Women and the American Story
at the New York Historical Society
I was a proud 2022 Teacher Ambassador for Women & the American Story (WAMS). This is an exciting and robust free curriculum website from the New-York Historical Society. WAMS connects educators with classroom resources that illuminate diverse women’s contributions to the American past.
Contact me to learn how to use this resource in your classroom at no cost. I will provide a free live Professional Development through Zoom to you or your team of educators.
WOMEN & THE AMERICAN STORY: A CURRICULUM GUIDE
Women & the American Story (WAMS) is the flagship education initiative of the New-York Historical Society’s Center for Women’s History. This free curriculum project provides teachers and students, as well as the curious individual, with information about the myriad and often critical roles women played in shaping United States history. The primary sources, life stories, essays, and learning activities included in each of the ten units were designed for middle school students but also to be easily scalable for elementary and high school classrooms.
Through WAMS, we seek to make the history taught in our classrooms more representative, accurate, and engaging. When more students see themselves reflected in the social studies curriculum, they recognize their own agency. When students see a broader range of experiences represented in the narrative of the American past, they learn to value diversity and appreciate difference. Both strengthen our democracy.
WAMS has been designed for maximum flexibility to support American social studies curricula in diverse schools.
*Source: The New York Historical Society
