Women's History Month: Everything You Need

Why a National Women’s History Month? Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Since 1910, March 8 has been observed as International Women's Day by people around the world. That is why March was chosen to be National Women's... Read more >	Profiles of Notable Women Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Brief biographies on women who left their mark on American history, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Alice Walker, and Georgia O'Keefe. Read more >
Articles Commemorate Women's History Month in Your Classroom Grades: 3–5 Teacher recommendations for ways to commemorate Women's History Month in the classroom. Links to an online activity center are included as well as... Read more >	Online Learning Activities Women Who Changed History Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Celebrate Women’s History Month by studying five women who made a difference, from Sally Ride to Rosa Parks. Read more >
Computer Lab Activities, Online Learning Activities, Writing Activities CyberHunt: Women Who Dared Grades: 3–5 Women's History Month is the perfect time to introduce your middle- and upper-graders to female pioneers in the sciences. Begin with our CyberHunt... Read more >	Online Learning Activities Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rights Grades: 3–5, 6–8 In this online activity, share the heroic story of Rosa Parks, who played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights movement. Read more >
Online Learning Activities Integrating Central High: The Melba Pattillo Story Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Through reading and writing activities, students explore the life of Melba Pattillo, one of the nine African American students who integrated Central... Read more >	Online Learning Activities Harriet Tubman Web Hunt: An Underground Railroad Activity Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Students meet the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad and explore web sites about her to answer a set of questions. Read more >
Online Learning Activities History Mystery Student Activity Grades: 1–2, 3–5 Students are challenged to figure out a mystery person, place, event, or object in history — using the fewest number of clues possible. Read more >	Online Learning Activities Women's Suffrage: A Research Starters Activity Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Resources, tips, and ideas to help students begin brainstorming and writing about this hallmark of democracy. Read more >
Online Learning Activities Women's Suffrage Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Activities to help students learn how women in the United States and around the world won the right to vote Read more >	Online Learning Activities NASA: Challenging the Space Frontier Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Once students accept their mission, they can blast off through time to study famous astronauts, the history of space exploration, and more through... Read more >
Meet a Super Scientist! Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Meet Dr. Mae Jamison and find out what she did to become the first African-American woman to orbit the earth. Read more >	Sally Ride Interview Grades: Read more >
History: The Right to Vote Grades: The right to vote wasn't just handed to Americans. They had to fight for it. Read more >	Important Dates in U.S. Women's History Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Delve into women’s history with this timeline documenting important events such as the Salem Witch Trials and the Equal Pay Act. Read more >
What is Women's History? Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Multicultural women's history tells the story of our nation's past from an expanded perspective. It does not rewrite history, but it does make... Read more >	Chronology of Woman Suffrage Movement Events Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 See a historical timeline of U.S. women's suffrage events from 1776, when New Jersey granted women the right to vote, to 1920, when the 19th... Read more >
Writing Activities, Book Resources, Unit Plans Women in History: Research for Expository Writing Grades: 6–8 An innovative unit plan for studying Amelia Earhart and practicing the step-by-step expository writing process. Read more >	Women in Their Own Voices Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Sojourner Truth, Margaret Sanger, and other notable women share first-hand accounts and personal narratives of important historical events. Read more >