1st Edition

Teaching Women's History Breaking Barriers and Undoing Male Centrism in K-12 Social Studies

By Kelsie Brook Eckert Copyright 2025
276 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

276 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

276 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Eye On Education

Teaching Women’s History: Breaking Barriers and Undoing Male Centrism in K-12 Social Studies challenges and guides K-12 history teachers to incorporate comprehensive and diverse women’s history into every region and era of their history curriculum. Providing a wealth of practical examples, ideas, and lesson plans – all backed by scholarly research – for secondary and middle school classes,... Read more

Introduction  1.  History is Male-Defined and -Centered  2. His-Story is not the Only Story  3. Finding Time to Teach Diverse Women’s Stories  4. Representation Matters  5. Learning to Embrace Controversy  6. Strategies and Guidelines to Bypass the Sexists  Conclusion

Biography

Kelsie Brook Eckert is an award-winning history teacher; the Coordinator of Social Studies Education at Plymouth State University, USA; and the Executive Director of the Remedial Herstory Project.