Unit Plan: International Women's Day (10-12)

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This unit plan overview provides links to all lessons along with links to accompanying teacher support materials that include:

• Literacy building vocabulary worksheets
• Numeracy activity
• Inquiry activities (support materials are provided as needed)

NOTE - answer keys/marking guides are accessible only by teachers and are located at the bottom of this page.

Teachers can use/adapt any of these materials as needed.

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The International Women's Day lessons and links to resources are listed below. There are comprehension and reflection worksheets for each lesson. Some options for use: 

• Have students choose 1 or more to complete rather than doing them all
• Students can work in groups to do them all together and discuss reflections
• In groups of 3, students do 1 or 2 lessons on their own then share & discuss reflections

Download worksheets and make available to your students:

• Lesson 1: Young Women & The Fight Against Climate Change 
  • Numeracy Activity Women in STEM - Circle Graphs
  • Literacy Building Vocab Worksheet 1
  • Young Women Climate Activists Worksheet

• Lesson 2: Anna Wessels Williams - A Pioneer in Treating Infectious Disease  
  • Literacy Building Vocab Worksheet 2
  • Anna Wessels Williams Worksheet

• Lesson 3: Suzanne Simard - A Canadian Forest Ecologist and Conservation Scientist
  • Suzanne Simard Worksheet

• Lesson 4: Katherine Johnson - A Top Mathematician for NASA 
  • Katherine Johnson Worksheet

• Lesson 5: Roberta Bondar - The First Canadian Woman Astronaut
  • Roberta Bondar Worksheet

• Lesson 6: The Women Behind The Pertussis Vaccine: Pearl Kendrick, Grace Eldering, and Loney Clinton Gordon
  • The Women Behind The Pertussis Vaccine Worksheet

• Lesson 7: Dr. Theresa Tam - Canada’s top health leader during the COVID-19 pandemic 
  • Dr. Theresa Tam Worksheet

Here are activities designed for students to celebrate the accomplishments of women who are inspirational to them.  They have been developed for different ages and are all included here for teachers to use/adapt/combine as preferred:

• Celebrating Women Who Inspire Us - suggested for grades 4-6
• Celebrating Inspiring Women - suggested for grades 7-9
• STEM: Celebrating Inspiring Women - suggested for grades 9-12

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