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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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
More than 250,000 people gathered in Washington, DC on August 28, 1963 for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
Download posters celebrating women who achieved success in STEM.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Colvin and Parks along with other early protestors sparked a yearlong boycott of the Montgomery bus system.
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Working for Equality
Women have long participated in the paid labor force and worked for equality.
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Little Rock Nine
Imagine showing up to your first day of school and being greeted by an angry mob and the National Guard.
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Freedom Summer
During the summer of 1964, hundreds of college students flooded Mississippi to register African Americans to vote.
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The Sit-In Movement
Being served at a lunch counter was normal for whites, but African Americans were not allowed to sit at lunch counters throughout the South.
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Lesson Plan
Western Campaign for Suffrage
Students will examine why western states granted women the right to vote.
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State vs. Federal Campaigns
Students will debate state vs. federal strategies for obtaining voting rights for women.
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Propaganda and Women's Suffrage
Student will examine propaganda posters from the American women’s suffrage movement.
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Primary Source
Kentucky Equal Rights Association at the Democratic National Convention
Kentucky Equal Rights Association.
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Lesson Plan
19th Amendment
Examine the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women voting rights.
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Seneca Falls Convention
Students will examine primary sources about the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848
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Ye May Session of Ye Woman's Rights Convention
Ye May Session of Ye Woman's Rights Convention.
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Progressive Era Suffrage Groups
Students will compare the different Progressive Era women’s suffrage movement.
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American Activists
Download posters celebrating activists working to improve their communities.
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