Women built the movement. Teach their leadership at the center of its history.
The Civil Rights Movement depended on women who organized communities, developed strategies, built networks, and sustained campaigns for change. Their work deserves more than a sidebar in the history lesson.
Women at the Center of Civil Rights brings that leadership into focus through a two-part educational bundle featuring a Student Workbook and an Educator’s Guide. Students examine how women exercised civic power and shaped the movement, while educators receive tools to guide thoughtful discussion, source analysis, and deeper historical inquiry.
This resource helps learners understand the decisions, relationships, and organizing work behind collective action. Profiles, reflection prompts, and strategy-focused questions encourage students to consider whose leadership gets recognized and how that recognition shapes our understanding of history.
What’s included
The Student Workbook features:
In-depth profiles of women leaders in the Civil Rights Movement
Primary source analysis
Reflection prompts and strategy-focused discussion questions
A civic power framework for examining leadership and organizing
The Educator’s Guide includes:
Learning objectives and essential questions
Classroom activities and discussion support
Trauma-informed facilitation guidance
Assessment tools
Suggestions for connecting the material across subjects
Who it’s for
Designed to supplement U.S. History, African American Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, government, and civic education instruction, this bundle also supports homeschool families, independent educators, book clubs, and learning circles.
Use it during Black History Month or Women’s History Month, or throughout the year to explore the women whose leadership helped make the movement possible.
Digital download details
This bundle includes printable PDF files for the Student Workbook and Educator’s Guide. Print them at home or professionally or share the PDFs with students through Google Classroom.
This is a digital product. No physical item will be mailed.
