The month of March is dedicated to celebrating the contributions of women throughout history and today.
Across the Fishtank curriculum, we highlight the impact and voices of women year round. Read on to find curriculum resources for all grade levels, to use this and every month.
In 1st grade, Inspiring Artists and Musicians introduces students to the creative work of Frida Kahlo, Marian Anderson, and Misty Copeland.
In the Movements for Equality unit, 1st graders also learn about women who fought for fairness and justice for all, including Shirley Chisholm, Josephine Mandamin, Kamala Harris, Clara Luper, Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Clara Lemlich.
2nd grade students encounter more leaders and activists like Temple Grandin, Sonia Sotomayor, Malala Yousafzai, Wu Chien Shiung, Wangari Muta Maathai, and Jane Goodall in People Who Changed the World.
Roses and Radicals: The Epic Story of How American Women Won the Right to Vote is one of the core texts of the 4th grade unit Politics and People: US Government. In this book, students learn about the activists who worked toward women’s suffrage, like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Carrie Chapman Catt, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ida B. Wells, Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, and Lucy Burns.
The 6th grade unit Expressing Yourself: Women in the Arts exposes students to the creativity of ballet dancer Misty Copeland, and visual artists including Favianna Rodriguez, Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, Ruth Asawa, the quilters of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, and the feminist art activists, the Guerrilla Girls.
And in 7th grade, students can learn about the women and immigrants on the forefront of the fight for labor protections that grew out of the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, in the unit Fighting Injustice: Uprising & Flesh and Blood So Cheap.
Math is yet another subject with a long history of incredible women pushing the field forward. We’re huge fans of the #MathGals recognized on Chrissy Newell’s popular line of T-shirts—see our Elementary Math Curriculum Director Sarah Britton sporting hers below! Check out Ben Orlin’s interview with Ms. Newell on the Math with Bad Drawings blog to learn all about the #MathGals.
