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7 Ideas for Teaching Women's History Month Activity7 Ideas for Teaching Women's History Month Activity
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Anti-Defamation League
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K - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Duration
1 hr
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Year
2021
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7 Ideas for Teaching Women's History Month

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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 poems or role playing help learners to better understand women's history and the struggle for equality.

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Concepts

famous women, women's history month, women's history, women's rights, women's suffrage

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Incorporate activities from the resource into lessons focusing on equality 
  • Compare how other groups have struggled for equality in the United States 

Classroom Considerations

  • The resource does not provide the materials for the activities  

Pros

  • Easy to adapt the activities to any grade level from K-12
  • Provides links for additional resources 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

CCRA.R.1 CCRA.R.2 CCRA.R.4 CCRA.R.6 CCRA.R.7 CCRA.R.9 CCRA.W.1 CCRA.W.2 CCRA.W.4 CCRA.W.6 CCRA.W.7 CCRA.W.8 CCRA.SL.1 CCRA.SL.2 CCRA.SL.4 CCRA.SL.5 CCRA.L.3 CCRA.L.4 CCRA.L.5

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