Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Muslim Women Through Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the culture and stereotypes of Muslim women and discover a combination of items have affected the role of Muslim women as a group and individually over time. Groups research a famous Muslim woman, present their...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women in the Civil War: Ladies, Contraband and Spies

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this American Civil War  lesson, students research diaries, letters, and photographs of women involved in the war.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women in office

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine women holding political office. In this critical inquiry lesson, students read an article then design a series of interview questions that they think will identify a good candidate for office. They then interview a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women Monarchs And Heads Of State

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the rule of women throughout history. In this world history lesson plan, students participate in a panel discussion which requires them to share the strengths and weaknesses of selected women rulers.
Unit Plan
2
2
Odell Education

Making Evidence-Based Claims: Grade 8

For Teachers 8th Standards
American women have been working toward equal rights since the ink dried on the Declaration of Independence. Focused on the words and actions of Sojourner Truth, Shirley Chisholm, and Venus Williams, a language arts lesson takes eighth...
Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

In Her Shoes: Lois Weber and the Female Filmmakers Who Shaped Early Hollywood

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Lois Weber has been forgotten. So have Dorothy Davenport Reid, Gene Gauntier, and many others. High school sleuths use advanced search engines to investigate these women and discover clues to their disappearance from filmography and...
Unit Plan
Bowland

In the Olympics, are Women Improving Faster than Men?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Will the time come when women outperform men at the Olympic Games?Scholars investigate gender differences in Olympic Games performances. They study the historical participation of women and then analyze data to determine if women will...
Lesson Plan
Middle Tennessee State University

Help Is on the Way: Civil War Women and Relief Work

For Teachers 8th Standards
The role women played in the Civil War, especially in relief efforts, is the focus of this seven-page resource. Groups examine primary source materials to determine how this work reflected and expanded the traditional roles women held in...
Unit Plan
Feminist

Women's History Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The origins, goals, and struggles of the women's movement are the focus of a five-day series of lessons about the accomplishments of the movement and the continuing struggle for women's rights.
Lesson Plan
Brooklyn Museum

Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968

For Teachers 7th - 12th
What role did women play in pop art during the 1950s and 1960s? The class researches the role of women in mid-century America and how those roles were portrayed through the pop art of the time. They use an excellent set of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women in Texas Politics: Winning the Vote, Three Pioneers, and Serving the People

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study women's involvement in Texas politics. In this US history lesson, 4th graders discuss woman suffrage, examine three Texas female pioneer legislators by reading biographies, and explore women's issues by generating a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Social Movements and Constitutional Change: Women's Suffrage

For Teachers 9th - 11th
The class analyzes a series of documents intended to show the events that lead to women gaining the right to vote. They play a Tic-Tac-Toe style game, make a time line with sequencing cards, and review the 4 steps of social change....
Lesson Plan
Delaware Health and Social Services

My Life. My Plan: Women

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed Standards
Nationwide, over 40 percent of pregnancies are unintended. A lesson designed for women of childbearing age asks them to consider their goals and provides information about reproductive health. Learners view a PowerPoint presentation and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Seneca Falls Convention: Declaration of Sentiments

For Students 9th - 11th
The Seneca Falls Convention was an amazing outlet for the female voice during the time of women's suffrage. Learners will read a short, but powerful excerpt from the Declaration of Sentiment, as spoken at the convention. They'll answer...
Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - The Women in Henry VIII's Life

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the women in Henry VIII's life. The errors range in capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
Lesson Plan
National Woman's History Museum

Anne Hutchinson: Foremother of the American Women’s Movement

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Many learners may be familiar with the legacy of figures such as Susan B. Anthony, but what about Anne Hutchinson? Hutchinson was a lesser-known woman who spoke up to patriarchal figures in colonial America, leading to her banishment....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women’s History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the "Cult of Domesticity." In this women's history lesson, students visit the specified Web sites to engage in research related to the characteristics that were thought to represent true womanhood as well as information...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women Who Inform Our World

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the contributions of women on the international, national, and local platforms. In this writing skills lesson plan, students analyze a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt and compose essays that reveal how women...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women's Suffrage

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars investigate the changes of attitudes about Women's suffrage over the passage of time. They read a background on the fight for women's suffrage and its eventual success in the United States and also around the world.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Women’s Rights – Reading Questions

For Students 8th - 12th
In this women's rights instructional activity, students respond to 8 short answer questions about women's history in the United States based on assigned textbook reading.
Lesson Plan
1
1
Curated OER

Women's History Week

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the contributions of women who influenced human rights in US history. They examine the influence Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth and Elizabeth Cady Stanton by participating in a jigsaw activity....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ancient Tablets, Ancient Graves: Accessing Women's Lives in Mesopotamia

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the role of women in ancient Mesopotamia. Several excerpts from the Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets and artifacts are analyzed to determine the treatment, rights, and powers of women in this era.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women in Rhode Island History

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Learners study women leaders. In this US histoy lesson, students discuss women who made a difference in Rhode Island and interview each other pretending to be one of these women.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women in Two Countries: Japan and America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the role of women in Japan and the United States during World War Two. They focus on women and the family and women and the workplace and the changes within each. Students create an informational brochure of women...

Other popular searches