March is Women's History Month

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March is National Women’s History Month and while we celebrate the heroism of the many trailblazing women in history who have made a difference in how women are viewed around the world, let’s not forget about the women we surround ourselves with everyday.


Who inspires you?

In honor of Women’s History Month, the New York Times asked their spring Student Council — 25 teenagers from all over the United States, as well as from China, South Korea, England and Canada — to search the Times and find the most interesting pieces they could on the broad topic of gender.


Using both Times search and Times Machine, they unearthed everything from a 1911 report on the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire and a 1972 Times review of “Free to Be … You and Me” to current articles, videos and essays on Hillary Clinton, campus rape debates, gender pronouns, abortion, Title IX, parenting, and the struggles of the transgender community.

As your students skim the selections below, they might choose the two or three articles that interest them most, then answer some of these questions:



What do these pieces have in common? What patterns do you notice?
What do they say about the lives and roles of women and girls? About men and boys?
How are ideas about gender changing? What do you think about those changes?
What connections (PDF) can you make to one or more of the articles you chose and your own life?
Why does any of this matter?


For more Women's History Lesson Plans, Discussion, and Research Ideas check out these links.

For Women's History Lesson plans click here.

For ideas to incorporate women across the curriculum click here.

6 short films and teaching resources for the women's role in the Arab spring...click here

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 Share any other great resources you are using with your classrooms this month to focus on women's contributions.