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Other

Nwhp.org: National Women's History Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about women throughout history that have made a difference. Find out about current events going on to commemorate women's history.
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Women's History Teaching Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Enhance classroom learning about women's history with the supplemental lesson plans, worksheets, interactive sites and more offered by Teachnology.
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Primary
Other

University of Nottingham: War, Women & Survival

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit that features images depicting the role of women in military conflicts. Includes propaganda posters, sheet music, press clippings, quotes, photos, leaflets, original documents, and more.
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Other

International Museum of Women: Women, Power and Politics

For Students 9th - 10th
An online museum exhibition organized around nine themes related to women, power and politics. Learn how women around the world have, and are claiming, a place at the political table, what forces have tried to keep them away, and where...
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Handout
The White House

The White House: First Ladies

For Students 9th - 10th
The official White House biographies of the first ladies are provided here.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The online exhibits of the National Women's History Museum celebrate women in a wide variety of venues and roles. These include exhibits such as "Women in Early Film," "First But Not the Last: Women Who Ran for President," and "Young and...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Women in the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Mariners' Museum and Park

Mariner's Museum: Women and the Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
Enter the world of the sea and find out how women have played an active role in maritime affairs throughout history. Read about everything from mythical mermaids to real women in the navy.
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Harvard University

Harvard: Women Working, 1870 1930

For Students 9th - 10th
Harvard historians have collected primary source documents and photographs to create a presentation which examines working women from 1870 to 1930. Modern students may be surprised to learn the extent to which women worked outside the...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Cultural Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Exciting lesson plan teaching students about the social change in women's role in society that allowed women the right to vote. Students will learn about the process women went through to gain the right to vote by exploring various...
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Women P Ioneers in American Memory

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is an online resource from the Library of Congress discussing Women Pioneers. Includes some audio and internal links for more information.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Themepark: Liberty: Women's History

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a large collection of internet resources organized around women's political history. Links to places to go, people to see, things to do, teacher resources, and bibliographies.
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Handout
National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Defying British Rule

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this lesson, students will recognize how women served an important role during the American Revolution.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Propaganda During World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Propaganda was an important part of helping America wage war during World War II
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: The Path to Women's Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
Students analyze maps and primary documents and share stories of the Westward Expansion relating to gaining women's suffrage.
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Lesson Plan
National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Seneca Falls and Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
Using the Chester Comix panels, students will explore and discuss the Suffrage Movement, the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention and the contributions to equality made by four key figures: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Breaking Through Gender Roles

For Students 9th - 10th
Young scholars will explore the women of NASA and identify and analyze their key contributions to the field of aeronautics.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Landmark Supreme Court Cases

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will analyze one of four Supreme Court cases that relate to the constitutional rights of women decided between 1908-2005. Students will become mini-experts on one Supreme Court cases and they will be exposed to the content,...
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Lesson Plan
National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: The Evolution of Women's Athletic Wear

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will examine photographs and primary source accounts describing uniforms for women's sports from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century.
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Lesson Plan
National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: 19th Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women voting rights.
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Lesson Plan
National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Pocahontas

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners will learn about Pocahontas' life and explore the relationship between legend and history when it comes to the infamous incident in which John Smith claimed she saved him.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Rosie the Riveter

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson features a series of student-centered grouping strategies and discussion forums that utilize secondary sources. Students will be exposed to various sources that provide both the historical narrative relating to women during
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Library of Congress

Loc: Women at War: Stories From the Veterans History Project

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress highlights the experiences of many women veterans who fought in American wars. The collection features women from four wars; World War II, Persian Gulf, Vietnam, and Korea. Provides photographs, video and audio...
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Digital History

Digital History: Feminism Reborn

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive survey of the women's movement during the 1960s and 1970s documents women and politics, women's wages, legal discrimination against women, stereotypes of women, women's rights legislation, and women's rights...