How Do You Celebrate Women’s History Month?
How do you celebrate Women’s History Month in the library? There are many wonderful books about accomplished women. Sometimes the best way to introduce a topic, even to older students, is to read a book about it. Picture book biographies have become very popular in recent years. The “Who Was” series, in the form of chapter books, is appropriate for slightly older kids. Try to go beyond the typical women, such as Amelia Earhart and read about Shark Lady Eugenie Clark, Katherine Johnson of NASA’s hidden figures fame, activist Malala Yousafzai or physicist Wu Chien Shiung.
Women’s History Research
Does your library or school have a subscription to the Pebble Go database? Students can research famous women and their accomplishments. Search the Biography database by Athletes, Artists and Writers, History Makers, Scientists, Inventors, Entertainers. Younger children can read the basic facts, while older students can delve deeper into women’s lives. This research packet includes printable worksheets as well as digital Google Slides decks with text boxes for students’ answers.
Have you used BOOM Cards™? They are digital task cards hosted on the BOOM Learning website. The cards ask students to identify a famous woman based on a clue. Correct answers get circled in green; incorrect answers get crossed out in red and kids can try again.
Read more about BOOM Cards here:
Getting Started with BOOM Cards
This BOOM Card deck gives a brief fact about an accomplished woman. Students select from one of the multiple choice answers. Subjects include:
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Mother Teresa
- Virginia Apgar
- Indira Gandhi
- Grace Hopper
- Marie Curie
- Rosa Parks
- Phyllis Wheatley
If your students like to play quiz games, they may be interested in this Jeopardy style game, played in PowerPoint. It covers famous women in areas such as: Business Women, Artists and Authors, Leaders, Famous Firsts. You can keep score among teams of players. Questions already answered disappear from the board.
So, there you have a multitude of ideas for celebrating Women’s History Month. Why not incorporate some of these activities throughout the year, just like “men’s history” (what a concept, that we don’t even have to come up with a label for that or relegate it to one month in the year)!
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