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Women's History Month Activity Kit Activities & Project

Women's History Month Activity Kit

K - 4th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewBoost reading comprehension and shed light on famous women of history with books and learning activities, which include a board game, word search, crossword puzzle, and a quiz.
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Celebrating Women’s History Month Activities & Project

Celebrating Women’s History Month

4th - 8th
CCSS: Designed
New ReviewExamine the lives of four women—Blanche Stuart Scott, Madeleine L'Engle, Margaret Evans Price, and Sybil Ludington—in a 23-page activity packet. Each profile comes with a set of vocabulary and reading comprehension questions. Further...
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Single Women Homesteaders Video

Single Women Homesteaders

5 mins 3rd - 7th
New ReviewA brief video examines the lives of single women during the 1862 Homestead Act. Experts discuss the history of homesteading while actual letters written by female landowners detail their hardships and perseverance experienced on their...
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The Historic Women’s Suffrage March on Washington Video

The Historic Women’s Suffrage March on Washington

5 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewMarch 3, 1913, thousands of women marched on Washington D.C. to demand the right to vote. Learn about the organizers and leaders of the protest with a short video that details how the protest reignited the fight for voting rights and...
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Women's History Month | All About the Holidays Video

Women's History Month | All About the Holidays

1 min K - 5th
New ReviewA quick and engaging video features the origins of Women's History Month. Details start with its humble beginnings in Sonoma, California to its nationwide growth by way of the National Women's History Project. 
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International Women's Day | All About the Holidays Video

International Women's Day | All About the Holidays

2 mins K - 5th
New ReviewWomen today enjoy many rights, privileges, and opportunities not afforded to generations past—but there is still work to be done. Learn about International Women's Day with a short video that details the historical path toward equality...
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Ingenious: Franklin Assembles a Scientific Community Lesson Plan

Ingenious: Franklin Assembles a Scientific Community

9th - 12th
New ReviewFew Americans have heard of the burgeoning scientific community known as the America Philosophical society, started by none other than Benjamin Franklin. With inquiry, research, and discussion, high schoolers come to understand their...
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The Women of Congress Speak Their Mind Lesson Plan

The Women of Congress Speak Their Mind

7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewA picture may be worth a thousand words but words can tell a wealth of stories. To conclude their study of the women who have served in the US Congress until 2006, groups analyze statements made by these remarkable women.
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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words Lesson Plan

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewAs part of a study of women in Congress, groups analyze historical photographs associated with women's history and with women senators and representatives.
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Congresswomen in an Age of National Crises, 1935–1954 Lesson Plan

Congresswomen in an Age of National Crises, 1935–1954

8th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewClass members investigate congresswomen and the role these senators and representatives played in congress during the period from 1935–1954.
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Women Pioneers on Capital Hill, 1917–1934 Lesson Plan

Women Pioneers on Capital Hill, 1917–1934

8th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewAs part of a study of the women who were elected to Congress from 1917 to 1934, groups research and then design a museum exhibit that describes the life and the congressional service of one of these women.
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Dancer, Lover, Spy - Mata Hari Video

Dancer, Lover, Spy - Mata Hari

7 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewFemme fatale? German spy? French spy? Mata Hari's origin story and her espionage during World War I are clouded by the legends surrounding her. With more recently declassified documents, historians have a better understanding of her role...
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Edith Cavell - Not A Martyr But A Nurse Video

Edith Cavell - Not A Martyr But A Nurse

8 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewWas British nurse Edith Cavell a spy? Just doing her job? A martyr and saint? Perhaps all of the above? Edith Cavell was executed by a hastily arranged firing squad for helping wounded British soldiers in German-occupied Belgium during...
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The Forgotten War Heroine - Milunka Savic Video

The Forgotten War Heroine - Milunka Savic

5 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
While she was forgotten for much of the twentieth century, historians rediscovered Milunka Savic's exploits for the Serbian army during World War I. Although command was unsure of what to do with a female solider, Savic went on to prove...
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Maria Bochkareva and the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death Video

Maria Bochkareva and the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death

9 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
A woman in a man's war, Maria Bochkareva led a battalion of females who pledged to fight for Russia unto the death. An informative video highlights the ways her international celebrity inspired other countrymen and women to sacrifice...
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All-Female Enterprise Video

All-Female Enterprise

2 mins 9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Watch as a group of Palestinian widows who found themselves in a desperate situation with little education and few resources turn their lives around by creating an all female cooperative business enterprise.
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Women's History Month: Grades 3–5
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Women's History Month: Grades 3–5

3rd - 5th
CCSS: Adaptable
This March, honor and celebrate Women's History Month with a collection of lessons, videos, and ideas. From women in aviation to women in the Civil War to women in politics, this collection is sure to cover all the bases in women's history.
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Sustaining Total War - Women in World War One Video

Sustaining Total War - Women in World War One

10 mins 9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
During World War I, women served in the factories and on the home front to keep nations churning. The ninth lesson of a 32-part WWI series examines the role women played in the Great War and provides topics for discussion on women's...
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Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": No Choice But Under? Lesson Plan

Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": No Choice But Under?

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
The first in a series of three resources designed to accompany a reading of Kate Chopin's The Awakening provides readers with background information about Chopin, Creole culture, literary realism, and women's suffrage.
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Women in the Military Activities & Project

Women in the Military

7th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Scholars analyze the role of women in the military in United States history. Using group research, debate, and diary entries, they explore various military activity in America. To complete the lesson, young historians write an essay...
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Women's History: Glass Windows; Glass Ceilings Lesson Plan

Women's History: Glass Windows; Glass Ceilings

6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Discover stories about women's history in beautiful stained glass windows. The second in a three-part series teaches scholars about a famous artistic style of stained glass windows and the influential women that used art to impact...
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Women's History: Parading Through History Lesson Plan

Women's History: Parading Through History

6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Want to teach your pupils about debate, effective speech techniques, propaganda, and the women's movement? The first in a sequential series of three, scholars analyze real propaganda images from the the historic women's movement, view a...
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Women's Lives Before the Civil War Lesson Plan

Women's Lives Before the Civil War

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Women's lifestyles before the Civil War made a huge impact as a point of causation. Give middle schoolers the opportunity to view firsthand the lives of women before the Civil War. They analyze primary source documents, view photographs,...
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The Most Successful Pirate of All Time Video

The Most Successful Pirate of All Time

5 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
You've heard of Blackbeard, Black Bart, Calico Jack, and Anne Bonny. But do you recall the most successful pirate of all? Viewers are introduced to the exploits of Madame Zheng and the accomplishments that earned her a place on the list...
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