Unit Plan: International Women's Day (4-6)
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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
- Inquiry activities (support materials are provided as needed)
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The International Women's Day lessons and links to resources are listed below.
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- Lesson 1: Young Women & The Fight Against Climate Change
- Lesson 2: Anna Wessels Williams - A Pioneer in Treating Infectious Disease
- Lesson 3: Suzanne Simard - A Canadian Forest Ecologist and Conservation Scientist
- Lesson 4: Katherine Johnson - A Top Mathematician for NASA
- Lesson 5: Roberta Bondar - The First Canadian Woman Astronaut
- Lesson 6: The Women Behind The Pertussis Vaccine: Pearl Kendrick, Grace Eldering, and Loney Clinton Gordon
- Lesson 7: Dr. Theresa Tam - Canada’s top health leader during the COVID-19 pandemic
Here are three activities designed for different ages. They are all included here for teachers to use/adapt/combine, etc.
- 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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