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Children's Books to Read this International Women's Day (and Beyond)

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It’s International Women’s Day 2022! On March 8, communities all over the world celebrate the skills and achievements of women. Teach Starter has created a collection of amazing国际妇女节教学资源万博足球体育。但是,结合这些,我们希望与您分享其他一些精彩的故事,想法和插图,这些故事,想法和插图也是奇妙的教学资源 - 儿童文学!万博足球体育

为您的教室建立多元化的图书馆意味着需要赋予女性的赋权书籍。它们是要在项目上进行项目的完美文本International Women’s Day, but they’re also just the right books for ensuring there’s representation for girls in your class and good examples for the boys.


Women’s Empowerment Books and Activities for Kids

(1) Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo

If you don’t already have this women’s empowerment children’s book in your teacher library, then it’s time to add it to your collection. Each double page features a beautiful illustration and a single-page mini-biography about a phenomenal woman from history, written in the “style of a modern fairytale.”

Inspirational Woman Presentation Activity Idea

本书中有很多了不起的女性为研究和灵感提供了动力。这项活动使学生可以选择一个活动,并深入了解它们。

学生从书中选择一个女人,以进一步研究女人的生活和经历。可以通过查找有关以下几点的信息来指导研究:

  • biographical information
  • early life experiences
  • 激情,原因或个人利益
  • social, political, or cultural changes they have contributed to.

然后,学生们开发了数字演示文稿,展示了他们发现的有关女性生活的关键事实。编写和录制叙述以浏览图像的幻灯片是学生阐明他们发现的信息的绝佳方法。

(2) Little People, Big Dreams Series

This women’s empowerment book series is SO wonderful for primary students. It introduces the lives and experiences of inspirational women throughout history with simple text and great illustrations. TheLittle People, Big Dreamsseries includes books about:

  • 罗莎·帕克斯(Rosa Parks)(民权活动家)
  • Emmeline Pankhurst (Suffragette)
  • Coco Chanel (Fashion Designer)
  • Marie Curie (Scientist)
  • Audrey Hepburn (Actress and UNICEF Ambassador)
  • Amelia Earhart (Pilot)
  • 弗里达·哈洛(Frieda Khalo)(艺术家和政治活动家)
  • 玛雅·安吉洛(作家)
  • Agatha Christie (Writer)
  • 埃拉·菲茨杰拉德(Ella Fitzgerald)(歌手)
  • Ada Lovelace(数学家)

Little People, Big Dreams picture book series

Dream Big Activity主意

这项简单的活动是书中书籍的完美伴奏Little People, Big Dreamsseries. In this activity, students draw a self-portrait in the middle of the page and draw or write their big dreams or goals in the surrounding shapes.

(3)Malala Yousafzai的Malala的魔术铅笔

Told in her own words, this is a story inspired by Malala Yousafzai’s dream – that girls and women around the world have the same right to education as their male counterparts. The book is wonderful for younger students, told gently and with illustrations to help them understand one person’s power to make a real difference.

Malala's Magic Pencil

魔术铅笔活动想法

Extend upon the beautiful concept in Malala’s Magic Pencil by asking students to complete this little think, pair, share activity.

  1. 阅读本书后,请学生考虑如果有魔术铅笔会怎么办。
  2. 学生可以写一个句子或th画一幅画at shows what they would do.
  3. Place students into pairs and have students share their thoughts and drawings with their partners.

Bonus: Grab ourfree Malala comprehension worksheet!

(4) Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty

凭借精美的插图和简单的信息,这本书是我的个人最爱。它讲述了Rosie的故事,Rosie白天是一个安静的女孩,但晚上是Gizmos和Gadgets的出色发明家,他梦想着有一天成为一名出色的工程师。

Rosie Revere工程师

‘Build a Recycled Gizmo’ STEAM Activity Idea

One of the best messages in this book is that we are limited only by our imagination! This fun activity uses recycled materials to create a gizmo or gadget.

你会需要:

  • recycled materials (e.g., boxes, bottle tops, clean aluminium foil)
  • craft materials (e.g., googly eyes, pipe cleaners, craft sticks)
  • adhesive tape and glue
  • 笔,铅笔
  • any other fun building materials

Tell students they are going to enter a competition called “Gizmos of the Future.” The competition requires them to build a gizmo that helps make something easier than it usually is.

  1. 要求学生考虑他们的正常一天,并确定他们难以做的事情。这可能是类似于从浓牛奶瓶中倒出牛奶,绑住鞋带或在楼上携带他们的书包。
  2. Students develop an idea for a machine or gizmo that would make that task easier. For this activity’s purposes, the gizmo doesn’t need to work within the laws of nature – the idea is to encourage unbridled creativity!
  3. 为他们提供可回收的工艺品和建筑材料的访问权限,以创建发电机。
  4. 让学生有机会向全班展示小玩意,解释他们的问题以及小玩意如何解决!

These较低等级的STEM计划和反射表andSTEM Planning and Reflection Sheet for Upper Grades是在整个活动中为学生万博足球体育提供支持的绝佳资源。

(5) You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer by Shana Corey

Have you ever thought about the brave women who made it possible for those after them to stop wearing skirts and be ‘allowed’ to wear pants? This wonderful picture book tells the story of one such woman, Amelia Bloomer. With fun text and exaggerated illustrations, this picture book helps children engage with what it took for women throughout history to instigate this cultural change.

You Forgot Your Skirt Amelia Bloomer

Timeline of Women’s Fashion Activity Idea

This activity is a great way for students to see the connection between fashion and equality.

女性时尚时间表

学生可以从互联网上打印图像,以创建女性或女孩时尚的时间表,例如My Modern Met

Use the Internet to find images that show the typical dress of women or girls from the 1500s to today. Print out the images and create a timeline of women’s fashion throughout history. We have a few different resources you can use to help students complete this activity:

马克(Mark)在时间轴上,当Amelia Bloomer将“ Bloomers”带到西方。看看裤子是妇女和女孩服装选择的常见和公认的一部分。

写一份活动的清单,女孩和女性将无法穿着长长的裙子和连衣裙做!

(6)运动中的女性:50名无畏运动员,他们赢得了瑞秋·伊格诺夫斯基

This book’s concept and layout are similar to that of “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls” but tell the stories of 50 notable female athletes from the 1800s to today.

Women in Sports picture book

Letter to an Athlete Activity Idea

利用这项活动来帮助学生在敬佩的女运动员的毅力与自己的生活之间建立联系。

Students can use this template to create aprofile of a famous female athletethat they admire. After researching the woman, students can write a letter to her explaining what they admire and how the woman inspires them.

(7) The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale

《黑色公主》是针对年轻人的章节书系列。它被描述为“对于年轻的读者来说,他们不仅喜欢公主,而且还喜欢完美,而且穿着黑色。”黑色公主没有想到用公爵夫人的摇摆人打断茶和烤饼来阻止怪物。

黑色公主是一个“少女女孩”,也是超级英雄!

The Princess in Black

Superhero Activity Idea

Leuyen Pham的插图The Princess in Black是amazing. Let your students be inspired by this graphic novel and embrace their inner artist!

1.向学生展示以下卢伊恩·帕姆(Leuyen Pham)的视频The Princess in Black

2.为学生提供他们想使用的纸,笔,铅笔和任何其他绘图材料。

3. Ask students to think about their greatest strengths, whether they be physical strengths, emotional strengths, or something else that makes them unique.

4. Then, have students draw themselves as superheroes. Have them create a name and use it as the title of their artwork.

Books are just one amazing way to engage your students in conversations and learning experiences that reinforce gender equality and debunk traditional gender stereotypes!

For more ideas and teaching resources, check out our newInternational Women’s Day Teaching Resource Collection

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