NWHM Announces 2024 "For Educators, By Educators" Cohort
The National Women’s History Museum is delighted to announce the 2024 cohort of educators participating in the “For Educators, By Educators” classroom resource development initiative. Each summer, the National Women's History Museum invites K-12 educators to participate in the Museum's unique "For Educators, By Educators" classroom resource development initiative. Educators collaborate with Museum staff to create K-12 lesson plans that help learners explore women's impacts on society. All resources developed through this initiative are included in the Museum's compendium of online Classroom Resources, which are available free of charge.
In 2024, "For Educators, By Educators" is sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region Program, coordinated by Waynesburg University. The NWHM is a Teaching with Primary Sources Consortium Member.
"The National Women's History Museum continues to be a trusted, go-to resource for our nation’s educators with unique programming like the 'For Educators, By Educators' initiative that partners directly with K-12 educators to create engaging lesson plans," says Dr. Lori Ann Terjesen, NWHM's vice president of education. "This unique collaboration ensures that our virtual resources are not only historically accurate but also meet the specific needs of teachers, while effectively inspiring students to learn about the remarkable contributions of women throughout history."
The National Women’s History Museum is pleased to announce the 2024 “For Educators, By Educators” cohort:
- Paige Adams, United States Currency: Primitive Imagery of an Industrialized Society
- Angela Andriesse, LGBT+ Women's Contributions to Social and Political Movements
- Aryssa Damron, Women and the American Revolution
- Katie Dineen, Native Women and Anti-Colonialism in the Arc of US History
- Aditi Doshi, Beyond the Bus Boycott: Rosa Parks' Activism Before and After 1954
- Jael Goldstein, Agnes de Mille's Rodeo and Women on the Frontier
- Krista Lyons, Radium Girls and Creating Safer Working Conditions
- Christine Persun, Julia Child and Chemistry in the Kitchen
- Nicole Procaccio, Mary Cassat and Women's Social Issus in Art
- Jennifer Schneider, Alice Paul: Solidarity, Sisterhood, and Found Strength
- Patrick Sprinkle, The Power of Dissent: Sonia Sotomayor and the Power of Dissent
- Rachel Turner, Exploring Maria Tallchief: A Dance Journey Through History
Each participant’s classroom resource will be published and made available free of charge on NWHM’s website throughout the 2024-2025 school year. To stay apprised of when new resources are published, please sign up here for the Museum’s monthly newsletter.
About the National Women's History Museum
Founded in 1996, the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) is an innovative museum dedicated to uncovering, interpreting, and celebrating women’s diverse contributions to society. A renowned leader in women’s history education, the Museum brings to life the countless untold stories of women throughout history, and serves as a space for all to inspire, experience, collaborate, and amplify women’s impact—past, present, and future. We strive to fundamentally change the way women and girls see their potential and power.
The NWHM fills in major omissions of women in history books and K-12 education, providing scholarly content and educational programming for teachers, students, and parents. We reach more than five million visitors each year through our online content and education programming and, in March 2023, mounted our first physical exhibit at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington, DC, We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC. The Museum is a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)3. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and visit us at womenshistory.org.
About Teaching with Primary Sources Partner Program
About the Teaching with Primary Sources Partner Program Since 2006, the Library has awarded Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) grants to build a nationwide network of organizations that deliver educational programming, and create teaching materials and tools based on the Library’s digitized primary sources and other online resources. Each year members of this network, called the TPS Consortium, support tens of thousands of learners to build knowledge, engagement and critical thinking skills with items from the Library’s collections.
About the Library of Congress
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