
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.
Lesson Plan
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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Lesson Plan
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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Poster
American Women Quarters™️ Honoree Posters
Celebrate the women featured in the American Women Quarters Program!
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General
Lesson Plan
How do we remember and honor the contributions of women in public space?
The objective of this lesson is to help students thinking critically about public history and the decision-making that goes into designing and advocating for public memorials to commemorate women in American history.
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Shirley Chisholm, Unbossed and Unbought
Students will use the words of Rep. Shirley Chisholm to better understand her experience, and the experience of women everywhere in America.
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Ida B. Wells: Suffragist and Anti-Lynching Activist
This mini lesson will introduce students to Ida B. Wells through a primary source and invite students to explore the geography of American lynchings through an interactive map.
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