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Women's History
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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)

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
     Courage - Ain't I a Woman? (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Oprah Winfrey, Broadcasting Powerhouse (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)

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)
     Susan B. Anthony (Grades 8-9)
     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)
     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)
     Olive Ann Burns (Grades 9-12)
     Laura Lane Welch Bush (Hi/Lo Grades 2-3)
     Catherine the Great
     Mary Cassatt (Grades 8-10)
     Carrie Chapman Catt (Grades 7-9)
     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
     Dorothea Dix (Hi/Lo Grades 4-6)
     Bonnie Dunbar (Grades 5-6)
     Amelia Mary Earhart (Grades 8-9)
     Elaine Goodale Eastman (Grades 5-8)
     Jean Ferris (Grades 9-12)
     Rosalind Franklin (Grades 7-9)
     Indira Gandhi
     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)
     Helen Keller (Grades 5-7)
     Julie Krone (Grades 4-5)
     Madeline L'Engle (Hi/Lo Grades 2-3)
     Maya Lin
     Anne Morrow Lindbergh (Grades 4-6)
     Mary Lyon (Grades 5-7)
     Wilma P. Mankiller (Grades 5-6)
     Oseola McCarty (Grades 5-6)
     Golda Meir (Grades 9-10)
     Ethel Merman (Grades 5-7)
     Maria Montessori (Grades 8-12)
     Carrie Nation (Grades 6-8)
     Ellen Lauri Ochoa (Grades 5-7)
     Mary Pickersgill (Grades 6-7)
     Alice Ramsey (Grades 6-9)
     Mary Lou Retton (Grades 9-10)
     Julia Richman (Grades 5-8)
     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)
     Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Grades 5-6)
     Annie Edson Taylor (Grades 4-6)
     Sojourner Truth (Grades 6-8)
     Harriet Tubman (Grades 4-6)
     Judith Viorst (Hi/Lo Grades 2-3)
     Sarah Walker (Grades 7-9)
     Nancy Ward
     Phyllis Wheatley (Grades 5-7)
     Phillis Wheatley (Grades 5-7)
     Phillis Wheatley (Grades 5-7)
     Emma Hart Willard (Grades 5-7)
     Victoria Woodhull (Grades 6-8)
     Patience Wright (Grades 6-8)
     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)
     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

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)

Book Units
    You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer! (Grades 2-4)
    Betsy Ross (Childhood of Famous Americans) (Grades 4-6)
    Princess Academy (Grades 4-6)
    The Brave Women of the Gulf Wars (Grades 4-6)
    The Story of Harriet Tubman, Freedom Train (Grades 4-7)
    I Am Regina (Grades 5-9)
    Sacajawea (Grades 5-9)
    Little Women (Grades 9-12)
    Their Eyes Were Watching God (Grades 9-12)

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)

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)

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