Lesson Plans &
Activities
Celebrate Woman's History Month (month long activity,
Donn)
Woman's
History Week (lessons)
Susan
B Anthony (mini-unit)
EdSitement
lesson ideas
Webquest
- 23 remarkable American women (EdWorld)
Quotes
for Woman's History Month
Famous
People: Mini-UNITS
Women:
Strides Towards Freedom (lesson)
Woman's
Rights in the 1800's (lesson)
American
Women History
Woman's
History Week
Women
through History (6-8 class periods) expository writing
Woman's
Suffrage
Exceptional
Women (Right to Vote)
Cultural
Change (Woman's Suffrage, HS lesson)
Women:
Their Rights and Nothing Less (lesson)
The
Nineteenth Amendment
19th
- Woman's Right to Vote (Donn)
American Women
Resources
Women's
History Links (Montgomery County Schools)
American
Women History: A Research Guide
Scholastic
Teaching Ideas
History
Channel
State
Specific Resources: Famous American Women
National Women's
Hall of Fame
Women in World
History
15 lesson plans
for Women in World History
Women in History (cln
Canada)
Women
in History
Women
in Science
Women
Mathematicians
WWWomen.com
Celebrate
Woman's History Month
March
Lesson Part One:
Create BioBoards:
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Do this part of the lesson towards the end
of Feb, or during the first week in March.
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First, break your class into groups of 3 students
per group. Assign each group one category. Categories might include Women
in World War II, Famous Pioneer Women, Famous African-American Women, Famous
Hispanic Women, Famous Women Scientists, Famous Women Authors, First Ladies,
etc. Have each group create a
BioBoard that
includes a quick biography of the 3 women they have selected to feature from
their category.
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Talk about ways to present their graphic presentation
- they can create 3 separate presentations, or they can create one presentation
with three columns arranged either vertically or horizonally.
Activate pre-knowledge. Talk briefly about what information should
be included in each
biography.
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Provide access to research material or a session
in the computer lab that will allow them to research their assigned category.
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Provide colored paper, colored pencils, and any
other materials you feel would help them create an interesting bioboard.
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Hang the finished bioboards in your classroom.
Lesson Part Two:
Meet the "Boards" -
Select one or two "boards"
per class, all month long. Have each group introduce the three people they
have selected to feature on their bioboard - to the class. Each presentation
should be about 2-5 minutes. Each presentation must include a quick reason
why these three particular women were selected from the many famous
women in their category.