as though they just participated in the event. The activity will get them thinking about what kinds of information we can find in journals and diaries and what it might have been like to experience the events in person.

Duke University's Collection on African-American Women Grade 6 to 12 - Duke University- permalink -

This site includes original source documents, scanned images, and transcriptions from African-American women detailing their lives and times. This site would be of interest to students studying the history of women as well as US History.
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Use these letters to shed more light on what slave-life was like in the Antebellum south. Print out some of the letters and distribute them to students while they are in cooperative learning groups. Have each group analyze the letters and report back to the class what they were able to learn about the slave authors. Use this to steer students into a discussion to the differences between chattel slavery and that seen in the Caribbeans. This can cover topics of the economic impact of slavery and some of the restrictions that existed, such as literacy laws and the significance of finding slave letters to begin with. A very interesting collection!

Celebrating Women's History Grade 9 to 12 - Gale Group- permalink -

This Gale's site offers a nice collection of biographies of important women in American history, complete with background information on the activities in which these women were engaged.
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Use this site on a projector or interactive whiteboard to discuss and informally assess prior knowledge as you start your study of the Womens' Rights movement. Have students explore the site individually or in cooperative learning groups with the intention of each group selecting three women who they think made the biggest impact on Womens Rights. Have students present their three in either a paper poster or a virtual one. Use an online poster creator, such as Wallwisher, (reviewed here).

Not For Ourselves Alone Grade 6 to 12 - PBS- permalink -

A PBS site connected to a Ken Burns film about Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, this site contains some very nice resources on the women's movement. Clicking on "Explore the Women's Movement" takes you to a nice multi-media presntation on the history of the movement. The Resources section has lesson plans, primary documents, a photo gallery, and biographical information. This site uses Flash. Get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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If you're looking for one site on the early women's movement, or the women's suffrage movement, this one may do it. The Flash presentation is outstanding, and could become the centerpiece of your lesson by itself.

Our Story in History Grade 2 to 6 - National Museum of American History- permalink -

This small but creative collection of activities spans a diverse range of topics from American history and taps into the imaginative minds of elementary students. Visit the "Try It At Home" section to learn about great women of the past, WWII Japanese interment camps, or slave life and the Underground Railroad. Each topic includes background information, links to related children’s literature, and ideas for hands-on activities. The "Try it On-Line" section provides interactive activities that immerse students in creating Native American buffalo hide paintings, building a sod home, and looking at life through the eyes of an historian.
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Save this site as a favorite and use it as a learning center or station during a US history class!

NMAI: Identity by Design Grade 6 to 12 - Smithsonian- permalink -

From the National Museum of the American Indian, this online exhibit is subtitled "Tradition, Change and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses." The exhibit uses 19th century Native women's clothing as insight into Native American culture of the time period, and features stunning photographs of Native dresses and commentary by present-day Native women. The site both describes the ways Native women made their clothing in the 19th century and the ways that clothing can give us important clues about the role of women in Native society. Of interest also are the ways clothing began to reflect the influence of the dominant white culture on traditional Native practices. The site also includes information about today's Native Powwow dance competitions which bridge the distance between traditional culture and the modern world, and bring 19th century Native women's clothing and costume into the 21st century. The Resources link contains lesson plans and educational material. This site requires Flash. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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Traditionally, American history has been taught as the story of the dominant European culture's triumph over more primitive Native cultures. Native American culture is too often pictured as one-dimensional rather than as a rich collection of diverse tribes and cultures. If Native women are featured at all, they may be represented only by Pocahontas and Sacajawea. This site allows a fuller exploration of the variety of Native women's cultures and would serve as an outstanding supplement to a study of the European settlement of the West. The photographs of the women's dresses are lovely and would display nicely on an interactive whiteboard or projector. The commentary would be useful for any student doing more in-depth research into Native culture. The site's focus on women's roles and culture would also fit nicely with a unit on women's history. The Resources link contains lesson plans and educational material. To extend the clothing-as -culture approach in your classroom, ask students to create a wiki showing the role of clothing in ethnic subcultures of the U.S. today or at other places and times. Middle school grades might want to work together with the art or FCS teachers on this.

National Women's Hall of Fame Grade 6 to 12 - National Women's Hall of Fame- permalink -

The National Women's Hall of Fame celebrates the contributions of women to society and each year nominates outstanding women for inclusion. This site contains brief biographies of each of these women. Editor's Note: We have had intermittent experience with this site opening very slowly. Please be patient, but do report it as a "dead link" if it does not open at all!
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This site would be useful as a resource for teachers who assign "heroes" biographies, particularly during Women's History month. Students might also research and write nominations for additional women to be included in the future as a class activity.

Women’s Rights Grade 6 to 12 - UC Berkeley- permalink -

UC Berkeley’s site on women’s rights offers an interesting collection of resources. There’s a time line showing women’s accomplishments from the mid-eighteenth century onward, a collection of interviews transcribed from on-campus appearances by women in leadership roles, and an activities and introduction section which offers ideas and options for further study. Teachers will probably want to excerpt selected portions for their use, but students doing research on women’s history will find lots of good things here.
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Take advantage of the free lesson plans and resources on this site! The lesson plans are all connected to standards, and show creative ways to use the interviews hosted. This site would be interesting in a Government or US History course.

What Did You Do in the War, Grandma? Grade 7 to 12 - - permalink -

This is a collection of oral history information compiled by high school students in Rhode Island as a class project. Well-done student effort.
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Use the timeline on this site to guide your class through the events of WWII. It is primarily focused on Womens history, but the content is well-researched and pertinent to a classroom studying WWII. Open this site on the interactive whiteboard or projector and maneuver through it during your lecture.

Online NewsHour: Inaugural Fashion Grade 4 to 12 - PBS- permalink -

Are you looking for a new way to get your students attention in history class? This site is perfect for those students who view fashion as the only thing worth their attention! The site focuses on the gowns that the first ladies wore to the inaugural ceremony (from a variety of time periods). The significance of the gowns is discussed. Several photos are included. The video clips date back to 2001 and no longer work. For commentary and speculation on what Mrs. Obama and the Obama children will wear, see this article from Womens Wear Daily
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Share the pictures of the gowns on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students research an inaugural ceremony and write a blog entry (from the first lady of their choice) discussing the inaugural ceremony (and what they wore). Or have your budding journalists write a mock-commentary on the political "message" sent by a chosen first lady via her fashion choices.

Images of American Political History Grade 5 to 12 - Dr. William J. Ball- permalink -

Bring two centuries of American history and politics to life with these high-quality, black and white photographs of people and events. Beyond showing the faces of politicians and the famous, this collection chronicles average people who quietly contributed to the times. The collection’s greatest strengths lie in the World War II, Cold War, and Civil Rights eras. The photographs are drawn from government sources and are in the Public Domain, which means they are copyright-free. Images can be browsed by keyword, topic or era.
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Have students use these images for illustrated timelines on women’s rights, civil rights, World War II, and American presidents. Use any of the images of war workers to spark discussions on how conflict affects the non-combatants, the economy, and industrialization.

Download the images, insert them into a Word document, print and photocopy a page to give to each student. Ask students to write a few questions they have about the person, people, or events in the photograph. Or share the images on your blog or a class wiki for students to respond. Use these questions to further the research and discussions into the era of choice.

Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent Grade 3 to 12 - University of Wisconsin Digital Collections- permalink -

Africa Focus offers a wealth of digital images and sound recordings from contemporary Africa. This collection from the University of Wisconsin contains more than 3000 slides, 500 photographs, and 50 hours of sounds from 45 different countries. Click Search the Collection to see image categories which include artisans, buildings and structures, cities and towns, education, landscape, religion, and women. Sound recordings include drums, greetings, rites and ceremonies, songs, and signing. The site is easily searched by keyword or by subject heading. This site requires RealPlayer. Get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page..
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Teachers will find this site rich in resources for units on science, social studies, geography, architecture, music, art, and culture. Make Africa a “real” place by sharing on a projector as you share stories or learn about homes (“Structures”)and habitats or landforms (“Landscape”) with younger students. Use the sound recordings for lessons on oral history, myths, languages, and music. Assign student groups a topic area, which they can research and present to the class as a PowerPoint or another multi-media format using an interactive whiteboard or projector.

Images, text, or other content downloaded from the collection may be freely used for non-profit educational and research purposes under Fair Use. That means that you may NOT put them on the web in a public site, blog, or wiki, since you would not be limiting access to class members. If you want students to create blog or wiki pages, create passworded access for class members only to areas displaying these images and resources. Check the website for instructions on how students can cite this source in their bibliographies.

Academy of Achievement Grade 5 to 12 - Academy of Achievement- permalink -

This site profiles a wide variety of achievers from the arts, science, sports, and business. Each achiever profile features a short biography, a discussion of his or her significance, a photo gallery and an interview. Most of the interviews feature audio and video clips of the achiever as well. The achievers are grouped by area and in an alphabetical drop down list. One great feature is that the achievers are also grouped by character attribute (referred to as their "key to success"): passion, courage, perseverance, integrity, and a neat category called "The American Dream." This site requires Flash and Quicktime. Get them from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page..
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If you assign any kind of "hero," "pioneer," or "leader" biography project, this site is a fabulous resource for students. The list of achievers includes many who may not be instantly recognizable to students and therefore provide more potential for discovery. In addition, the site is large enough and well-enough organized that students can start with this site and "dig" for a possible achiever to research, either by achievement area or by character trait. The site includes a diverse group of achievers, so is also useful if you're doing Women's History or Black History projects. Include this site on your teacher web page for students and parents to access as a reference.

American Women's Rights Movement Grade 8 to 12 - Infoplease- permalink -

This helpful timeline details the major events and players in the Women's Rights Movement and provides hyperlinks to related notes and articles. A great reference site for Women’s History Month activities.
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Use this site on a projector or interactive whiteboard to discuss and informally assess prior knowledge as you start your study of the Women's Rights movement. There are a lot of interesting yet random facts that can supplement lecture material. Open the site on the interactive whiteboard or projector and use it to guide students along the lecture. You can also print the information out for students to use as a follow-along if a PowerPoint is a part of your lecture. Either way it's a great organizer for putting the time period into perspective.

Decoding the Past Grade 3 to 8 - Smithsonian Center for Education- permalink -

What can artifacts reveal about the ancient men and women who created them? This site encourages students to think about the type of information human-made objects can reveal about people of the past and present. The three print-friendly lesson plans are the true treasures on this site. With incredible detail they walk through the process of setting up a series of archaeological tasks and provide related worksheets and charts. Topics explored include identifying artifacts, dating soil layers, and interpreting artifacts using typology.
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Take advantage of the free lesson plans offered on this site! Lessons are offered for Science, Language Arts and History classrooms - each with a useful review of the topic to help refresh teachers. Make sure and save this one as a favorite to your desktop!

Archaeology's Ancient Olympics Guide Grade 8 to 12 - Archaeological Institute of America- permalink -

This informative site delves into the ancient tradition of the Olympic games and provides brief, but interesting essays on Olympic myths, games for women, and the history behind Olympic competition. There is also a new link all about the cultural heritage of Beijing.
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Use this site for a jigsaw activity on the culture importance of the festival of Olympia in ancient Greek society. Have students work with partners and read the interviews about Beijing.

National Portrait Gallery Grade 9 to 12 - - permalink -

This virtual gallery highlights personalities that have had a profound impact upon Great Britain and the world. Click on "Search the Collection" to take a tour of the gallery rooms, and browse through portraits of famous British men and women from the Middle Ages to the late 20th century. Project this Web site in the classroom to illustrate authors, political figures and personalities from British history and literature. Samuel Johnson, Henry VIII, Queen Victoria, The Brontë Sisters, Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill are among the thousands of Britons represented.
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Take advantage of the free images on this site! Search the site for images or portraits of individuals being studies to supplement a lecture. This site would be particularly useful in studying Early American history - giving students a face to connect with the names they have heard about so much.

March Into Spring Grade 1 to 6 - Education World- permalink -

The month of March is filled with special events to commemorate. Use the many teaching resources on this site to develop activities for Women’s History Month, National Nutrition Month, Youth Art Month, Music in Our Schools Month, and the Iditarod. Lesson plans, online projects, hands-on activities, and book reviews are provided. Created by Education World.
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Save this site as a favorite on your classroom computer to allow for easy retrieval of information. This is a really helpful resource for any elementary school teacher.

Women in Sports Grade 4 to 12 - - permalink -

Sports history buffs will appreciate this very complete, but very all-text, chronology of achievements in women’s sports from antiquity to the present. This is useful content, and it is interspersed with links to additional sites about some of the athletes mentioned.
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Include this resource as a handout for students while working on a unit about the changing roles of women and the equal rights movement for the sexes. Although some of the information is more trivial than necessary, this would be an interesting way to show students how the involvement of women in sports evolved, matching their involvement or desired involvement in the political process. Because this includes several different countries, this would be a great way to lead into a discussion of how womens' rights varied among many countries.

First Ladies Grade 4 to 6 - The White House- permalink -

This section from the White House web site offers short histories and biographies of America’s First Ladies. These include attention to twentieth century women who made their own accomplishments while living in the White House. Elementary students may find this one useful as part of a women’s history study, or while learning about the presidency.
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This site would be extremely useful during an American History class. Use this site to provide students with knowledge of the too often forgotten members of the White House - our first ladies. Towards the end of the semester, use this site as a spring board for research projects on the first ladies. Students can use this site as a beginning in their quest for information.

Another use would be to show the ever-evolving role of the First Lady. Review with students the information found on one of the initial first ladies - Martha Washington is an interesting one, and have students compare her role with that of a more recent First lady. To compare the two,use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram (reviewed here).

Abraham Lincoln Library Education Grade 4 to 8 - Abraham Lincoln Library- permalink -

This site offers information for those visiting the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. However, even if you can't physically go to the museum there are some create resources! If you click on the Teacher Resources, you will find several activity guides to use in your classroom. Learn more about the Gettysburg Address, First Ladies, Women's History Month, Black History Month, Christmas at the Whitehouse, and more! Most of the guides require Adobe Acrobat. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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Use the activity guides in your classroom. Most include printables, higher order thinking questions, and even activities that could easily be displayed and discussed using your interactive whiteboard or projector.

Global Connections – The Middle East Grade 6 to 12 - PBS- permalink -

Here’s a really first-rate treatment of the Middle East, its three primary religious subtexts, and the relationship of these to issues like global economics, literature, and history. Users will find a wealth of time-lines, as well as a series of “connecting questions” about issues like the role of women, nation-states, and the impact of stereotypes on international perceptions about this region. Lots of “extended thinking” opportunities here.
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Take advantage of the free lesson plans and activities available on this site! Because of the international focus, this would be great in a world history course OR a US government class.

1968 - The Whole World was Watching Grade 6 to 12 - Brown University- permalink -

This is a fascinating oral history project, created by Rhode Island high school students and Brown University, which documents individual recollections of the turbulent events of 1968, from the war in Viet Nam to assassinations and political upheaval. Written texts as well as audio files make the information available using any browser. Great discussion starter; can also be used as a reference for more detailed study.
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Play these interview within your own classroom to supplement text or lecture material about Vietnam, Civil rights or Women's Rights. Play the interviews over the interactive whiteboard or projector, allowing students to follow along with the transcripts for better comprehension. One way to assess what students are hearing and learning from the interviews is to have students create an online graphic to share using Tabblo reviewed here. This would be an excellent resource for a US history course.

Places where women made history. Grade 4 to 8 - National Park Service- permalink -

The National Park Service created this cybertour of locations in New York and Massachusetts that were important in the women's literary, rights, and suffrage movements. The presentation is dated, but useful for showing where people lived and events happened.
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Use the maps and timelines on this site over the interactive whiteboard and projector to guide students through a class lecture or discussion of the Seneca Falls Convention. The images are a little dated, but do a great job of putting the convention in perspective with other event locations. This would be useful in a US history classroom.

Honor Roll of Notable Women Grade 7 to 12 - - permalink -

The site offers a small collection of links dealing with women's history and famous women.
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Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students explore this site independently or in small groups. Have each group select one of the notable women, making sure that they fully study and research her biography. Have cooperative learning groups create podcasts demonstrating their understanding of their selected person, narrating it as though it were a news report commemorating her life. Use a site such as PodOmatic (reviewed here).

History of Women's Suffrage Grade 6 to 12 - University of Rochester- permalink -

Overview of the Suffrage movement from the mid 1800s forward. From the University of Rochester.
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Use the biographies on this site of influential suffragists to help students understand that the process was about more than the few mentioned in textbooks, it was really a large movement. Introduce the site on the interactive whiteboard or projector before allowing students to explore on their own. Have students work on classroom computers to research some of the other suffragists, with the intentions of creating a paper-poster or a digital one to print and hang around the classroom. If using an online poster creator, such as Wallwisher, (reviewed here).

American Women in Uniform Grade 6 to 12 - - permalink -

Here's a site - with an attitude - about women in the military. There's plenty of information on the roles of women from the 18th century to the present, with an emphasis on the extent of women's accomplishments. Nice source for some information that's hard to find elsewhere.
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Although the current events may be a few years behind, the facts that this site has on women of earlier wars is really interesting quality information. Incorporate this information into a women's history month special, or simply into your every day curriculum. Especially interesting is the information offered about the Revolutionary and Civil War - students will be interested to hear about these important characters who are typically ignored in their textbooks.

Camping with the Sioux Grade 6 to 12 - Smithsonian Institution- permalink -

This simple, elegant site from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History offers the diary of Alice Cunningham Fletcher, a 41-year-old American woman who spent an Autumn living and learning from the Sioux. The site includes her diary, with comments from her contemporaries, as well as numerous photos of the people and territory she was exploring. The site has interesting possibilities for the study of Native Americans, the roles of women in the 19th century, and the use of primary sources in history and research. There is also an extensive bibliography.
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If you have time to do the adapting, there are lots of possibilities in this one.

They Lived in Music - Blues Women Sing Their Song Grade 7 to 12 - Yale University- permalink -

Use performance of a theatrical production to teach students about the history of the blues.
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Take advantage of the free lesson plans and classroom activities! This would be a great addition to a class learning about the Harlem Renaissance in a US history course.

Whole Cloth Grade 6 to 12 - Smithsonian Institution- permalink -

This site was developed by the Smithsonian as part of this year's History Day competition, which deals with the role of invention in American history. The site traces the way in which advances in the manufacturing of textiles created wholesale changes in American industry and social structures. Among the results: Once women were freed from the need to make clothing by hand, other opportunities became available. Good site for students interested in history day projects, or for use in a history or social studies curriculum.
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Take advantage of the free lesson plans on topics from early industrialization to the 20th century! The late 19th century is a difficult time period for students seeing as it is so technological and very little social history, so these units provide some interest and intrigue where there may not have been before.

The History of the Supreme Court Grade 8 to 12 - PBS and New York Life - permalink -

This site has been designed as a companion to an upcoming public television series on the Supreme Court, but it stands on its own for classroom use. Information on the site indicates that further content will be added. The site is divided into several main themes: The history of the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court and basic rights, the Supreme Court and gender, the Supreme Court and young people, and the Supreme Court today. Promised further content will cover the Supreme Court and race and the Supreme Court and economics and commerce. Each theme is highlighted with an introductory essay and questions for discussion. Themes also have a set of teacher resources, links to other web sites and lesson plans. Don't miss the interactive time line and comprehensive encyclopedia of terms. The theme on the Supreme Court and gender includes rich resources for Women’s History month.
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Use this site or specific themes as the basis for an entire unit on the Supreme Court or for focused lessons: Japanese internment camps, the conflict between the Federalists and the anti-Federalists, child labor laws, and many more. You can assign different students to different sides of issues for research on the site or use it as an overview with a projector in a teacher-centered discussion.

Eleanor Roosevelt Grade 6 to 12 - National Park Service- permalink -

This National Park Service site documents the life of the first First Lady who really had a career of her own. The site covers Mrs. Roosevelt’s life before and after her time in the White House, and it has a particularly strong collection of artifacts, memorabilia, and other objects from the First Lady’s life.
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If looking for a way to introduce Eleanor Roosevelt, try the slideshow of scenes from her life on this site! Eleanor Roosevelt is an interesting character in history as the slides show, and this could be used during a unit on her husband or during Women's history month. Open the site on the interactive whiteboard in order to show your students a brief slideshow representing who she was.

Timelines.com Grade 4 to 12 - Timelines, Inc.- permalink -

Teacher's First Edge Review: For moderately adventurous technology users. This site, containing tons of timelines is great for a number of different content areas. There are many video clips included. Search for the timeline of your choice, browse topics or people, or play timeline trivia. Topics range from Mark Twain to Women’s Suffrage to The Beatles to Lord of the Rings (and countless others). There is a lot of information written in a clear, understandable manner. Plus, the pictures help tell the story of the timeline. You can also contribute by creating events, voting, commenting, and adding descriptions, photos, and videos to this site.
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Skills needed: To contribute to the site, you must register. Registration requires an email address. To add events to the site, locate the "add event" found at the bottom of the Timelines.com homepage. Follow the very clear (with samples) directions to insert your own event. Viewing the timelines is simple. Click to watch videos, view the maps, click “Like” or “Dislike” or make comments by clicking on the words.

Safety Concerns: Monitor what students are viewing in the premade timelines. Also, teach students appropriate events to include and check their work before having them submit work so that they are more accurate. Registration requires an email address. Create a free Gmail account to use for memberships. If you plan to have students register individually, you may want to create your own Gmail account with up to 20 subaccounts for each group of students (by code name or number) within your classes. Here is a blog post that tells how to set up GMail subaccounts to use for any online membership service.

Possible uses: Use the timelines on the site in science class to help students understand the history behind discoveries that they take for granted, such as the the space race. Today's students have never lived in a world where traveling to the moon was not possible, and understanding the history of the event could be very helpful in understanding the magnitude of such an event. This site would also be useful in art or music class. Have students investigate the history of their favorite group or type of music and create a multimedia presentation to share with the class. How about a video (including music, of course). Share the videos on a site such as SchoolTube (reviewed here).

The Story of Anne Frank Grade 5 to 12 - The Anne Frank Stichting- permalink -

The Story of Anne Frank is an online opportunity for students to envision what actually happened during Anne Frank’s childhood, particularly while she was in hiding in the Secret Annex at 265 Prinsengracht, Amsterdam. Thanks to this site, students are able to feel personally involved in what occurred at this location to a thirteen year old girl during the Holocaust. Her story is conveyed through authentic photographs and documents from the Anne Frank House, the former hiding place where Anne Frank’s original first diary is on display.
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This is a great site to add to your class web page during your study of Anne Frank and the Holocaust, or as part of the themes of discrimination and resiliency. Use it as an introduction before reading The Diary of Anne Frank by displaying the website on your interactive whiteboard or projector to spark a whole class investigation of Anne Frank’s childhood and family, her teenage years in hiding and the people who helped, the betrayal, the captivity and suffering in the concentration camps, and her diary. Students may continue exploring and learning on their own in the computer lab or with a class set of laptops. You can easily develop a checklist to direct students to the links that you want to emphasize and to keep them on task while navigating the site. There are even online multiple-choice quizzes about Anne Frank and her diary. Consider having cooperative learning groups create multimedia presentations about Anne Frank. How about online books using a site such as Bookemon, reviewed here.

The Anne Frank House Grade 5 to 12 - The Anne Frank Stichting- permalink -

The Anne Frank House has been a museum since 1960. The history of the former hiding place where the Frank family and four other Jews lived in secrecy comes alive on this website. Starting with 1940 photographs of the building known as Opekta factory, see and learn how the office space was transformed into the Secret Annex where Anne Frank hid for more than two years until the betrayal and arrest by the Nazis. Find out about the four employees who risked their lives to make the hiding possible. The rooms of the Secret Annex have been preserved in their authentic state and salvaged documents and objects belonging to the eight people in hiding are on display. Three short films are included on the website to place the significance of this personal story in a historical context. Help the words in Anne’s diary come alive by seeing what the outside and inside of the building looked like, by viewing the painstaking ways that were taken to keep them safe, and by looking at the space where Anne ate, slept, and hung her pictures.
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Use your interactive whiteboard or projector to take your class on a virtual field trip to Amsterdam to visit the Secret Annex where they can realize what it was actually like for Anne Frank’s family and four others to live inside a hidden space, with the constant fear of being discovered by the Nazis. Help the words in Anne’s diary come alive by showing what the outside and inside of the building looked like, by viewing the painstaking ways that were taken to keep them safe, and by looking at the space where Anne ate, slept, and hung her pictures. Students will be more likely to relate to Anne as a real person, instead of a fictional character, and admire her optimism, courage, and resiliency. Use this to initiate journal entries for students to reflect on how they would handle two years of hiding and sharing a small space with others, as well as what they would do to remain positive, or use the online exhibit to shed some light on a dark period in history and to strengthen the personal account of the hiding period and the deportation to the camps. Create a class wiki for students to share their journal articles and respond to others. Not comfortable with wikis? Have no wiki worries – check out the Teacher’s First Wiki Walk-Through reviewed here.

Saint-Denis: A Town in the Middle Ages Grade 5 to 12 - French Ministry of Culture- permalink -

This site offers a bird's eye view of a medieval town in France. You can compare the ancient city to what remains in the present day. Other features of the site include artistic views of and information about men and women from the time the town was built. More anthropological and archeological information includes details about crafts, items used for daily life, markets and fairs, and details about civic life. You have the option of viewing the entire site in French or English. Eleven educational activities are also available at this site. Click on the "Learning" link (pencil) to find the many offerings.
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French teachers can include this site in a unit on Medieval French history, displaying some of the scenes on an interactive whiteboard or projector for an authentic view of ancient culture. European history students and language teachers can use the site to supplement information on the history of France by selectively introducing the activities which help review the material presented here. Have cooperative learning groups create multimedia presentations using the information available at this site. Have students use a tool such as Woices (beta) (reviewed here). This site allows students to create audio recordings AND choose a location (on a map) where the story takes place. Have groups create interactive online posters ("glogs") using Glogster EDU, reviewed here.

Teaching Tolerance Grade K to 12 - Southern Poverty Law Center- permalink -

Teaching Tolerance is a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center and seeks to provide educators with tools to reduce prejudice of all kinds. You might already be familiar with this group's "Mix it Up" initiative which seeks to get middle school and high school students to sit with someone new for one day during lunch at the cafeteria. This site contains lesson plans, links for teachers, parents, teens, and kids, current topics related to prejudice, an on-line version of the Teaching Tolerance magazine, an order form for free curriculum materials, and links to other resources.

The teacher’s link offers classroom activities (many interactive) that tie in with the lesson plans. There is also a link to receive FREE kits and handbooks! The “Parents” link offers activities and ideas for ages 2-17! There are online activities, recommended books, “talking points” for parents, and more. The “For Teens” link includes a wealth of resources: video clips, lessons, 10 steps to take action, downloadable posters, essays, and true stories. The Kid’s link offers “read,” “Explore,” and “Play” options for elementary (and younger middle school) students. A “sign up” box appears when you first enter the site, click on the X to remove the box.
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Of course, the obvious uses for this site include preparing for Black History Month or Women's History Month, consult this site for more than that! Don’t just visit the Teacher’s link, but check out the kids and teens links for videos and interactive that you can share on your projector or interactive whiteboard. If you are unsure of how to approach a touchy subject with your students--either a subject from the news like the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" rules, or something that is happening in your school or community, this site can provide resources for you and your students. Subscribe to Tolerance.org's emailed newsletter, or order one of the curriculum kits; the newest one is Viva la Causa about Cesar Chavez and the struggle for justice for farmworkers in the 1960s. This is a great addition to your school’s bully program! Take advantage of the free lesson plans, class activities, interactive, and book recommendations. This is definitely one to list on your class website!

A Woman's Work is Never Done Grade 6 to 12 - The American Antiquarian Society- permalink -

Comprised of images of women working (both inside and outside of the home) from the 18th and 19th centuries, this site is a good source of primary images of women from the time period. The images are organized in several themes: domestic work, women as merchants, women and war, teaching and education, factory workers, performers and artists, and miscellaneous workers. Each theme contains some brief discussion and several primary images.
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Use these images to complement various lesson themes on the historic role of women as workers, or use the site as a whole for a larger discussion of women and work. While the site is not extensive, the images are good, and their organization into themes might help students understand that women's roles as workers have varied tremendously over the years. Share an image or two on your projector or whiteboard for a discussion starter to help students envision life in these by-gone times. Use this site as one of several image sources as you have students research and create wiki pages from different angles: life in colonial America, the history of labor, changing roles in U.S. society during the 19th century, etc.

Picturing a Canadian Life: L.M. Montgomery's Personal Scrapbooks and Book Covers, Grade 6 to 10 - Confederation Centre Art Gallery- permalink -

A compilation site sponsored by the Confederation Centre Art Gallery of Canada, this page is a wonderful resource for anything L. M. Montgomery. It is an inclusive site that discusses diverse topics from the book covers to her books through Scrapbooking, collecting and creating images, research, a section called "cultural tourists," and learning fun. The activities available are as varied as the topics offered. The history portion is especially interesting for studying turn of the century women ("The Changing Role of Women in L. M. Montgomery's Time"). An intriguing aspect of this site is the fact that it approaches writing from a visual angle.
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The scrapbooking approach is truly engaging: students can create their own scrapbooks on a variety of subjects (limited only by what interests them!). After looking through the "Collecting and Creating Images" art of the site, have students individually or in groups create their own scrapbooks of an incident in their lives, or their school, and then write about it. Or have them create scrapbooks on an author as part of your reading class.

If you have digital cameras and/or computers available, make the scrapbooks digitally. PowerPoint slides make great scrapbook "pages." If it's easier, create paper scrapbooks with writing. Whatever you do, be sure to plan a scrapbook sharing day or event to include an audience outside your class. The projects will be ten times better for the authentic audience!

Children’s Encyclopedia of Women Grade 2 to 5 - Pocantico Hills School- permalink -

A very interesting resource developed by children at an elementary school in New York, this project began in 1998 and has been updated every year since then. For children doing research on a woman or a topic that involves important women, this would be a great place to start looking for information. There are brief biographies of many women and a timeline. Although the entries are short and basic, they include the very information that would interest young children. This is a great resource for Women's History month in March.
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A great example of an ongoing classroom project!! Also, a great way to show children an outcome of learning website making skills. This is an example of a class project for which you could use a class wiki. See the TeachersFirst Wiki Walk-Through for more about wikis (VERY easy!).

Do History Grade 9 to 12 - Harvard University- permalink -

Using an 18th century New England midwife as a case study, this site introduces students to the intricate business of piecing together history from the fragments that have survived. Students can browse an online diary, use the site's "magic lens" tool to read the text, and gain some insight into the nuances of transcribing centuries-old handwriting. Challenge your students to explore and develop an understanding of the life and times of this colonial woman through her own words. The site also offers a chance to investigate a criminal case from 1789, using diary entries and corresponding court records.
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Take advantage of the free lesson plans and activities offered on this site! The "Doing History" section would make an excellent webquest or classroom activity if teachers are willing to print out the resources. If doing it as a class, introduce the site on the interactive whiteboard or projector before dispersing materials and having students work on the activity in groups. The activity is a great way for students to understand bias, validity and differences that historians find among primary sources. This would also be an interesting way to reflect on the roles of women in society and how they may have changes.

History of St. Patrick's Day Grade 6 to 12 - A&E- permalink -

You might not want to do an entire lesson on St Patrick's Day, but a few short activities in observance of the holiday could be a nice addition. This site offers just that. The best feature is a short video that delves into the history of the holiday and explains why it is still celebrated today, but there are several other options. Test your students' knowledge of St. Patrick's Day trivia with two interactive quizzes. Or use some of the site's other links as the basis for a teacher-created "treasure hunt." Other highlights include recipes, reference information about many famous Irish men and women, parade information, and more.

This site is very well done and offers a lot of information. If you are doing any activities about St. Patrick's Day, don't miss this site. Be aware: there are advertisements. There is a short commercial (10-seconds) prior to the informative video. This site does require Flash. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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Share the video on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students work in cooperative learning groups and complete research papers about the famous Irish people highlighted at this site or other research topics of interest. Have the cooperative learning groups create a multimedia presentation such as a blog or PowerPoint. Family and Consumer Science teachers could use this site to find some recipes to try out in class!

War Letters Grade 9 to 12 - PBS- permalink -

Teach American history through the words of those who were there. This fascinating site focuses on personal narratives from man and women who captured the horror, sadness, and intensity of war. Experiences from the American Revolution to the Persian Gulf War are reflected in featured letters. Although this site is designed around a companion PBS special, much can be learned from the on-line materials without viewing the program. Visit the Teacher’s Guide for suggestions on using personal narratives in history class. Other features include a gallery of wartime cartoons, an interactive timeline (1775-1994), and a military postal history trivia game.
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History, Civics, Economics and Geography teachers will love the free lesson plans and activities offered in the "Teacher Guide" section. Beyond that the site also offers games and movie clips that would help make the site a useful lecture supplement or learning center.

Games We Play Grade 6 to 12 - Cornell University- permalink -

Take a unique approach to American History! Games have been used for generations to advance political agendas and propaganda, or to solicit support for social causes. This site includes early nineteenth-century geographical board games; a Civil War game; suffrage games that aided in the battle for women's votes; and a selection of games inspired by television programming. Explore these selections in class and challenge students to consider games that are popular today. What will our pastimes reveal to the historians of the future?
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Have students try out this site on individual computers, or as a learning center. Students can use the site to learn about the evolution of leisure time in America and the inferences historians can make from games. To assess students learning, print out the crossword puzzle at the end and have them complete it after they tour the site.

WASP on the Web Grade 6 to 12 - - permalink -

While this site really assumes the user knows the story of the women who helped ferry aircraft of all sorts from factory to front during World War II, the various site elements offer glimpses of the people, airplanes, and places that made the WASPs an indispensable element of the war effort. The sounds add some additional realism.
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Use the audio/video on this site over the interactive whiteboard to show students who the WASPS were as well as the contribution they made to the war effort. This would be a great addition to a lesson on WWII as well as the fight for equality between the sexes. History teachers will like this one.

Women Come to the Front Grade 7 to 12 - Library of Congress- permalink -

The Library of Congress does its usually thorough job in this presentation on the roles of female journalists during World War II. These included domestic and foreign assignments. While we wish more of these images were available on line, there are certainly enough photos in this collection to provide students with a sense of what war meant to America in the 1940s.
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Use this site as a learning center or station during a unit on the battle front in WWII. The content is still valid, and would be a great center to break up others based on the battles and the men who are normally focused on. A useful resource for a US history classroom.

Women and Social Movements in the United States Grade 9 to 12 - SUNY Binghamton- permalink -

Originally created at SUNY Binghamton, this site offers interesting perspective on the involvement of women in American social movements from the 1830s onward. Go straight to the “Teachers’ Corner” for synopses and write-ups ordered chronologically. These can provide some interesting additional texture for American history elements already in your curriculum.
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One of the most useful parts of the site are the pre-prepared DBQ's that are seen predominantly in classes preparing for the AP exam. Use the Document Based Questions on this site to help students prepare and practice for their exam. Make sure to pass this one on to other AP teachers!

Votes for Women Grade 6 to 12 - Library of Congress- permalink -

This collection of original documents and images from the Library of Congress traces the evolution of women's suffrage from the early 19th century through the 1920s. While there are many texts and writings, the images are the most approachable element of this site, which could form the basis for many sorts of research presentation.
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Use this site as a resource for students working on research projects or papers about a suffragette or suffragism. Teachers can also use the primary sources on this site to find images an texts that can supplement your textbook material during a lesson or unit on women's suffrage. American History teachers will find plenty of materials in this site that can be incorporated into their classroom.

The Seneca Falls Convention Grade 9 to 12 - Library of Congress- permalink -

The Library of Congress offers this collection of newspaper clippings and other information about the famous 1848 women's rights convention.
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Introduce the copy of the Seneca Falls Declaration to students via projector before covering the topic deeper with the newspaper clippings hosted on the site. Assign cooperative learning groups a newspaper article, making sure that every group has a different article. Have students analyze their articles, preferably with the help of a guided worksheet. (For help making graphic organizers, try Graphic Organizer Maker, (reviewed here).) After students are done, have them present each of their articles, focusing on bias and perspective as well as facts covered in the story. This is a great way to teach students how to analyze and summarize as well as indirectly cover the important content. American History teachers will appreciate this one!

Quilts and Quiltmaking in America Grade 6 to 12 - Library of Congress- permalink -

Used for more than warmth, quilts frequently told stories and histories. This Library of Congress site explains how and shows examples.
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This site is a great way to show that not all historical sources have to be text. In fact they can include art, oral communication, stories, and even quilts as we see in this site. Show some of the quilts on the projector and have students hypothesize what they're about or what they are trying to portray. Would be a great quick activity to get students thinking outside of the box in concern to sources.

Black Achievement Gallery Grade 5 to 12 - Bridgewater State Univ.- permalink -

Bridgewater State University has compiled a collection of mini-biographies of notable Aftican American men and women active in science, the arts, and other fields. Here's a great starting point for a report on a famous African American and his or her impact on our world today.
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Use this site as material for "historical heads" during Black History month. Have students explore the site, eventually picking one person as the basis for their project. Drawing the blank outline of a human head, have students illustrate multiple graphic representations of their person's life and why they were significant. (Example: for a historical head of George Washington, students drew images of a surveyors map, Mount Vernon, the White House, etc.) After students are complete have them present their illustrations, making sure to highlight the connection between the images and the biography.

Women of the West Grade 6 to 12 - Women of the West Museum- permalink -

This site offers information and some images concerning the fight for women's rights in the western states. The content is based on exhibits from the museum.
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Within the activities portion of this site are multiple ideas for projects, posters and puzzles which can easily be used to create formative assessments of the material in your class. Have students explore the site in a learning center or station, and then complete one of the activities to assess participation and information gained from the text. US history teachers will appreciate this one.

MyVocabulary.Com Grade 4 to 12 - Myvocabulary.com- permalink -

Are you looking for some new tricks and tools to entice your students to learn and practice root words, vocabulary, and spelling? The main links at this site include Root Word Lesson Plans, Thematic Puzzles, Word Lists, Test Prep/Assessment, and Daily Root Puzzles.

The Root Word Lesson Plans offer three difficulty levels, a prefix study, interactive puzzles focused on Greek and Latin roots. There are fill in the blanks, crosswords, true-false, word finds, and more.

The Word Lists are extensive and include nearly every topic one can imagine: Shakespeare, Legal Terms, Stock Market, ESL, Photography, Dance, Patriotism, Debate, Women in History, Psychology, Mythology, Kwanzaa, and MANY other topics.

The Thematic Puzzles include printable pages, interactive definition match games, and over fifty topics.

If you have students preparing for the SATs or ACTs, don't miss the Test Prep section with over 200 vocabulary words.
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Search the site for topics that you are teaching or that are timely, such as holidays. Share the puzzles on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students research various vocabulary words (provided with each topic). Have students create a multi-media project about their vocabulary words: wiki, blog, or PowerPoint. Be sure to take advantage of the free lesson plan ideas, discussion topics, and printable puzzles. As an ongoing vocabulary project, have student create interactive "word books" using Bookemon (reviewed here).