Women's History Month: Read-Alouds and Mentor Texts

This month is Women's History Month! I am going to share some fantastic books you will want to share with your students this month to empower and amaze them. **This post includes Amazon affiliate links. If you choose to use the affiliate link, the couple of cents I earn from Amazon per purchase goes to fund future giveaways!**

If you haven't heard about the amazing Malala Yousafzai, this will be a great introduction for you AND your students! Many of your students may not realize that school is not a "normal occurrence" for people worldwide. The corageous Malala spoke out for education for every girl and was almost killed by the Taliban in the process.

With the popularity of the movie, get the young readers' edition of Hidden Figures to teach students all about the four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program.

This book about Rosa Parks is not the glossed-over version you might find in other stories. The book is a tribute to Rosa, and the images in this book are gorgeous!!

Here is a great book to share about the famous woman aviator, and is sure to inspire your students to do what they love, even when the odds are against them.

Yet another inspiring book- Wilma Unlimited is the story of Wilma Rudolph who overcame polio and paralysis to become the first American woman to earn three gold medals in the Olympics!


Ready for some amazing women who took a stand in politics? Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an awesome woman to share about when discussing how disagreeing CAN be done respectfully and CAN make a difference. 



Elizabeth Cady Stanton was another woman who stood up for what she knew was right, and wouldn't take no for an answer. She fought for women's rights and changed America forever.


This is a great book to pair with Elizabeth Leads the Way! The book is from the point of view of a little girl, Bessie, who learns that small actions can lead to big changes.



Players in Pigtails is a great book to share with students to show that girls and boys don't have "girl" and "boy" activities. The book is about the All American Girls Professional Baseball League and celebrates the girls' love of the game.


Last, but not least, share the book about one of the world's most inspiring women, Jane Goodall. Jane's life has been all about empowering people to make a difference for all living things, and in this book, as a little girl, it will help children realize they truly can make a difference.

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A Teaching Pot of Gold: Amazing Women

Who is one amazing American woman who has impacted your life?  I'm sure you can think of someone!  This is a question that I always use to start my Amazing Women unit with my students the month of March.  Welcome back to The Primary Peach!  This month, we are diving in and sharing "golden tidbits" of how we engage our students the month of March.

I'm Meghan from Keeping Up with Mrs. Harris and I'm going to share with you a few of my favorite picture books to read during this month to celebrate Women's History Month.   There are so many inspirational and amazing women that it is hard to just pick a few to study.  So to open up my unit, I like to see who the kids can name by themselves.

Then I read A is for Abigail.  You might want to break the book into parts to read, it is a long one, full of information and women.  Using this book, I let each student pick an amazing American woman to research.  We break into groups depending on how the students pick.  (For example First Ladies, Singers, Athletes, Women's Rights Fighters, etc.) This way the students can bounce ideas off of each other and have a group to share their work with.

As the kiddos are busy researching their Amazing Women, I pull my own books and write a few reports about them that I can share.  Students love that while they are working, I am too.  I explain that if I can write 5, they can write one.  There was one year that a sweetheart said, "Mrs. Harris, why don't you just write three instead of being so ambitious."  #blessit After I share my reports, I also read the picture books as well.  I do this so the students will know that there are so many great books in the library about women that they should go and find to read independently.  

So, what amazing American woman has impacted your life?  Comment below with who you would study with your students.  I would love to add to my list!