1. IES CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA-GIJÓN
15
INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN’S DAY ACTIVITIES
GROUPS 3º 4º DIVERSIFICACIÓN
TEACHER: FERNANDO BRAÑA ASENSIO

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WATCH THE E-MAZE-ING PRESENTATION AND DO THE
FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES
Activity 1
Write the names of the women in the corresponding
column
Job/occupatio
n
names
suffragettes/social
activists
writers
queens
spies
scientists
soldiers
Doctors
astronauts
Anthropologists
politicians
Astronomers
Models
singers

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Activity 2
WRITE THE NATIONALITY OF THE WOMEN NEXT TO
THEIR NAMES

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NAME NATIONALITY
ABIGAIL ADAMS IS…
ALICE PAUL IS…
BEATRIX POTTER IS…
BOUDICCA IS…
CHRISTINNE GRANVILLE
IS…
DOROTHY HODGKIN IS…
DOROTHY LAWRENCE IS…
ELIZABETH GARRET
ANDRSON IS…
EMMELINNE PANKHURST
IS….
FLORA SANDES IS…
HELEN SAHRMAN IS ….
JANE GOODALL IS…
NANCY WAKE IS…
ROSALIND FRANKLIN IS…
SHIRLEY CHRISHOLM IS…
CECILIA PAYNE IS…
AMELIA JENKS BLOOMER IS
…
DONYALE LUNA IS…
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
IS…
HARRIET TUBMAN IS…
HARRIET HANSON
ROBINSON IS…
LILIAN ROLFE IS…
LINDA BRENT IS…
ROSA PARKS IS…
NINA SIMONE IS…
TONY MORRISON IS…

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Activity 3
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS
a. Who was Abigail Adams husband?
b. When was Alice Paul born? And
when did she die?
c. What was the name of Beatrix
Potter’s famous rabbit?
d. What was the name of the tribe
Boudicca was the queen of?
e. In which war was Christinne
Granville a spy?
f. When did Dorothy Hodgkin win
the Nobel Prize?
g. Why did Dorothy Lawrence call
herself Tommy?
h. What did Elizabeth Garret found in
London?
i. When did Emmeline Pankhurst die?
j. Which was Flora Sandes’s country
of adoption?
k. How old was Helen Sharman when
she went to space?
l. Which are Jane Goodall’s
favourite animals?
m. Who did Nancy Wake fight?
n. Why was Rosalind Franklin’s
photograph important?
o. When was Shirley Chrisholm
elected for Congress?
p. What did Cecilia Payne discover
about the sun ?
q. What did Amelia Jenks Bloomer
advocate?
r. In which magazine did Donyale
Luna appear ? Why was this
important?
s. Which famous book did Harriet
Beecher Stowe write?
t. What was the name of the secret
routes used by slaves to escape?
u. When and where did Harriet
Robinson start work?
v. How did Lilian Rolfe die?
w. What was Linda Brent’s real name?
What was the name of her famous
book?
x. Why did Rosa Parks become
famous?
y. Which was Nina Simone’s
favourite instrument?
z. Which two important prizes did
Tony Morrison win?

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Activity 4
Reading comprehension
International Women's
Day
International Women's Day (IWD) is marked on March 8 every year. Countries around
the world celebrate IWD to give credit to the economic, political and social
achievements of women and to show respect to their contributions in the development
of their countries. The IWD was first celebrated on 19 March 1911 in Germany
following a declaration by the Socialist Party of America. It's only in the beginning of the
20th century that the day was officially and internationally acknowledged due to the
rapid industrialization and the social protest that it accompanied.
On this day women are usually given flowers and small gifts. It is also celebrated as an
equivalent of Mother's Day in some countries. Children also give small gifts to their
mothers and grandmothers. In countries like Portugal, it is customary, at the night of 8
March, for groups of women to celebrate the holiday with women-only dinners and
parties. In 1975, the United Nations gave official sanction to and started financing
International Women's Day.
Although, women are becoming more powerful in business, entertainment, politics and
many more areas, there are still a lot of inequalities around the world which call for the
mobilization of everybody to grant women the proper status they merit.
Source: Wikipedia
1. When was the first IWD celebrated?
a. In the end of the 20th century
b. In the middle of the 20th century
c. Early in the 20th century.
2. Social unrest and industrialization were some of the causes that led to IWD
a. True
b. False
3. The IWD is celebrated _____ around the world
a. similarly
b. differently

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4. Women still need to fight
a. for more equality
b. for higher wages

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Activity 5
Wordsearch 5

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Activity 6
Listening comprehension
Listen and answer these questions
women.mp3
a. When is women’s day?
b. Where is it celebrated?
c. Why is it celebrated?
d. Where is a national holiday?
e. How long have we been celebrating women’s day?
f. When was the first women’s day?
g. Which country was the first to give women the right to
vote?
h. When were women in Britain given the right to vote? How
old did they have to be?
i. What is difficult for women nowadays?
j. What is the percentage of women’s work force in the world?
k. How much (%) do women earn globally?
l. Is the speaker optimistic about women’s situation for the
future?
Source: http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/pages/level3.shtml