Connecting to Chapter Books

• Meet fourteen inspiring young rebels who dared to make a difference in this video book trailer for Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World. Try acrostic poetry and ask questions with this teaching guide. Encourage students learn about some modern-day young girls striving for change such as those on this list from the educator discussion guide.

• Design posters to display some of the 28 women featured in the She Persisted Series such as Claudette Colvin, Sally Ride, Sonia Sotomayor, Maria Tallchief, and others who stood for change!

• Discuss how Ruth Bader disagreed in order to make a difference after listening to this Meet-the-Author Recording and watching the complete video reading of I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark together. Spark conversation with questions and discussion prompts in this educator guide.

• Learn about local women representatives after listening to the Meet-the-Author Recording for A Take-Charge Girl Blazes a Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin. Using inspiration from this discussion guide, have students research women in their local or state governments and reflect on their journeys.

• Inspire students by watching this complete video book reading of Bold Words from Black Women together. To extend learning, have students pick one of the women featured to investigate further.

• Hear from author Chelsea Clinton in this interview about She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World, then watch the video book reading. Create a class book about people who persisted, examine quotes, and more using this teacher's guide, or print biography activity templates.

• Motivate readers with this complete video reading of Justice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement. Have students each select one of the women from the book and create a poster to display in the classroom.