Celebrating Women’s History Month: Bulletin Boards and Easy Activities
Women’s History Month is the perfect time to shine a light on the incredible achievements of women. It’s a chance to engage students with stories of influential women in history who have left legacies of determination, innovation, and leadership.
We know finding time for celebrations can be tough, so we’ve put together a range of activities that are easy to incorporate into your everyday lessons. From Women’s History Month bulletin board ideas to thought-provoking projects, our classroom activities will help you weave women’s stories and accomplishments into your busy day.
Keep reading to learn how to celebrate Women’s History Month with fun and impactful activities. We’ve got simple ideas to honor trailblazing women, explore untold stories, and inspire students to connect with history in new ways.
7 Low-Prep Activities for Women’s History Month Bulletin Boards
Celebrate powerful women this month by combining meaningful activities with creative Women’s History Month decorations. This list of easy ideas makes it simple to incorporate inspiring stories of women into your lessons while offering plenty of options for extension projects and bulletin board displays.
1. Quote of the Day (or Week)
In Your Lesson Plan:
Provide students with a Women’s History Month quote at the beginning of your day or lesson. Discuss the quote’s meaning and its relevance today. Students may select their favorite quote and illustrate it using their chosen art medium. Have students explain why they chose their quote and their illustrations for a meaningful critical thinking activity.
On Your Bulletin Board:
Turn your favorite quotes into an interactive bulletin board—have students guess which famous woman in history said the quote. Make it a lift-the-flap display by writing the quote on the outside and placing the person’s name and details underneath. If your students are illustrating their favorite quotes, you can use their pieces to create a colorful bulletin board showcasing the wisdom of women through history.
Your Free Resource:
Print our free bundle of Women’s History Month quotes, featuring inspiring words from influential women. No extra prep is needed—just print and go!
2. Woman of the Day
In Your Lesson Plan:
One simple way to celebrate Women’s History Month is by incorporating a fun fact about a “Woman of the Day” or “Woman of the Week” into your instruction.
For example, if you’re teaching science, you could share a quick fact about a woman who made groundbreaking contributions in that field, like Marie Curie or Mae Jemison. In a math class, highlight women like Ada Lovelace or Hedy Lamarr, whose work paved the way for future advancements.
If you’re teaching elementary students, you can broaden the scope by highlighting diverse women from a wide range of fields—from politics to art to science.
On Your Bulletin Board:
Create a “word cloud” filled with positive adjectives to describe the women you’ve featured, like “innovative,” “courageous,” “visionary,” and “strong.” Every time you introduce a new woman, students can add a word that describes her.
Your Free Resource:
Get students engaged before your class bulletin board comes to life! Download this free cloud template from Pattern Universe to help them brainstorm and build vocabulary.
3. Read A Biography of a Famous Woman in History
In Your Lesson Plan:
Assign or read aloud biographies of trailblazing women, such as Malala Yousafzai or Katherine Johnson. Discuss their contributions and how they’ve shaped history.
On Your Bulletin Board:
Have students use what they’ve learned to create their own commemorative stamps or posters celebrating these figures. Use students’ artwork as a creative display of world-changing women who have made their “stamp” on history.
Your Free Resource:
Use our free printable stamp template as part of your Women’s History Month celebrations to create a bulletin board display.
4. Poetry with a Creative Twist
In Your Lesson Plan:
Whether you dedicate an entire unit or use a “poem-of-the-week,” Women’s History Month provides an opportunity to highlight poetry by iconic female poets like Maya Angelou or Amanda Gorman. Use extension activities to discuss themes, styles, and how the poems resonate with students.
On Your Bulletin Board:
Encourage students to illustrate their favorite poems and turn their artwork into a bulletin board that celebrates both creativity and the power of women’s voices.
Your Free Resource:
Have students use online tools like Canva to design digital posters for their favorite poems.
5. Podcasts for Women’s History
In Your Lesson Plan:
Podcasts are a great way to incorporate auditory and visual learning modalities. Students can develop their listening comprehension as they use graphic organizers, answer research questions, and make connections to their own lives. School Language Journal compiled a list of their top eight podcasts about famous women in history for students ages 5 and up.
On Your Bulletin Board:
Have students create social media posts about women from the podcasts on a bulletin board. They can write a brief bio line for a profile or highlight a key achievement in the style of a social media post.
Your Free Resource:
Download our free social media template to have students create a social media post for a famous woman in history. Our printable makes it easy to highlight key achievements and design a creative, modern tribute to historical figures.
6. Virtual Field Trips
In Your Lesson Plan:
Take a virtual field trip or select an online exhibit from the Women’s History Museum that aligns with your content area. Guide students through a virtual tour, encouraging them to take notes on key figures, contributions, and historical context.
On Your Bulletin Board:
After the tour, incorporate activities like reflective writing, group discussions, or other creative projects to have students summarize their learning. For example, they can create a timeline, design a “museum tag” summarizing their favorite exhibit, or write about how a specific woman’s achievements relate to their own aspirations.
Your Free Resource:
Use these editable museum labels from Twinkl to have students summarize their favorite exhibit.
7. Women’s History Word Search
In Your Lesson Plan:
Generate your own word search, using key terms from women’s history. You can use this as an anticipatory set for a lesson or have students create their own word searches based on their research about famous women leaders.
On Your Bulletin Board:
Have students create a giant word search for your Women’s History Month bulletin board. Using an online word search generator, work together to design a display with their chosen words (like “activist” or “trailblazer”). Display the word search on the bulletin board with a catchy title like “Search for Inspiring Women!”
Your Free Resource:
Use the online word search generator from Education.com to create customized word searches that fit your Women’s History Month theme. This easy tool allows you to generate word searches with key terms and figures.
With these multipurpose ideas, you can weave Women’s History Month into your instruction and deliver impactful lessons that extend beyond the classroom.
Women’s History Activities for Older Students
For older students, take Women’s History Month activities a step further with authentic projects that develop research skills, creativity, and critical thinking.
A choice board is a great way to give students alternatives for summative assessments and encourage autonomy in learning. Below are some of our favorite ideas for creating a Women’s History Month choice board.
- The World Without (…). In this project, students research the achievements of famous women and create a writing piece imagining how society would be different without their accomplishments.
- Rhetorical Analysis. For a deeper dive into history, have students complete a rhetorical analysis of famous women’s suffragist speeches. Guide students through analyzing persuasive techniques and historical context.
- Create a Short Film or Podcast. Have students design a short film or a podcast that spotlights a famous woman from history. Alternatively, students could conduct an interview with an inspirational local figure.
- Letters of Gratitude. This activity provides a personal connection for students while helping them explore different purposes of writing. Students can write letters of gratitude to women who have made an impact on them.
- Famous Women Wax Museum. To create a living wax museum for Women’s History Month, have students research and dress as a historical woman and present her accomplishments through an interactive presentation. This activity can be adapted to different grade levels– from elementary through high school.
Women’s History Month is an invaluable opportunity to teach students about the remarkable contributions women have made to our world. From bulletin board ideas to creative projects, these activities make it simple to incorporate women’s history into your daily routines and lessons. Honor women’s achievements, both past and present, and inspire your students to dream big and make their mark on history.
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