What is Women’s History Month?
Women’s History Month is a month dedicated to celebrating the contributions of very influential women, past and present. Check out these ideas and Women’s History Month activities for Spanish class.
When is Women’s History Month?
The month of March is designated to celebrate Women’s History Month.
How can I incorporate Women’s History Month into my World Language class?
Research and Presentations
Provide students with this list of influential women. There is a list of Latina women and a list of general rock star women!
Have students create a short bio about the person and a poster that helps illustrate their contributions.
Personal Connection
Have students think about person in their lives to honor. This person could have made contributions to the community or their family.
NO Prep Resources
In a time crunch? Use a NO PREP resource that will allow students to explore influential Women’s History Month figures. Here are some ready to use Women’s History Month activities for Spanish class.
Spanish Women’s History Month Running Dictation
Get your students up and moving with this running dictation activity. If you’re students haven’t done a running dictation before, you have to try one.
This activity includes 15 strips written in Spanish. Each is written in Spanish using high frequency verbs in the present and past tense.
Using running dictation is a great way to get students collaborating. Working as a team, students have jobs and complete the activity together.
Possible jobs:
- Runner
- Writer
- Artist
- Translator
I’ve used all jobs and had groups from 2-4 with running dictation and love them all because students are really using all modes of communication.
Check out more about running dictation here.
Spanish Women’s History Month Activity | Latina Women | Pixel Art
Pixel art activities are amazing because they are so engaging. As students answer questions correctly, an image starts to appear and they love trying to guess what the image is and what they recognize.
Reading comprehension can be challenging for students. I love creating activities for students that allow them to read a text in comprehensible Spanish and show what they can understand.
This Women’s History Month Mystery pixel art activity includes an infographic style reading about 8 influential women from the Latinx community.
Included:
- Rita Moreno
- Julia Alvarez
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Diana Trujillo
- Elizabeth Acevedo
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Soledad O’Brien
- Dolores Huerta
This activity is self-checking for students and provides immediate feedback. It also includes a version with questions in Spanish and English.
Spanish Women’s History Month Activity | Pixel Art
Another pixel puzzle activity? Oh yeah! This is an additional activity for Women’s History Month. This activity gives students another opportunity to read about more amazingly influential women.
This Women’s History Month Mystery pixel art activity includes an infographic style reading about 8 influential women that have made contributions all over the world in the past and present.
Included:
- Stacy Abramas
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Mae Jemison
- Ella Baker
- Mary Jackson
- Katherine Johnson
- Susan B. Anthony
- Greta Thunberg
Have you tried these resources? Would you like to see similar resources for other topics? Drop a comment below!
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