TeachersFirst's Women's History Month Resources
This editor's choice 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's History Month - Myvocabulary.com
Grades
5 to 12
tag(s): vocabulary (231), women (112)
In the Classroom
Share the puzzles on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students work with a partner to try out the puzzles on their own. Challenge students (or groups) to create their own word puzzles from one of the TeachersFirst Women History Month resources you are using. Have them share as a class challenge and a student-run interactive whiteboard activity or share them on a class wiki. Students can create a crossword, word search, matching game and more using a tool such as Educaplay, reviewed here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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National Women's History Museum - National Women's History Museum
Grades
K to 12tag(s): jamestown (8), women (112), womens suffrage (36), world war 2 (140)
In the Classroom
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. Challenge students to create a poster for one of the women quoted using a tool such as Adobe Creative Cloud Express for Education, reviewed here. 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!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Women's Hall of Fame - National Women's Hall of Fame
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): famous people (20), women (112)
In the Classroom
This site would be useful as a resource for teachers who assign "heroes" biographies, particularly during Women's History month. As a class activity, or in small groups, brainstorm a list of modern women, not included on this site, for a future nomination. Challenge students to research one of these modern women and write up nominations. Create the new biographies, using the same format as this site, by using a tool like Sway, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Not For Ourselves Alone - PBS
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): biographies (96), women (112), womens suffrage (36)
In the Classroom
If you're looking for one site on the early women's movement or the women's suffrage movement, this one may do it. Take advantage of the lesson plans and resources therein. Once students know the history of the early women's movement, brainstorm more current information about women's rights and the women involved that could be included on this page. Have students or groups collect ideas and findings using Dotstorming, reviewed here. Dotstorming will allow students to include video, images, text, audio, voting & a chat box.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Changing the Face of Medicine - NIH
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
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.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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WASP on the Web - Wings Across America, Nancy Parrish
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): air (106), aviation (33), women (112), world war 2 (140)
In the Classroom
Use the video on this site on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector 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. Click on the Gallery and view Above and Beyond about the 38 WASPs who died during service to their country. The information here is very brief. You may want to ask small groups of students to select three of four WASPs to research and share their stories using a tool like Sway, reviewed here. With Sway, you can have music, photos, videos, and even make it interactive.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection - Library of Congress
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): women (112), womens suffrage (36)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a resource for students working on research projects or papers about a suffragette or suffragism. Consider having students create a multimedia presentation to showcase what they learned. Enhance learning by using Genially, reviewed here, where they will choices for the format of their presentation. 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.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Travel Where Women Made History - National Park Service
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): women (112)
In the Classroom
Use the maps and timelines on this site on an interactive whiteboard or 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.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Eighteen Highly Recommended Books for Girls - Random House
Grades
1 to 6tag(s): careers (133)
In the Classroom
Though dated, these books on this list have characters who never age. Try reading a few aloud to your class, then let students choose one they would like to read.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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