What I love about March is the Vernal Equinox, if you live in the Northern Hemisphere. There’s so much to celebrate with the start of Spring. Days are longer, and nature awakes once again. Birds sing more; trees begin to whisper and sway, flowers bloom, butterflies flitter by, and animals become active. Nature is bursting with life. It’s beautiful with opportunity. And that’s why I love that Women are celebrated and remembered as we look at opportunity and equality. Because March doesn’t stay silent, it awakens from its slumber. It’s fearless. Although like all monthly celebrations, it shouldn’t stop at one month, it should be an ongoing education.
Statue by Kristen Visbal with shards of broken glass to symbolize the shattering of the glass ceiling. Photo courtesy of State Street Global Advisors.
This site has excellent organized lessons and resources “commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history” in one place from The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Women Worldwide
Pulitzer Center reports on global issues. Here is a link to articles that report on the challenges and inequality women worldwide face every day showcasing their strength and resilience.
Read Works has high-quality and fiction and nonfiction K-12 reading passages. It’s free for educators or parents. It has great content to build prior knowledge, questioning skills, and build word knowledge, and they provide teacher guides.
From EmpathyLabU
They share fabulous books for all ages, and here are some of their books from 2020-2021 with strong female characters.
The librarymombooks always has excellent picture book recommendations. A former school librarian who shares her and her children’s book reviews.
The thelittleliterarysociety has wonderful picture recommendations all year and this list is excellent!
More Fearless Women…
Want to read about more fearless women? Click here for a past blog post on International Women's Day and a few favorite books.
Enjoy and stay fearless!
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