For every strong and determined female Olympian, there are millions of young girls watching and becoming inspired. Middle and high schoolers learn more about record-breaking and history-making Olympian women with a presentation from the National Women's History Museum.

Concepts

women's history, women's history month, olympic athletes, the olympics

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the lesson to prepare for upcoming Olympic games, or during Women's History Month
• Differentiate with the assessment activities
• Extend the activity with individual research projects on inspiring female Olympians

Classroom Considerations

• Suggests access to the Internet, though non-electronic versions of the lessons are available
• Lesson was written with the 2008 Olympics in mind, but the activities are easily adaptable and expanded upon
• Focuses on American women; consider including additional athletes representing countries all over the world

Pros

• Includes websites for additional research
• Encourages learners to fill in any blanks in the presentation with female athletic heroes of their own

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.8.4 SL.8.5 SL.8.6 SL.9-10.4 SL.9-10.5 SL.11-12.5