Jenny Vanderberg Shannon

Breadcrumb Blog 15 Useful Women’s History Month Activities For Middle School Here are some outstanding women's history month resources you can use in your middle school classroom to celebrate women's history. For centuries, it has been the women who have been the unnamed storytellers. It’s only fitting that the National Women’s History Alliance has proclaimed the 2023 theme of Women’s History Month to be “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories”.

STEM education seems to have become a buzzword over the last few years in the world of pedagogy. As a society, we’ve made headway in accepting that it’s important and good for our children if our districts offer it- but why? What Is Stem? The definition of STEM can be found in the title. It’s an acronym for the STEM subjects: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. The philosophy is simple.

Why Do We Celebrate Dr King? Many prominent men and women are considered to have been leaders in the civil rights movement; “The Big Six” is the most widely recognized. “The Big Six” comprised James Farmer, John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young, and Martin Luther King Jr. Still, Dr King has become the most widely known African American leader of the era and is celebrated with a federal holiday, the Nobel Peace Prize and a memorial in Washington, D.C. dedicated to his honor.