Happy Women's History Month! Did you know that the origins of International Women’s Day are in the labor movement? To mark this annual event on March 8—and to commemorate Women’s History Month—the ThinkCERCA team has curated some of our favorite lessons that highlight the accomplishments of women.
Women's History Month Writing Lessons:
Grade 3: Women’s Rights Movements & Equality Among Genders
Grade 4: Wangari Maathai
Grade 5: Three-Point Scoring in the WNBA
Grade 6: How the music of Hawai'i’s last ruler guided the Island's people through crisis
Grade 7: The American Garment Workers Who Helped Inspire International Women’s Day
Grade 8: One Woman's Decades-Long Fight To Make Juneteenth A U.S. Holiday
Grade 9: Equal Pay for Equal Work: Examining the Gender Wage Gap
Grade 10: Overlooked No More: Jovita Idár, Who Promoted Rights of Mexican Americans and Women
Grade 11: The US Women's Soccer Team Struggle For Equal Pay
Grade 12: Shirley Chisholm: Presidential Candidacy Announcement