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Quizzes
Easier Quiz for Grades 4-6
     United States Women's History (easier) review quiz - options for multiple pages, keys, and edit writing questions
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Quiz for Grades 4-6
     United States Women's History (Grades 4-6) review quiz - options for multiple pages, keys, and edit writing questions
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Quiz for Grades 6-8
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Quiz for Grades 8-12
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Bulletin Board

     Women's History Bulletin Board - Color
     Women's History Bulletin Board - Color (smaller version of pictures)

     Women's History Bulletin Board - Black and White
     Women's History Bulletin Board - Black and White (smaller version of pictures)

Make a Daily Women's History Activity Lesson Plan Book

Daily Women's History Activity Lesson Plan Book

Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     Madam C.J. Walker (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Rosa Parks (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-5 Readability)
     Phillis Wheatley (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)

    First Ladies of the United States
     Edith Roosevelt (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Helen Taft (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Ellen Wilson (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Edith Wilson (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Florence Harding (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Grace Coolidge (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Lou Hoover (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Eleanor Roosevelt (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Bess Truman (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Mamie Eisenhower (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Jacqueline Kennedy (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Pat Nixon (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Betty Ford (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Rosalynn Carter (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Nancy Reagan (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Barbara Bush (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Hillary Rodham Clinton (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Laura Bush (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Michelle Obama (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)

Short Readers
     Paula Danziger (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Harriet Tubman (Short Reader; Grades 3-4 Readability)
     Anne Frank (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Sue Stauffacher (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Courage - Ain't I a Woman? (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Elizabeth George Speare (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Laura Ingalls Wilder (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Dicey Langston, Teen Hero of the Revolutionary War (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Miley Cyrus (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Women in the Revolutionary War (Short Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)
     Oprah Winfrey, Broadcasting Powerhouse (Short Reader; Grades 5-7 Readability)
     Suzanne Collins (Short Reader; Grades 5-7 Readability)
     Nancy Pelosi, Lady of Power (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)
     Alaskan Maverick (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)
     First Lady and Public Servant (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)
     America's First Women Dentists (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)
     Elizabeth Burgin and the Prison Ships (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)
     The Midnight Ride of...Sybil Ludington? (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)

Spanish: Short Reading Comprehensions
     La Sra. C. J. Walker (grades 3-5)
     Rosa Parks (grades 4-5)
     Phillis Wheatley (grades 4-6)
     Coraje. ¿Acaso no soy una mujer? (grades 4-6)
     Nancy Pelosi, una dama con poder (grades 6-8)
     El disidente de Alaska (grades 6-8)
     Primera dama y empleada del gobierno (grades 6-8)

Reading Comprehensions
Easy to Read (Easy Readers)
     A Mother's Love (Grades 2-3)
     Chocolate Chip Cookie Dreams (Grades 2-3)
     See Sally Ride Through Space (Grades 2-3)
     Beauty in Stillness (Grades 2-3)
     Angel of the Battlefield (Grades 2-3)
     One Stitch, Two Stitch, Red, White, and Blue Stitch (Grades 2-3)
     Among Gorillas (Grades 2-3)
     Not a "Little" Writer (Grades 2-3)
     From Mildred to Babe (Grades 2-3)
     It Is Never Too Late (Grades 2-3)

Biographies
     Grace Abbott (Grades 7-9)
     Abigail Adams (Grades 6-7)
     Laurie Halse Anderson (Grades 7-12)
     Susan B. Anthony (Grades 8-9)
     Mary Jane Auch (Grades 5-8)
     Ann Bancroft (Grades 4-6)
     Clara Barton (Hi/Lo Grades 4-6)
     Catharine Beecher (Grades 5-7)
     Mary Mcleod Bethune
     Ada Blackjack (Grades 3-5)
     Elizabeth Blackwell
     Ethelda Bleibtrey (Hi/Lo Grades 2-3)
     Amelia Jenks Bloomer (Grades 5-7)
     Joan W. Blos (Grades 8-12)
     Nellie Bly (Grades 6-8)
     Charlotte Hawkins Brown (Grades 5-7)
     Pearl S. Buck (Grades 4-6)
     Frances Hodgson Burnett (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Virginia Lee Burton (Grades 2-3)
     Olive Ann Burns (Grades 9-12)
     Laura Lane Welch Bush (Hi/Lo Grades 2-3)
     Betsy Byars (Grades 3-5)
     Meg Cabot (Grades 6-12)
     Ally Carter (Grades 6-12)
     Mary Cassatt (Grades 8-10)
     Catherine the Great
     Carrie Chapman Catt (Grades 7-9)
     Gennifer Choldenko (Grades 4-6)
     Beverly Cleary (Grades 3-5)
     Hillary Rodham Clinton (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     Bessie Coleman (Grades 4-6)
     Marva Collins (Grades 7-9)
     Caroline B. Cooney (Grades 7-12)
     Anna Julia Haywood Cooper (Grades 5-7)
     Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
     Karen Cushman (Grades 6-10)
     Dorothea Dix (Hi/Lo Grades 4-6)
     Sharon Draper (Grades 6-12)
     Bonnie Dunbar (Grades 5-6)
     Amelia Earhart (Grades 1-3)
     Amelia Mary Earhart (Grades 8-9)
     Elaine Goodale Eastman (Grades 5-8)
     Nancy Farmer (Grades 6-12)
     Edna Ferber (Grades 9-12)
     Jean Ferris (Grades 9-12)
     Rosalind Franklin (Grades 7-9)
     Indira Gandhi
     Gail Gibbons (Grades 2-4)
     Mary Downing Hahn (Grades 5-9)
     Virginia Hamilton (Grades 3-5)
     Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (Grades 7-9)
     Irene Hunt (Grades 6-9)
     Helen Hunt Jackson (Grades 7-9)
     Anna Marie Jarvis (Grades 7-8)
     Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson (Grades 4-5)
     Velma Bronn Johnston (Grades 5-7)
     Florence Griffith Joyner (Grades 5-6)
     Kathleen Karr (Grades 7-12)
     Helen Keller (Grades 5-7)
     E. L. Konigsburg (Grades 4-6)
     Julie Krone (Grades 4-5)
     Nancy Krulik (Grades 3-5)
     Madeline L'Engle (Hi/Lo Grades 2-3)
     Maya Lin
     Anne Morrow Lindbergh (Grades 4-6)
     Alice Roosevelt Longworth (Grades 4-6)
     Mary Lyon (Grades 5-7)
     Wilma P. Mankiller (Grades 5-6)
     Oseola McCarty (Grades 5-6)
     Ann McGovern (Grades 3-5)
     Golda Meir (Grades 9-10)
     Ethel Merman (Grades 5-7)
     Maria Montessori (Grades 8-12)
     Lensey Namioka (Grades 6-9)
     Carrie Nation (Grades 6-8)
     Cindy Neuschwander (Grades 4-6)
     Ellen Lauri Ochoa (Grades 5-7)
     Barbara Park (Grades 4-6)
     Katherine Paterson (Grades 4-6)
     Mary Pickersgill (Grades 6-7)
     Alice Ramsey (Grades 6-9)
     Mary Lou Retton (Grades 9-10)
     Julia Richman (Grades 5-8)
     Barbara Robinson (Grades 3-5)
     Emily W. Roebling (Grades 6-8)
     Betsy Ross (Grades 6-7)
     Sacagawea (Grades 4-5)
     Sacagawea (Grades 5-7)
     Sacagawea (Grades 6-8)
     Diane Sawyer (Hi/Lo Grades 2-3)
     Louise Smith (Grades 4-6)
     Zilpha Keatley Snyder (Grades 4-6)
     Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Grades 5-6)
     Annie Edson Taylor (Grades 4-6)
     Kate Thompson (Grades 9-12)
     Hannah Tinti (Grades 7-12)
     Sojourner Truth (Grades 6-8)
     Harriet Tubman (Grades 4-6)
     Harriet Tubman (Grades 6-8)
     Yoshiko Uchida (Grades 5-7)
     Linda Urban (Grades 4-7)
     Judith Viorst (Hi/Lo Grades 2-3)
     Sarah Walker (Grades 7-9)
     Nancy Ward
     Gertrude Chandler Warner (Grades 2-4)
     Phyllis Wheatley (Grades 5-7)
     Phillis Wheatley (Grades 5-7)
     Phillis Wheatley (Grades 5-7)
     Emma Hart Willard (Grades 5-7)
     Vera B. Williams (Grades 2-3)
     Mary Wollstonecraft (Grades 5-8)
     Victoria Woodhull (Grades 6-8)
     Patience Wright (Grades 6-8)
     Elizabeth Yates (Grades 5-8)
     Babe Didrikson Zaharias (Grades 5-7)

Women's Rights
     The Seneca Falls Convention (Grades 3-4)
     Votes for Women, Part 1 - Esther and the Cowboy State Lead the Way (Grades 4-6)
     Votes for Women, Part 2 - Abigail's Powerful Pen (Grades 4-6)
     Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Women's Rights Leader (Grades 5-6)
     The First U.S. Women's Rights Movement - 1800's (Grades 5-7)
     Women Win the Right to Vote (Grades 5-7)
     The Equal Right Amendment (Grades 5-7)
     Amelia Jenks Bloomer: Fashion Trend Setter (Grades 5-7)
     Women of Saudi Arabia - Respected or Restricted?

Miscellaneous
     Women Pilots of World War II (Grades 3-4)
     Why President Lincoln Grew a Beard (Grades 4-5)
     The Important Role of Women During World War II (Grades 4-6)
     Adventurous Women (Grades 5-6)
     Spelman College for Black Women (Grades 5-7)
     Women's Work (Grades 5-7)
     Women in Sports (Grades 5-7)
     Girls and Women in Education (Grades 5-7)
     Women in the Military (Grades 5-7)
     Women Authors (Grades 5-7)
     Women as Citizens (Grades 5-7)
     Women and Health Care (Grades 5-7)
     Women's Role in the Family (Grades 5-7)
     Women in the Civil War (Grades 5-7)
     Women's Life on the Great Plains (Grades 5-7)
     Women in Government (Grades 6-7)
     Women in Science (Grades 8-9)
     Women in Mathematics (Grades 9-10)
     Yes, Ma'am (Hi/Lo Grades 2-3)
     A Woman's Place Is in the West, Part 1 (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     A Woman's Place Is in the West, Part 2 (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     A Woman's Place Is in the West, Part 3 (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Women in the Civil War (Hi/Lo Grades 4-6)

Spanish
     El amor de una madre (grades 2-3)
     Sueños de galletas de chocolate (grades 2-3)
     Vean a Sally Ride en el espacio (grades 2-3)
     Belleza en calma (grades 2-3)
     Entre gorilas (grades 2-3)
     Abigail Adams (grades 6-7)
     Catharine Beecher (grades 5-7)
     Mary Mcleod Bethune (grades 10-12)
     Elizabeth Blackwell (grades 10-12)
     MARY CASSATT (grades 8-10)
     Dorothea Dix (grades 4-6)
     Amelia Mary Earhart (grades 8-9)
     Maya Lin (grades 10-12)
     Ellen Lauri Ochoa: la primera astronauta hispana del mundo (grades 5-7)
     Mary Pickersgill y la "bandera de estrellas centelleantes" (grades 6-7)
     Mary Lou Retton (grades 9-10)
     Sojourner Truth (grades 6-8)
     Babe Didrikson Zaharias (grades 5-7)
     Mujeres pilotos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (grades 3-4)
     Las mujeres en el ejército (grades 5-7)
     Las mujeres en la Guerra Civil (grades 5-7)

Read and Color

Flying Free: The Story of Bessie Coleman

Patches From the Past: Quilts

Betsy Ross and the American Flag

Sarah E. Goode: Inventor of the Hideaway Bed

Lemonade Lucy: The Life of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes

The First Lady of the World: Eleanor Roosevelt

Libby Riddles: First Woman to Win the Iditarod

A Rebel for Women's Rights: Abigail Scott Duniway

Women Who Led the Way (PDF File)

The Right to Vote (PDF File)

Sergeant Molly (PDF file)

Unsinkable Molly Brown (PDF file)

Books

From Jackie O. On: Interesting Information about America's First Ladies (Reading Level 6-7; Interest Level 7-12)

Fascinating Firsts of Famous First Ladies (Reading Level 6-7; Interest Level 7-12)

Helen Keller

Rosa Parks

Harriet Tubman

Book Units
    Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride (Grades 1-3)
    A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart (Grades 1-5)
    What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! (Grades 2-4)
    You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer! (Grades 2-4)
    Wilma Unlimited (Grades 2-5)
    Beezus and Ramona (Grades 3-6)
    Mickey and Me (Grades 3-6)
    Riding Freedom (Grades 3-6)
    Betsy Ross (Childhood of Famous Americans) (Grades 4-6)
    Freedom Crossing (Grades 4-6)
    Princess Academy (Grades 4-6)
    The Brave Women of the Gulf Wars (Grades 4-6)
    The Double Life of Pocahontas (Grades 4-7)
    The Story of Harriet Tubman, Freedom Train (Grades 4-7)
    The Mother-Daughter Book Club (Grades 5-7)
    I Am Regina (Grades 5-9)
    Sacajawea (Grades 5-9)
    Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery (Grades 5-10)
    Daddy-Long-Legs (Grades 6-8)
    Dear Enemy (Grades 6-8)
    Becoming Billie Holiday (Grades 7-12)
    Little Women (Grades 9-12)
    Their Eyes Were Watching God (Grades 9-12)

Writing

Replying to Letters

Compare and Contrast

Explorer Traits: Compares two great, although quite different, Arctic explorers (Grades 5-7)

Author Traits: Compares two popular children's authors (Grades 3-4)

Author Traits: Compares two popular children's authors (Grades 5-6)

Educator Traits: Compares two great leaders in African-American education (Grades 5-6)

Flight Pioneer Traits: Compares two famous female flight pioneers (Grades 5-6)

First Lady Characteristics: Compare and contrast the United States' First Ladies (Grades 5-6)

Traits: This compares and contrasts the lives of Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth. (Grades 5-7)

Traits: This compares First Ladies Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton. (Grades 4-6)

Poetry Traits: Compare and contrast a haiku poem to a cinquain poem. (Grades 3-6)

Woman Traits: Compares two female presidential candidates (Grades 5-6)

First Lady Traits: Compares two very different First Ladies (Grades 5-6)

Activist Traits: Compares two animal lovers and activists (Grades 5-6)

Women's Role in War Traits: Compares the role played by women in two important wars (Grades 5-6)

Female Activist Traits: Compares two famous female black activists (Grades 5-6)

Who Is This Woman?
     A Random Woman - use this printable if you do not want to pick
     Amelia Mary Earhart
     Catherine the Great
     Elizabeth Blackwell
     Golda Meir
     Indira Gandhi
     Mary Cassatt
     Mary Lou Retton
     Mary Mcleod Bethune
     Maya Lin
     Nancy Ward
     Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Finish the Story
A Place in Women's History (Grades 4-6)
Planning a Convention (Grades 5-7)

What would YOU do?
If I Were First Lady (Grades 4-6)
Women's Right To Vote-What If It Hadn't Happened? (Grades 4-7)

Writing
Women in History Draw and Write

Women in History Draw and Write

Women in History Story Starters and Borders

Women in History borders with Women in History story starters

Women in United States History: Write a Biography
Write a biography (people are chosen at random for each writing prompt)

More Activities and Printables

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Spring

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Poetry

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Math

Math Worksheets and Math Printables

Dr. Seuss

Money

Money Worksheets

Telling Time

Time Worksheets

Maps

Community Maps

Civil War

Volume

Critical Thinking Logic Puzzles

Prefixes

Word Roots - Prefixes, Greek and Latin Roots

Water Cycle

Science: Water Theme

Dinosaurs

Fraction Worksheets and Printables: Fraction Math Worksheets

Adjective Worksheets

Complex Numbers Worksheets

Book Report Forms

English Worksheets - Language Arts and Grammar Lesson Plans

Make a Crossword Puzzle

Make Printable Puzzles: Word Searches, Crossword Puzzles, and Critical Thinking

Nutrition Worksheets

Solar System and Planets

Social Studies Theme Units

Forces and Motion

Space and Stars

Ratios and Proportions Math Worksheets

Reading Comprehensions - Grade 3 Reading Comprehensions

Kindergarten Worksheets - Kindergarten Activities, Math, and Lessons

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