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TED-Ed

Four Sisters in Ancient Rome

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
What was leisurely life like for the young, wealthy women of ancient Rome? Though all records from the period were written by men, this video demonstrates that we are still able to construct some aspects of a woman's daily duties and...
Instructional Video4:30
SciShow

Great Minds: Mary Anning, "The Greatest Fossilist in the World"

For Students 9th - 12th
How would you feel if you made a scientific discovery and weren't recognized because of your gender? Mary Anning basically founded paleontology, but she could never publish her own discoveries. From discovering how to clean fossils and...
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US House of Representatives

Objects in Time

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
What is the role artifacts play in the study of past events and people? As part of an examination of the careers and contributions of women in Congress from 1917 to 2006, groups examine artifacts that symbolize each woman.
Instructional Video4:58
TED-Ed

The Princess Who Rewrote History

For Students 9th - 12th
Byzantine princess Anna Komnene took the motto, “If you want it done right, do it yourself,” to heart, penning a 500-page history of her father’s reign. Her tales of Byzantine Emperor Alexios’s reign attempt to balance truth with family...
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PBS

Women's History Month | All About the Holidays

For Students K - 5th
A quick and engaging video features the origins of Women's History Month. Details start with its humble beginnings in Sonoma, California to its nationwide growth by way of the National Women's History Project. 
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PBS

Becoming a Writer | Little Women

For Teachers 6th - 12th
How much of Jo's relationship with her writing is based on Louisa May Alcott's struggle to keep both her artistic integrity and her family finances afloat? Watch a short clip from a longer documentary on the author of Little Women that...
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Arizona Department of Education

American History Impact of the Women’s Movement

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Take a look at important images that depict the women's suffrage movement, the support for the Equal Rights Amendment, and wage equity for women over the last two centuries. As class members work through a activity on...
Instructional Video1:00
National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Katherine Johnson

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Launch a study of Katherine Johnson and her contributions to the NASA Space Program with a short video that introduces viewers to little-known information about the role she and other women played. The video also reveals the gender bias...
Instructional Video0:58
National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Progressive Era

For Students 6th - 12th
A brief video offers an overview of the Progressive Era. With eye-catching media, a host describes how the women dedicated their time towards social change—how they spoke out about the need for new developments in all aspects of life.
Instructional Video4:00
PBS

Alice Paul and Women’s Suffrage | The Great War

For Students 9th - 12th
The United States has a long tradition of civil disobedience. Before the protests of 2020, before the protests against the Vietnam War, before the Civil Rights protests of the 1960s, were the protests of the Suffrage Movement. Viewers of...
Instructional Video5:04
TED-Ed

The Murder of Ancient Alexandria's Greatest Scholar

For Students 6th - 12th
Hypatia, teacher, and advisor to the governor of Alexandria, was a Neoplatonist, believing that arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music were the sacred language of the universe. Find out why this brilliant scholar was brutally...
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US House of Representatives

Congresswomen in an Age of National Crises, 1935–1954

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Class members investigate congresswomen and the role these senators and representatives played in congress during the period from 1935–1954.
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Curated OER

Women's History Word Search Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this word search instructional activity, students read the clues about women in history. Students locate the 15 words within the word search puzzle.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Women's History Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this women in history worksheet, students read the words and then circle the correct definition for the words. Students complete 7 examples.
Writing
Curated OER

Women’s Suffrage Movement

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Though the movement for Women's Suffrage stretched over several decades and across two centuries, the final few years were the most difficult hurdle in many ways. Use a document-based question writing exercise to make inferences about...
Instructional Video13:33
Crash Course

Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History: Crash Course World History 227

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
When your class thinks of medieval history, they probably think of European castles and knights. But they may not know that the Heian period in Japan, which coincided with the Middle Ages in Europe, saw a significant development in...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Women's Firsts Alphabet Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this women's history activity worksheet, students examine 10 names of significant women in American history and then put the names into alphabetical order.    
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Curated OER

Women in History: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this women in history worksheet, students read a biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. Students then answer 6 multiple choice questions and 1 essay question about the passage.
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TED-Ed

See Yemen Through My Eyes

For Students 9th - 12th
Learn about one woman's take on the political and social standing of women in her country of Yemen, and use her insight to begin a discussion on women's rights across countries and throughout history. Nadia Al-Sakkaf relates her...
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TED-Ed

The Contributions of Female Explorers

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Think of a few of the great explorers in world history. Are you thinking of any women? Chances are, probably not, and this will most likely be the case for many of your class members. But in many ways, female explorers may exemplify...
Instructional Video7:15
Be Smart

How The Toilet Changed History

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
In 2017, one in every three people still don't have access to a toilet. As part of a playlist on biology, an interesting video explains this global health topic. It describes society before toilets, disease research throughout history,...
Instructional Video26:49
PBS

Taking the Reins: Women Who Contributed to the Development of the West | Idaho Experience

For Students 4th - 6th
Meet Katherine Caroline Wilkins and May Arkwright Hutton, two Idaho suffragists who played key roles in winning the vote for women in the state. A 26-minutes video contrasts the women, their lives, and how they approached women's rights.
Instructional Video
Macat

An Intro to Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Women in modern society are as close to equal rights as they have ever been, thanks to the efforts of early feminists like Mary Wollstonecraft. Her 1792 work, A Vindication of the Rights of Women, advocated for the equal...
Instructional Video0:58
National Woman's History Museum

Women's History Minute: Flight

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
You know Amelia Earhart and Sally Ride, but few recall the contributions of Harriet Quimby, Bessie Coleman, Florence Lowe Barnes, and Jacqueline Cochran to the history of flight. A short video introduces viewers to these high-flying women.

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