Women's History Month was established in 1981 for the week of March 7th. In 1987 it was passed designating March to be "Women's History Month." Since this proclamation, we celebrate the contributions women have made to the United States and various fields over the course of American history. ( https://womenshistorymonth.gov/about/)
The video below introduces the 2023 theme "Celebrating Women Who Tell Stories" and can be used to introduce Women in History month. This year's theme honors the important role women have played in storytelling throughout history. It was created March 2023.
Here are several resources for Women's History Month in which are paid resources at certain levels in the district:
- Unit 5 High School IMC resources and Junior High IMC resources. $$
- Check in with your IMC Specialist to partner and learn more about the resources right at your students finger tips.
- NEARPOD: Nearpod has 132 Lessons on Notable Women Many of these are Videos from Biography, SciShow which highlights women in Science, TedEd, Socratica Kids, and Nearpod lessons with activities built in. There is also a whole library on Women's Right and History. Lessons include Women's Suffrage, Women in the American Revolution and Civil War as well as Gender Equality and STEM. $$
- Flocabulary: Enjoy the Week in Rap as they begin the month of March for Women in History & Current events. This is a great opportunity to use there short video's to highlight what is going on in our world today. $$
- Discovery Education: Discovery Education has a whole Channel on Women in History. This includes videos, images, activities, slideshows and much more. Check out the Modern Trailblazers section My Story: Yolanda Renee King - The granddaughter of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and listen to her story about her grandparents. $$
- Scholastic: All scholastic material come with multiple reading levels, text to speech, presentation view and teaching resources, such as a slide deck, Google Form for a quiz, and close reading activities. $$
- Junior Scholastic has a Text Set to observe Women's History Month and the contributions they have made. Check out their Cover Story "Exercising Their Rights" where you will meet 5 female athletes who fight for equity in sports. (Must have a license to see this information)
- Scope Spotlight highlights Women's History Month with Drama text and Paired Text. Find out more about Malala the Powerful, When Girls Ruled Baseball, The Lens of War and so much more.
- Lumio - Check out the Lumio Library for more resources which can be integrated into your classroom. $$
- Canva - FREE for Educators - Check out the Templates for Women in History! Here you can have your student create some really creative projects with templates already started.
- Adobe Express: FREE If you are looking for ways to create a digital story, Adobe Express has several templates for Women in History. Just search "Women in History" in their template library.
- EdTechbook, Learning Pathway: Influential Women. Here you will find Choice Boards for Women's History Month, Slide decks, and much more. You can also dive into different topics such as Women and the Wars & STEM.
- Digital Resources for Biographical Research - here is a list curated by Zeeba Pavri. She also created a slide deck for Women's History Month take a look.
- Decktoys Women's in History Month. This one is a great activity for younger students. No signup needed. Just play.
- This resource links your students out to Videos from each of book titles. Great for elementary students as well.
- PBS Media has several resources for teaching about Women's History Month. Here are is a collection on Engaging Students and Educators on Women's History Month through film.
- Becoming by Michelle Obama - I listened to this book and loved it. Great Read! There is also an adaption for young readers as well.
- Book Widgets Interactive Learning: 20+ Ready to use Classroom Activities to celebrate Women's History Month.
- Calendar which has one activity each day highlighting Women in History
Like always, these are curated from multiple sources so you can make a decision on what is appropriate for your grade level and students.
