Use Wixie for powerful Women’s History Month projects

Wixie makes it easy to create Women's History Month projects! Combine text, images, voice narration, and video to create projects like trading cards, presentations, comics, thank-you notes, and more.

Use the following ideas to inspire student work this month.

Write a thank you note to a woman who inspires you

Ask students to show gratitude for a pioneering woman by writing a friendly letter or thank you message to them.

Students can write and design their message starting from a blank page or use a stationery design from the Stationery folder in the Design Templates Library.

If you want to add a bit of structure, assign students the Friendly Letter template.

Celebrate poetry written by women

Not only is March Women’s History Month, but March 21st is World Poetry Day. Combine these two events to celebrate poetry written by women like Progress by Rupi Kaur or Life Doesn’t Frighten Me by Maya Angelou.

Have students create simple illustrations to accompany their favorite poem or develop a multi-page visual poem that combines images, music, voice narration, and video.

Create a poetry gallery to showcase female poets, printing illuminated poems and projecting visual poetry. You can do this at school or reach out to local community organizations or coffee shops to see if they would be willing to display the poetry. Host a special event where students can showcase their work, talk about other poems, and even read their favorites aloud.

You can also have your students create blackout poetry (which covers up words in existing text to create a new “found” poem). You can find blackout poetry templates with text from:

Little Women - Louisa May Alcott (template)
The Velveteen Rabbit - Margery Williams Bianco (template)
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett (template)

Raise awareness of unsung female heroes

Most of your learners will have a collection of trading cards at home. You have probably even seen some of your students trading them at school. Capitalize on their interest and familiarity with this real-world product by asking them to create a classroom set of trading cards highlighting women who have contributed to history, but may not be mentioned in history books.

Making trading cards with Wixie is easy. When students log in, they simply search for "trading" in the field at the top of their home page to find and open several different trading card designs.

You can ask each student to create a trading card for a single woman and print it at trading card size. You can even print multiple copies onto the same piece of paper so students can cut apart their own cards and trade with friends for a more active learning experience.

Publish an ABC book to celebrate achievements of women

The best way to learn something is to teach it to others. Ask your students to create an ABC eBook to teach younger learners about important people, places, and events in women’s history.

Depending on the age of your students and how much time you have, ask each student to contribute a single page or assign the entire project to a small group. You can use the ABC Book template and assign it to individual students or use the Team feature to set up collaborative projects.

To assess their learning, have students share their page or completed book with the rest of your class, sharing the information they included and why they chose these elements as most important.

Print the book or books, and have students read to a younger reading buddy or students in another class. Share printed books with a local library, community organization, or museum. You can also share digital versions of the project.

Nominate a woman for the next Google Doodle

After researching important women in history, have students create a persuasive presentation to nominate a woman to be the focus of a future Google Doodle. You might organize their presentations using the criteria for inductees from The National Women’s Hall of Fame:

biographical information,
contribution to the development of the United States,
global impact,
enduring value of their achievements.

Students can create nomination presentations, adding images, text, voice narration, and even video to make their case.

Have students share their presentations with other students. As students present their candidates, ask them to evaluate the nominees. If you have standout applications, work together to edit and improve and then submit the work by emailing their project URL to proposals@google.com.

You can also utilize student work to create a classroom or school Women’s Hall of Fame. Invite parents, community members, and any local female heroes you have researched for an afternoon or evening celebration.

Create a virtual museum of women's history

After reading about women in history, encourage your students to create a virtual museum display highlighting their contributions. Students can use the Museum Display or Gallery template to build their virtual exhibits.

Students can showcase an artifact that represents and signifies the person they have researched to share their stories and the historical significance that makes them unique.

Have students include original artwork, voice, and video to give their exhibit a unique voice. Combine the pages using the Project Wizard to make a collaborative class virtual museum. Then, share the URL on your school or website for your community to enjoy.

Find more information for a project like this in the Virtual Museum lesson plan.

Happy Women's History Month!