100 years of IWD

On March 8, women’s rights campaigners around the world will celebrate the 100th International Women’s Day (IWD) but, as I 've already written about this topic in previous years, this time I decided to look for teaching materials.

History.com has great materials as usual which include Famous Firsts in American Women's History, Women who Fought For the Vote besides 32 short videos and photo galleries. What I found even more interesting though was what was under More Outside History.com. I clicked here and found surprising materials that we can use in our classes - either to observe this date or for any other using biographies, always great to practise Past Simple, to enrich the curriculum with an interdisciplinary approach to learning and for critical thinking.

Interactive Timeline - as the title says - is a great interactive journey that celebrates the historical icons of Women's History from 1777 to 2000s and contains pictures, dates as well as a "Learn More" option where you can have further infos. On Notable Women we have women as History Makers organised under different topics and ordered alphabetically; one can always try this Quizz on Women's History to test the students' (or our own) knowledge on this issue.

The best part is yet to come: Bioclassroom has an impressive collection of materials for us teachers. For you to have an idea and once we are now about to observe IWD, click here for info on Amelia Earhart. Her biography, curriculum links, vocabulary, discussion questions, extended activities and webliography are included. Everything is there for us ready to use!!! For a full list of the available study guides, click here. And... you can also download here a pdf manual for educators featuring activities for students based on significant personalities (Women / Men) throughout history :)

For teachers with lower levels and not necessarily dealing with IWD but with biographies, there is Bio4Kids. Here is the printscreen:

It's cool! There are many and motivating biographies to read that the students can choose from and then present it to class. For fun or to activate knowledge, there is a Celebrity Hangman, a Sports Match Game, quizzes and videos.
Finally...Enjoy this video: 500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art with music by BACH.

To identify all these works of art and the artists click here.