Three days ago, Mia Mottley won a historic third consecutive term as Prime Minister of Barbados. Her party swept all 30 seats in Parliament. For the third time. She is the longest-serving female head of state in the world.
Most students will never hear her name.
Mottley stood at COP26 and told world leaders that two degrees of warming was a death sentence for island nations. She launched the Bridgetown Initiative to restructure how wealthy nations loan money to disaster-hit countries. She led Barbados from a constitutional monarchy to a republic. She is now being discussed as a candidate for the next Secretary-General of the United Nations.
On January 25, three weeks before the election, I created a Women's History Month lesson plan about Mia Mottley for grades 6 through 8. I built it because she is exactly the kind of leader textbooks skip. A Black Caribbean woman is reshaping global policy from an island of 283,000 people.
History confirmed what the lesson already taught.
The Mia Mottley lesson is part of our Women's History Month curriculum at The Garvey Classroom. Nine women. Nine lessons. From Harriet Tubman to Shirley Chisholm to Mia Mottley. SEL-integrated. Evidence-based. Ready to teach.
Women's History Month starts in two weeks. You will be ready!
See the full curriculum and get the lesson plans here: https://thegarveyclassroom.com/womens-history-month/
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