Women's History Month Teaching Resources
Women's History Month Teaching Resources
Lessons for March that give students something to study rather than a poster to look at: women in art, science, politics and work, written for grades 3 through 12.
Browse March lessons →Resources that fit
Units to teach in March and keep afterwards
Art history, humanities and cross-curricular units that put women's work at the center of the lesson; tap any cover for the full preview, contents and price.
Frida Kahlo – Self-Portrait and Symbolism
Albrecht Dürer – self-portrait and printmaking
Cindy Sherman – Staged Photography and Identity
Diversity in Society – Opportunities, Challenges & Social Transformation
Forgiveness & Reconciliation – Arendt · Luke 15 · Truth Commission | Ethics & Religious Studies (11-12)
Why teachers use these
Why teachers use these in March
March arrives in the middle of testing season, which is exactly why Women's History Month often shrinks to a bulletin board and a line in the morning announcements. Real lessons ask more of the calendar: a close look at how Artemisia Gentileschi composed a canvas, the argument made at Seneca Falls, the photograph behind a DNA model. These units supply the images, the sources, the questions and the answers, so a substantial lesson costs you a print job rather than a weekend.
What's covered
What is in each Women's History unit
Each download is a taught lesson with sources, tasks and answers already prepared.
- Women artists and their techniques
- Primary sources on suffrage
- Women in STEM case studies
- Biography research and writing frames
- Debate and discussion prompts
- Answer keys with sample responses
Make it work for everyone
Reading levels and evidence of learning
Four versions of every task mean a struggling reader in grade 6 and a confident writer in grade 9 can study the same painting or speech. Ask for one written response per lesson and score it against the sample answer. By the end of March you hold a short portfolio showing analysis getting sharper, not a month of coloring.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
How do I teach this without it feeling like a one-off?
Choose two or three lessons for March and place the rest across the year, next to the units they belong with. Women in the Renaissance workshop belongs in your Renaissance unit; the suffrage sources belong beside the constitutional amendments. March then works as the reminder rather than the entire treatment of the subject.
What ages are these lessons written for?
The catalog spans grades 3 to 12 and each unit carries a grade band on its listing. Because every worksheet exists on four levels, an upper elementary class and a high school class can examine the same source with different demands. Check the preview for text length before you buy for younger readers.
Can I use the material for a display or an assembly?
Print the pages for your own students and use them however the lesson needs, including on a classroom wall. The license covers one teacher's classroom, so uploading files to a district website, a public drive or social media is not allowed. Send a colleague the link if they want their own copy.
Set March up before February ends
Browse the catalog and download the lessons you want ready for week one.
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