We are looking to hear about your meaningful cross-curricular school-based activities.
This engaging event connects Women’s History Month with Sleep Awareness Month by exploring how sleep, health equity, and social justice intersect with women’s history and education. Perfect for educators, students, and advocates, this program provides tools and resources to incorporate health-focused, justice-oriented lessons into the history classroom.
What’s Included?
We hope to offer a collection of lesson plans and resources that bridge history, health, and societal issues.
Lesson plan ideas:
Trailblazing Women in Health Advocacy
Explore the stories of women leaders who fought for equitable healthcare access, including sleep and mental health resources.
Rest as Resistance: Historical Movements and Women’s Wellness
Learn how women in social justice movements emphasized rest as a radical act of self-care and sustainability.
The Sleep Gap: Women, Work, and Health Inequities Through History
Discuss the historical roles of women as caregivers, workers, and leaders, and how those responsibilities intersect with disparities in sleep and health.
Science and Advocacy: The Women Behind Sleep Research
Highlight influential women scientists and advocates who advanced our understanding of sleep health and its impacts on society.
Why Attend?
This event is designed to inspire educators, students, and advocates to:
•Introduce health equity as a critical lens for history and social studies lessons.
•Explore the connections between women’s historical roles and health challenges, including sleep disparities.
•Empower students to think about social justice through personal and societal well-being.
Get Involved:
Would you want a free lesson plan toolkit to implement in your classroom – please sign up and let us know.
Bring these thought-provoking resources to your curriculum and join the conversation about how health and history intersect to shape our world.
Inquire to receive materials and tools to get started! Let’s honor Women’s History Month and Sleep Awareness Month by bringing impactful, health-focused lessons to the next generation. 🌙✨
Let us know if you teach about sleep in your classroom, and we will share your lesson plans
NOTE: This is planned as a FREE EVENT open to the public. Event details are TENTATIVE*
Health Culture Foundation’s mission is to make high quality health education material as widely available as possible. We will be publishing a resource from each event with key findings and links to related resources.
*In some cases, if we don’t have the right host and audience for a live event, resources will be reallocated for an interactive report or pre-recorded webinar.
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