Teaching Themes
Women's History Month: Everything You Need
A variety of ways for students to study how women have worked for equal rights and continue to challenge any limits on what they can do
Women's Suffrage
Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | American History | Internet Activities | Women's Experience
Read more >The Flight of Amelia Earhart
Grades 6–8 | Grades 3–5 | Reading Comprehension | Language Arts | 20th and 21st Century American History
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Why a National Women’s History Month?Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Grades 1–2 | Women's History 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... Save To Organizer |
Profiles of Notable WomenGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Historic Figures Brief biographies on women who left their mark on American history, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Alice Walker, and Georgia O'Keefe. Save To Organizer |
Commemorate Women's History Month in Your ClassroomGrades 3–5 | Articles | Teacher Tips and Strategies | Women's History | Women's History Month Teacher recommendations for ways to commemorate Women's History Month in the classroom. Links to an online activity center are included as... Save To Organizer |
Women Who Changed HistoryGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Content Area Reading | Independent Reading | Online Learning Activities Celebrate Women’s History Month by studying five women who made a difference, from Sally Ride to Rosa Parks. Save To Organizer |
CyberHunt: Women Who DaredGrades 3–5 | Content Area Reading | Independent Reading | Computer Lab Activities | Online Learning Activities Women's History Month is the perfect time to introduce your middle- and upper-graders to female pioneers in the sciences. Begin with our... Save To Organizer |
Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil RightsGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Online Learning Activities | Reading Comprehension | Language Arts Share the heroic story of Rosa Parks, who played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement, with this online activity. Save To Organizer |
Integrating Central High: The Melba Pattillo StoryGrades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Reading | Grades 3–5 | Online Learning Activities Through reading and writing activities, students explore the life of Melba Pattillo, one of the nine African American students who... Save To Organizer |
Harriet Tubman Web Hunt: An Underground Railroad ActivityGrades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Grades 3–5 | Content Area Reading | Independent Reading Students meet the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad and explore web sites about her to answer a set of questions. Save To Organizer |
History Mystery Student ActivityGrades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Online Learning Activities | Research Skills | Astronomy and Space Students are challenged to figure out a mystery person, place, event, or object in history — using the fewest number of clues... Save To Organizer |
Women's Suffrage: A Research Starters ActivityGrades 6–8 | Grades 3–5 | Online Learning Activities | Research Skills | Writing A great start for students writing about this hallmark of democracy, Scholastic shares all the resources, tips, and ideas they need. Save To Organizer |
Women's SuffrageGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Online Learning Activities | American History | Internet Activities Activities to help students learn how women around the world and in the United States won the right to vote. Save To Organizer |
NASA: Challenging the Space FrontierGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Grades 1–2 | Online Learning Activities Once students accept their mission, they can blast off through time to study famous astronauts, the history of space exploration, and more... Save To Organizer |
Meet a Super Scientist!Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Astronomy | Satellites and Probes Meet Dr. Mae Jamison and find out what she did to become the first African-American woman to orbit the earth. Save To Organizer |
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History: The Right to VoteCivil Rights | Elections The right to vote wasn't just handed to Americans. They had to fight for it. Save To Organizer |
Important Dates in U.S. Women's HistoryGrades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Grades 3–5 | Women's History Month | Women's Rights Delve into women’s history with this timeline documenting important events such as the Salem Witch Trials and the Equal Pay Act. Save To Organizer |
What is Women's History?Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Grades 1–2 | Women's History Multicultural women's history tells the story of our nation's past from an expanded perspective. It does not rewrite history, but it does... Save To Organizer |
Chronology of Woman Suffrage Movement EventsGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Grades 1–2 | Civil Rights 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... Save To Organizer |
Women in History: Research for Expository WritingGrades 6–8 | Writing Activities | Compare and Contrast | Main Idea and Details | Book Resources An innovative unit plan for studying Amelia Earhart and practicing the step-by-step expository writing process. Students prepare by reading... Save To Organizer |
Women in Their Own VoicesGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Grades 9–12 | Historic Figures Sojourner Truth, Margaret Sanger, and other notable women share first-hand accounts and personal narratives of important historical events. Save To Organizer |


















