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Women's History Month: Everything You Need
Celebrate Women’s History Month by studying how women have fought for equal rights using these lesson plans, online activities, and other resources.
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
Online Learning Activities
The Flight of Amelia Earhart
Grades: 3–5, 6–8
Students will learn about American hero Amelia Earhart’s short but incredible life by following a timeline and writing a news story.
Women's History Resources
Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12
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 Online Learning Activities NASA: Challenging the Space FrontierGrades: 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... |
 Online Learning Activities Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil RightsGrades: 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. |
 Online Learning Activities Integrating Central High: The Melba Pattillo StoryGrades: 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... |
 Online Learning Activities Women's SuffrageGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Activities to help students learn how women in the United States and around the world won the right to vote |
 Online Learning Activities Women Who Changed HistoryGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Celebrate Women’s History Month by studying five women who made a difference, from Sally Ride to Rosa Parks. |
 Online Learning Activities Harriet Tubman Web Hunt: An Underground Railroad ActivityGrades: 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. |
 Online Learning Activities Women's Suffrage: A Research Starters ActivityGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Resources, tips, and ideas to help students begin brainstorming and writing about this hallmark of democracy. |
 Online Learning Activities History Mystery Student ActivityGrades: 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. |
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Scholastic Encyclopedia of Women in the United States Lesson PlanGrades: 9–12 Find language arts and social studies lessons based on Scholastic Encyclopedia of Women in the United States, by Sheila Keenan. |
 Articles Commemorate Women's History Month in Your ClassroomGrades: 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... |
 Computer Lab Activities, Online Learning Activities, Writing Activities CyberHunt: Women Who DaredGrades: 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... |
Articles History: The Right to VoteGrades: 6–8, 9–12 The right to vote wasn't just handed to Americans. They had to fight for it. |
Recommended Books for Women's History MonthGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Choose from a wide range of fascinating books now available on the topic of women's history. Includes books for children, titles for adults, and... |
Chronology of Woman Suffrage Movement EventsGrades: 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... |
 Important Dates in U.S. Women's HistoryGrades: 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. |
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... |
 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... |
 Profiles of Notable WomenGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Brief biographies on women who left their mark on American history, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Alice Walker, and Georgia O'Keefe. |
Women in Their Own VoicesGrades: 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. |
Cyberhunt: Women’s History MonthGrades: 3–5, 6–8 A cyberhunt to help you teach and celebrate Women’s History Month by having students research memorable moments online. |
