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National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Grace Hopper

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Navy WAVE, Rear Admiral, developer of the Mark 1, an early electronic computer. Grace Hopper is the subject of a short Women's History Minute that introduces viewers to this amazing electronics pioneer.
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PBS

Women's History Month | All About the Holidays

For Students K - 5th
A 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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National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Finance

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
An advocate for equal pay and promotional opportunities for women, Muriel Siebert, was the first woman to sit on the New York Stock Exchange. A short video provides viewers with an introduction to Siebert's achievements.
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Center for Civic Education

Women's History Month Word Clouds

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
What a great idea for celebrating Women's History Month and discovering the amazing efforts that individuals have put forth on behalf of women's rights! Learners take a closer look at the speeches and other primary source documents of...
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National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Suffrage

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
The American West may have been a wild place in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, but they were far more progressive than eastern states in granting women the right to vote. A brief video outlines how Wyoming and other western...
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National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Katherine Johnson

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Launch a study of Katherine Johnson and her contributions to the NASA Space Program with a short video that introduces viewers to little-known information about the role she and other women played. The video also reveals the gender bias...
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National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Flight

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
You know Amelia Earhart and Sally Ride, but few recall the contributions of Harriet Quimby, Bessie Coleman, Florence Lowe Barnes, and Jacqueline Cochran to the history of flight. A short video introduces viewers to these high-flying women.
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National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Progressive Era

For Students 6th - 12th
A brief video offers an overview of the Progressive Era. With eye-catching media, a host describes how the women dedicated their time towards social change—how they spoke out about the need for new developments in all aspects of life.
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Anti-Defamation League

7 Ideas for Teaching Women's History Month

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Celebrate Women's History Month with hands on-learning. The resource provides seven strategies to help educators teach Women's History Month, ranging from watching films to reading books written by women. Activities including writing...
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HISTORY Channel

Women of Music

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
There were a lot of firsts for women in music. From being the first to sing and write about birth control to speaking out about issues of their time, female singers represent a voice that had not been heard by many before. Young...
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National Woman's History Museum

Create your own Women’s History Museum

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Celebrate Women's History with a museum display. Divide the class into seven groups and assign each a different historical topic/time period. Each group member researches a different woman of that time period and creates an exhibit that...
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TED-Ed

The Historic Women’s Suffrage March on Washington

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
March 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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National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Marian Anderson

For Students 6th - 12th
A short video spotlights opera singer Marian Anderson's accomplishments alongside her struggles with racism and segregation.
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National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Born in Suzhou, China, experimental physicist Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu immigrated to the United States, where she worked on the Manhattan Project. A short video introduces viewers to the amazing achievements of this remarkable woman.
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National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Ellen Ochoa

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Imagine spending 978 hours in space! Meet Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman astronaut and the Johnson Space Center director who has done just that. The accomplishments of this amazing woman will inspire viewers.
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HISTORY Channel

Women in Politics

For Students 6th - 12th
The glass ceiling is more fragile with every generation of strong women. Watch a video that explains how some women helped lay the foundation toward establishing women in politics.
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HISTORY Channel

Women in the Cockpit

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Alberta Kinney was a member of the Women's Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) program. They were some of the first women in America to fly army aircraft in World War II. Viewers discover who Kinney was and how the program...
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Center for Civic Education

Women's History Wax Museum

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Bring influential historical figures to life with a highly interactive and informative activity. Your class members will research important activists during the women's suffrage movement and then share what they have learned by role...
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PBS

International Women's Day | All About the Holidays

For Students K - 5th
Women 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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DocsTeach

Extending Suffrage to Women

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Votes for women! The activity highlights the push for the Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote. High school scholars learn how the Fifteenth Amendment giving African American men the right to vote helped to spark the...
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TED-Ed

The Hidden Women of STEM

For Students 6th - 12th
Despite the recent push to involve young women in STEM careers, the percentage of women in science, technology, engineering, and math is still low. In a short video, Alexis Scott, scientist, engineer, and mathematician offers advice on...
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Digital Public Library of America

Women and the Blues

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A 12-piece primary source packet sets the tone for a study of the role women played in the origins, development, and impact of blues music. Legends like Bessie Smith, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Mamie Smith, and Ida Cox are featured, as are...
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Digital Public Library of America

Women in the Civil War

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Vivandieres and cantinieres, nurses and soldiers, loyalists and unionists. A primary source set provides young historians an opportunity to investigate the many roles women played in the United States Civil War. 
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TED-Ed

History's "Worst" Nun

For Students 6th - 12th
It wasn't easy being a woman, a nun, a poet, and an activist for women's rights in the mid-17th century, especially in Mexico. Juana Ramirez de Asbaje was all the above. Learn more about this amazing woman in a short video that details...

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