This month-long bellringers resource is the PERFECT Women’s History Month activity to introduce your middle school and high school students to a diverse group of women. Each bell ringer is designed to introduce students to an influential woman and contains a text-dependent question for students to answer. Question types include analysis, making connections, making inferences, comparisons, and more.
This Women’s History Month resource requires NO PREP-just assign to your digital classroom and let your students do the thinking! You will receive 30 DIGITAL bell ringers with a variety of template options. In addition to the texts that have been provided for each bell ringer, there are also video links that include additional biographical information for each individual. There are also options for teachers to customize this resource to better fit the needs/levels of their students. There are EDITABLE pages and slides that allow teachers to CREATE THEIR OWN QUESTIONS for each bell ringer.
❤️ Why You’ll Love This Resource:
✅ Save Your Time and Energy with this NO-PREP Resource
✅ Daily Writing Prompts with Text-Dependent Questions
✅ Covers Multiple ELA Standards and Skills
✅ Encourages Critical Thinking and Student Discussions
✅ Print and Digital Resources
► What’s Included:
• 30 Bell Ringers (Digital)
• Bell Ringers PPT
• Video Links for Additional Biographical Information
• Google Slides Version of All Materials
✔ The following individuals are included in this resource:
• Sacagawea
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Shirley Chisholm’s 1983 “America Has Gone to Sleep” Speech Excerpt
• Dr. Mary Walker
• Lucy Stone
• Harriet Tubman
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Marie Curie
• Rupi Kaur Poem
• Bessie Coleman
• Emmeline Pankhurst
• Wilma Rudolph
• Indira Gandhi
• Sonia Sotomayor
• Severn Suzuki’s 1992 Speech Excerpt
• Mother Teresa
• Benazir Bhutto
• Hillary Clinton’s 1995 Speech Excerpt
• Alice Walker
• Grace Hopper
• Malala Yousafzai Speech Excerpt
• Sylvia Rivera
• Cheri Madsen
• Dolores Huerta
• Michelle Obama Speech Excerpt
• Yuri Kochiyama
• Maggie Gee
• Ruth Asawa
• Dr. France Cordova
• Wilma Mankiller Speech Excerpt
✍ What Other Teachers Are Saying About This Resource:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Brandi R. says, “This was great! My 7th graders learned so much and were very engaged. My students enjoy the Black History Month version, so I knew they would appreciate another opportunity to engage in bellringers. Thank you!”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: James R. says, “My students loved this resource for their Bellwork. They were able to receive a great appreciation of the struggle women and minorities faced throughout history. This resource also supported the narrative of passive and active resistance to inequality and prejudice I built into my lessons.”
