1. Have students identify mature women in the community or in their families to be interviewed for the purpose of compiling oral social histories. The results of the interviews can be shared through discussions, essays and displays of photographs to relate the lives of ordinary citizens to our history.
2. Have students read biographies of women in Berkshire or U.S. history and develop oral and/or written reports on their lives.
3. Invite women and men working in nontraditional occupations and math and science areas to share their experiences with students.
4. Create a mural or bulletin board on women involved in a particular area, such as math and science, sports, politics, business or entertainment. Have students compile pictures or write reports on women for the selected area.
5. Feature various women poets by having samples of their writings read aloud in class or over the school public address system.
6. Create an employment resource file by having students collect pictures of women and men in nontraditional occupations.
7. Visit and/or collect information from the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York and other sources on the first Women's Rights Convention in 1848.
8. Participate in a poster contest sponsored by your parent-teacher organization or participate in the Berkshire Real Women Essay Contest.
9. Have students conduct research on the contributions women from their community have made to their local community and/or to our society.
10. Conduct student debates on various contemporary topics such as: compensation for jobs based on comparable worth, effects of Title IX of the Educational Amend­ments of 1972, employment in nontraditional areas, sharing responsibilities for household chores and parenting, or the Equal Rights Amendment.
11. Have students compare the changes in women's fashions and clothing with changes in their political, social and economic roles.
12. Have students research the events surrounding the arrest and trial of Susan B. Anthony for her illegal vote in the 1872 Presidential election.
13. Analyze the attitude of society as depicted in popular songs, fairy tales, television programs and commercials. Have students rewrite scripts to eliminate sex bias and sex role stereotyping.
14. After studying the math related skills necessary for quilt making, have students create a construction paper quilt based on traditional patterns.
15. After reading about Harriet Tubman, have students locate underground railroad routes and stations in Berkshire County or nearby New York State .
16. Have students research the role of women in Native American cultures indigenous to the Berkshires.
17. Have students write a newspaper article about themselves 10, 20, or 30 years from today.
18. Observe and analyze how students stereotype each other. Discuss the resulting observations with students.
19. After having students identify their favorite toys, collect information on how the items are marketed and discuss your finding in terms of sex role stereotyping.
20. Create a mural depicting the various occupations and household tasks of colonial women and the mothers and/or relatives of students. Discuss the comparisons.
21. Review textbooks for sex bias and write letters to publishers describing your findings and requesting corrections in future editions.
22. Have students write a play or skit to dramatize the material learned during the focus on women's history.
23. Have students list and discuss the additional barriers that are faced by minority women, including those with disabilities and those of specific racial and ethnic heritages.
24. Create puzzles and matching games such as "twenty questions" to review the contribution of the women studied.

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