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40 Women's History Month Activities
February 25, 2024
This post is for teachers and parents to help engage kids in learning more about Women's History Month through various activities. Choose up to 3 to put into action this year to celebrate Women's History Month and recognize the contributions of women over the years.
Introduction
Women's History Month takes place in March every year. The movement to celebrate the contributions of women everywhere took root in the 1970s and grew over the years. Since 1995, U.S. presidents have proclaimed March a month to celebrate and recognize "the specific achievements women have made over the course of American history in a variety of fields." What started as Women's History Week transformed into Women's History Month!
Educators, such as teachers, school administrators, counselors, and parents, have taken it upon themselves over the last few decades to teach the younger generations about this month-long event and what it means for humanity. What students learn can be empowering and highly meaningful to them in their life's journey.
As Women's History Month approaches, start planning and getting organized with what you want to do to celebrate with students. Consider some of the activities and ideas listed. Start planning ahead for what you want to do at your school site or home.
40 Women's History Month Activities
If you are a teacher, school administrator, counselor, or parent, consider each of the ideas for celebrating Women's History Month shared here. Use up to 3 of the ideas and activities. You can begin with 1 to 3 this year and add more in the years ahead.
1) Make laminated small posters of women of influence around your campus in highly visible places.
2) Purchase Women's History Month posters (vinyl banners) to hang around the outer perimeters of the school.
3) Have a schoolwide Women's History Month essay contest.
4) Have a schoolwide Women's History Month PowerPoint presentation contest.
5) Hold a schoolwide assembly.
6) Talk about a woman of influence each morning in the month of March during morning announcements.
7) Take one day, 1 to 2 hours, to have a variety of activities for Women's History Month.
The activities can include the following:
- Coloring activity
- Word search
- Puzzle
- Crossword puzzle
- Board games
8) Have students do a research project on a prominent female contributor.
9) Make Women's History Month bulletin boards around campus.
10) Have a door decorating contest that celebrates the occasion.
11) Have a relaxing activity in classrooms to allow students to listen to songs of female performers while having a coloring page.
12) Have students put together a book of quotes by inspirational female figures in our history, like Eleanor Roosevelt, Oprah Winfrey, Angela Duckworth, and others.
The quotes can be put in a scrapbook, social media, the school website, and even posters.
13) If you cannot attend an in-person museum due to cost restraints or health restraints, consider doing a virtual tour in the classroom.
14) Bring a guest speaker students look up to, like a celebrity or an influencer.
15) Put on the school marquis that you have a schoolwide celebration and recognition of Women's History Month.
16) Have a fun Kahoot game or Quizizz game to help students to see if students can answer trivia questions and learn from the experience.
Games might already be available on Blooket, also.
17) Have a fundraising activity to donate money to local museums or causes that celebrate and recognize diversity worldwide.
Besides fundraising, other activities can help the local community, like blood donation events, community cleanup events, and even food collection events in honor of Women's History Month. Students can use the opportunity to help give back to the community.
18) Have students write 1 letter each recognizing a woman in their life or a woman that they look up to in order to thank them and tell them how much they appreciate them.
19) Have students watch a TedTalk by women or for women, then write a reflection about what they learned.
20) Have a schoolwide project to collect women's clothes and shoes to send to those in need in countries abroad.
21) Create centers within classrooms with a variety of activities on Women's History Month.
22) Plant a tree in honor of Women's History Month on your campus.
23) Start a girls' empowerment club on campus.
24) Hold a movie night under the stars (if weather permits) or in the MPR to honor courageous women everywhere.
25) Start a girls' mentorship program at your school in honor of Women's History Month.
26) Have a recognition ceremony to award female students who show persistence, resilience, and courage.
27) Hold a schoolwide trivia contest honoring renowned women of history.
28) Have students put together a show to invite women and celebrate International Women's Day.
29) Have students write cards to the women in their lives to celebrate International Women's Day, March 8th.
30) Have students watch a movie that recognizes the contributions of women to society, such as Hidden Figures.
31) Have students create replicas of things women have invented.
32) Have a schoolwide carnival celebrating women's sacrifices everywhere.
33) Have students create their own bookmarks using Women's History Month as a theme.
34) Host a poetry night to have students write and read their own poems or those of female poets.
35) Have a poster-making contest.
36) Organize a schoolwide gallery walk.
Take a part of the school, such as the multipurpose room, and have presentations that showcase the contributions of women to society, such as:
- Fashion
- Space exploration
- Entertainment
- Literature
- Law
- Arts
- Sciences
- Food
- Business
- Medicine
- Theatre
- And more!
Even if you only have 5 categories selected this year, you can add more and more each year and grow the gallery walk. Pick a day when classes can be brought in to see the displays. Have students complete a short reflection at the end of the gallery walk to help them jot down some of what they learned after the gallery walk.
37) Plan a trip to a local museum that celebrates Women's History Month, like the local art museum.
38) Read one children's book by a female author one day each of the 4 to 5 weeks of March.
39) Take students to the library to check out a book written by a woman author.
40) Share 4 to 5 videos with teachers that they can share in their classrooms - one for each week of February.
Conclusion
Start planning and getting organized with ways to recognize and celebrate Women's History Month at your school, or at home. Use some of the ideas presented in this article and make changes as you see fit. Do what works for your school as an educator, or at home as a parent. Show kids the importance of honoring women's contributions and sacrifices to the way of life in the United States.
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About the Author
Ruzanna Krdilyan Hernandez, Ed.D. is an award-winning educator and content creator writing books/articles on efficiency, organizing skills, productivity, goal-setting, time management, planning, self-development, and achieving more in life. Hernandez is the author of efficiencyandorganization.com, which focuses on six areas:
She writes in these focus areas on how people in every aspect of life can achieve more by being more organized and efficient with their processes to become consistent, timely, and successful. She is an expert and a lifelong learner of organization, time management, personal efficiency, and goal achievement. This article shares some of her strategies and other researched and proven tips, techniques, and strategies. The book, Efficiency and Organization, is available on Amazon. Her second book, Organization and Efficiency in Personal Finances, is also released and available on Amazon. Efficiency and Organization's YouTube channel has over 80 helpful videos.
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References
March is Women's History Month
Women's History Month-NYC Public Schools
25 Activities to Learn about Famous Women in History for Kids
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