Great Resources for Planning Women’s History Month Lessons
March is Women’s History Month. Whether you want to create an entire unit focused only on women's history or infuse some lessons of notable women and their impact and society in your lessons, it’s important to incorporate women’s history into your classroom wherever you can. There have been so many notable women breaking barriers in all fields; therefore, the study of women’s history and women’s impact on society should not only be reserved for history classes and English classes. There are many ways you can incorporate women’s history month in your science classes, math classes, art, etc. The first step in doing so is finding the right resources. To get your planning started, check out the resources and links below.
EDSITEment!: This site has some great Humanities resources, lesson plans, and teacher’s guides. A quick “women’s History” search will provide you with many ideas and lessons you can use for your classroom. It’s free. And the grade level materials range from k-12.
Library of Congress: This site has excellent materials that are constantly updated and has an official women’s history month page. It has great resources for teachers, including lessons, virtual events, exhibits, and collections. It’s a site worth checking out if you are looking for primary source documents to use in your women’s history month lessons and if you are looking to learn more about great women in history for yourself.
Read Write Think has classroom resources, teacher-written lesson plans, and activities for women’s history month worth checking out. In addition to great lessons, the website also provides after-school ideas that parents can use to teach women’s history to their little learners.
Add to your classroom or home libraries by checking out the Women’s History Collection curated by Scholastic. You’ll find something for all grade levels and readers.
Personally, like Black history, I don’t think the study of women’s history should be relegated to just one month. However, if you have not yet touched on women’s contributions to history in your class or curriculum, now is a good time to start.