In 1929, the National Woman's Party set up headquarters in the Sewall-Belmont House on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Their leader, Alice Paul, was a tireless advocate for woman's rights, well known for drafting the first Equal Rights Amendment in 1921. This lesson plan from the National Park Service explores this historic home and Paul's work through primary documents, maps, images, and...

The National Women's History Museum (NWHM) offers this collection of lesson plans designed for middle school and high school social studies teachers. Each lesson is dedicated to a different aspect of women's history and draws on materials from the museum's online collections. For example, a lesson plan about women in early film utilizes the NWHM's online exhibition on the topic, which incorporates...

During her long life, Mary McLeod Bethune was an educator, social activist, and prominent leader in the women's rights movement. This latest installment in the National Park Service's "Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plans" centers on her council House in Washington, D.C., and is a fine resource for history teachers and those with a general interest in American history. The Council House...

In honor of Women's History Month, the Smithsonian Institution compiled this collection of 37 "lessons, activities, exhibitions, videos and tools that can be used to teach students about women's history in America." These resources were designed by staff at a number of Smithsonian museums and institutions, including the National Air and Space Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, and the National...