8. march – International Women’s Day

  • TARGET GROUP: Upper secondary school and STX/HF
  • SUBJECTS: History, Social Studies & Danish
  • TEACHING MATERIAL:
    • Student-oriented podcast of 20 minutes about the history of March 8, its significance, development and present and future legitimacy.
    • A didactized source package on March 8 for students to access. The source package includes:
      • Curated March 8 posters from the 1970s through to the 1990s.
      • Overview of March 8 events and themes in 2022.
      • Contemporary perspectives on March 8th in the form of curated opinion pieces from 2010 through to 2022.
    • Teacher’s guide.
    • Extras and sources for further immersion.

8. march – International Women’s Day

Why do we have a March 8th? What is International Women’s Day? How has it developed historically and is it still relevant and legitimate today? These are some of the reflections and discussions that students will learn about in this didactized source package. Through active listening to the student-oriented podcast, students will be able to analyze selected didactic and digitized sources that focus on the development of the women’s movement. In the podcast, students are introduced to the history and development of the day of struggle, and they meet four feminist voices, each with historical and contemporary positions on the day of struggle. The podcast should be seen as a starting point for students to be able to analyze and work with the sources.

HOW TO WORk with the source package

The material is based on socio-cultural didactics, where students reach new insights through collaboration and joint dialogues. The material contains work for a 90-minute double lesson, but at the bottom of the material we have gathered additional perspectives and areas of immersion if you want to continue working with March 8, feminism or gender equality. In the teacher’s guide you’ll find our suggestions on how to facilitate your lessons based on the Flipped Learning method.

Teacher guides + Link to student pages

Teacher's guide - Lower secondary school

In this teacher's guide, you can find translated learning objectives from the Common Academic Objectives, an introduction to March 8, suggestions for lesson structure and possible perspectives and areas for deepening the work.

Teacher's guide - STX/HF

In this teacher's guide, you can find translated academic goals and core material for STX and HF, introduction March 8, suggestions for lesson structure and possible perspectives and areas of specialization for the work.

Student page - Secondary school

Find the teaching material for upper secondary school here.

Student page - STX/HF

Find the teaching material for STX/HF here.

Podcast about March 8 – International Women’s Day

You can learn more about March 8th – International Women’s Day by listening to the student podcast below. In the podcast you will meet:

  • Yildiz Akdogan, Chairwoman of the Women’s Council.
  • Drude Dahlerup, professor emerita at Stockholm University, adjunct professor at Roskilde University and co-founder of the Red Stocking Movement.
  • Naima Yasin, one half of the podcast A Seat At The Table, where she and co-host Ingrid Baraka discuss feminism and women’s struggles based on their black minority background.
  • Alexander Andersson, Chairman of the Danish Men’s Society
  • Sarah Sander Laugesen, producer and curator at Museum Vestsjælland
  • Amalie Stærke, Education and Project Officer at the Workers’ Museum

LISTEN HERE “

Sources for further immersion

If you want to work further with some of the perspectives brought up by the sources in the podcast: March 8th – International Women’s Day, you can dive into a longer excerpt from the interview for the podcast than the format allowed for.

The source excerpts are also ideal for projects on: gender equality, the Red Stockings, women’s struggle or intersectional feminism.

Yildiz Akdogan – Chairwoman of the Women’s Council

Listen to Yildiz Akdogan, Chairwoman of the Women’s Council, talk about March 8 and the Women’s Council’s fight for equality.

LISTEN HERE “

Drude Dahlerup – Co-founder of the Red Stocking Movement

Listen to Drude Dahlerup, professor emerita at Stockholm University, adjunct professor at Roskilde University and co-founder of the Red Stocking Movement, talk about March 8 and her fight for equality.

LISTEN HERE “

Alexander Andersson – Chairman of Danish Men’s Society

Listen to Alexander Andersson, Chairman of the Danish Men’s Society, talk about March 8 and the Danish Men’s Society’s fight for equality.

LISTEN HERE “

Naima Yasin – FROM the podcast “A Seat At the Table”

Listen to Naima Yasin, one half of the podcast A Seat At The Table, where she and co-host Ingrid Baraka discuss feminism and women’s struggles from their black minority backgrounds, talk about March 8 and her and Ingrid’s fight for equality.

LISTEN HERE “

The educational project is supported by: Kvinderådet, Kvindernes Bygnings Fond and BUPL

Graphics are produced by: Katrine Bælum

Podcast is produced by: Sarah Sander Laugesen