Digital Classroom Resources
Explore classroom-ready resources created by the Museum and through the "For Educators, by Educators" initiative. There are lesson plans, biographies, posters, primary sources, and more. You can search by topic, theme, or resource type.
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Belva Lockwood and the Precedents She Set for Women’s Rights
This lesson examines the life and career of Belva Lockwood, 19th century lawyer and women’s right advocate whose achievements opened the door for others to follow.
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Faith Ringgold And Her Fabulous Quilts
Students will learn about artist Faith Ringgold and create their own autobiographical art.
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Women’s Rights LAB: Black Women’s Clubs
In this lesson, students will examine the history of Black Women’s Clubs through the lenses of leadership, action, and bravery along with analyzing the role Black Women’s Clubs played in the Women’s Suffrage movement.
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The Women of a Special Triad (Title IX, the AIAW, the WBL)
Students will learn about how a group of trailblazing women in the seventies who changed the landscape for women in education and helped pave the way for acceptance of women in sports.
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Investigating Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune: Uncovering Her Legacy Through Inquisitive Inquiry
Students will analyze primary sources to develop inquiries and draw conclusions regarding the impact of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune on civil rights in the twentieth-century United States.
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The Life of Ona Judge
This lesson plan will teach students about the life of Ona Judge and the historical context of her enslavement and escape to freedom.
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Defiance and Dignity, Mary Church Terrell
Students will examine a timeline of the life of Mary Church Terrell and complete a close reading of her speech, “The Progress of Colored Women” (1898)
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The Legacy of Historical Sites featured in Black Feminist DC
In Spring 2023, the National Women's History Museum partnered with a class at Miss Hall's School, an independent high school for girls in Massachusetts, to create a discussion guide for select sites featured in "We Who Believe in Freedom."
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re—inc: The story of a company founded by four US Women’s National Team soccer players seeking to challenge norms and inspire lasting progress.
The story of a company founded by four US Women’s National Team soccer players seeking to challenge norms and inspire lasting progress.
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Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor: Culinary Anthropologist
How can food be used as a form of cultural memory & resistance?
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Comfort Women during World War II
What about society has changed to bring the idea of justice for “comfort women” after being forgotten for almost 50 years?
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Dr. Wangari Maathai: The story of a leader in social, environmental, and political activism and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
The story of a leader in social, environmental, and political activism and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Towards Hawaiian Sovereignty: Legacy of Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask
How have Indigenous people exercised sovereignty and self-determination in the modern world?
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Women, Education, Sports, and Title IX
How has Title IX impacted women in education and sports over the last 5 decades?
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
This is a short thirty-minute lesson on Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
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Janet Yellen: The Progress of Women and Minorities in the Field of Economics
The students will discuss diversity within the economics profession and in the federal government, and the functions of the Federal Reserve System and U. S. monetary policy, by reviewing a historic timeline and analyzing the acts of Janet Yellen.
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Elinor “Lin” Ostrom, Nobel Prize Economist
In this lesson, students will experience the tragedy of the commons through a team activity in which they compete for resources.
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Lessons in Leadership: The Honorable Yvonne B. Miller
Students will analyze the life of Hon. Yvonne B. Miller, her accomplishments, and leadership attributes, so they can apply persuasive techniques to amplify her accomplishments, leadership attributes, as well as those in leadership roles in their community
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Stacey Abrams: Changing the Trajectory of Protecting People’s Voices and Votes
Students will analyze different perspectives of Stacey Abrams’s candidacy for Georgia’s Governor to learn about civic responsibility.
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Frances Perkins and the New Deal
Students will use primary and secondary resources to introduce themselves to the life and works of Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member who served as the Secretary of Labor.
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