Digital Classroom Resources

How does art shape our vision(s) of America?

In what ways is science an important aspect of our daily lives?

How has the nature of native women’s anticolonial resistance changed over time?

How can we honor the contributions of others?

Can one person inspire change?

Students will read and listen to the music of Bernice Johnson Reagon, using the words of Ella Baker (Ella’s Song) and a PBS essay in order to make connections to historical and contemporary pursuits for justice.

An NWHM Education Team-created Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Album on women's history and primary sources in the Civil War

This 3-part lesson will give the students a basic understanding of Mary Church Terrell and prepare them for future studies on the early 20th century Women’s Suffrage Movement in the United States.

This lesson examines the life and career of Belva Lockwood, 19th century lawyer and women’s right advocate whose achievements opened the door for others to follow.

Students will learn about artist Faith Ringgold and create their own autobiographical art.

In this lesson, students will examine the history of Black Women’s Clubs through the lenses of leadership, action, and bravery along with analyzing the role Black Women’s Clubs played in the Women’s Suffrage movement.

Students will learn about how a group of trailblazing women in the seventies who changed the landscape for women in education and helped pave the way for acceptance of women in sports.

Students will analyze primary sources to develop inquiries and draw conclusions regarding the impact of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune on civil rights in the twentieth-century United States.

This lesson plan will teach students about the life of Ona Judge and the historical context of her enslavement and escape to freedom.

Students will examine a timeline of the life of Mary Church Terrell and complete a close reading of her speech, “The Progress of Colored Women” (1898)

In Spring 2023, the National Women's History Museum partnered with a class at Miss Hall's School, an independent high school for girls in Massachusetts, to create a discussion guide for select sites featured in "We Who Believe in Freedom."

The story of a company founded by four US Women’s National Team soccer players seeking to challenge norms and inspire lasting progress.

How can food be used as a form of cultural memory & resistance?

What about society has changed to bring the idea of justice for “comfort women” after being forgotten for almost 50 years?

How have Indigenous people exercised sovereignty and self-determination in the modern world?