For Educators, By Educators

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 and 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 catalog of online Classroom Resources, which are available free of charge.  

Any current and licensed K-12 educator is welcome to submit a proposal. Proposals will be reviewed based on their alignment with the Museum's mission, annual focus, and commitment to diversity in topic, grade level, and approach.

Details:

• The 2025 For Educators, By Educators cohort commences on Monday, June 16th with the final lesson plan due on Friday, August 1st. All work will be done over email, virtual workshops, and via Google Classroom; 
• Accepted cohort members are expected to attend the Museum's two summer virtual workshops for educators: the first on Wednesday, June 25th and, the second, on Wednesday, July 16th.
• For 2025, all lesson plans should be inspired by at least two of the 265 biographies in NWHM's biography compendium and explore how, when studied together, these women's lives provide a richer understanding of American movements, traditions, ideologies, events, and experiences.
• All lesson plans must align with the C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards;
• All lesson plans will use Teaching with Primary Sources strategies and primary sources from the Library of Congress;
• Accepted proposals will receive an honorarium of $350 per lesson plan (up to two lesson plans/participant).

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Announcing our 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. 12 educators from around the country will work with NWHM to develop lesson plans that will help learners explore women's impacts on society, from Rosa Parks to Julia Child. Each participant’s resource will be published and made available to K-12 schools across the nation, free of charge on NWHM’s website throughout the 2024-2025 school year. 

Read more about this year’s cohort and their innovative work here.

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