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Lesson Plan
Females in the Spotlight: Strong Characters in Picture Books
| Grades | 3 – 5 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Three 40-minute sessions |
| Lesson Author |
Fishers, Indiana |
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STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
This tool provides a fun and useful way to explore a variety of topics such as a character in a book, a person or place from history, or even a physical object. An excellent tool to for summarizing or as a prewriting exercise for original stories.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades 5 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  December 5
Students describe female characters in Disney films, discuss their characteristics, and write a thesis statement about them.
Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  March 1
March is National Women's History Month.
A scrapbook highlighting the accomplishments of famous American women is created as a class using the Alphabet Organizer and Bio-Cube.
PODCAST EPISODES
Grades K – 5 | Podcast Episode
Celebrating Women Brave and Strong ![]()
Check out these books about two exceptional but nearly-forgotten women—Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen and Brave Harriet: The First Woman to Fly the English Channel.

