Teaching and Learning
This fruit is a traditional gift for teachers.
What is an apple?
She founded Bethune-Cookman University and fought for Black women’s education.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
Quinta Brunson plays this cheerful teacher on Abbott Elementary.
Who is Janine Teagues?
She was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The national flower of the United States.
What is the rose?
NYC is home to the largest one of these in the U.S.
What is a school district?
Malala Yousafzai advocates for this cause.
What is girls’ right to education?
In Mean Girls, Ms. Norbury teaches this subject.
What is math?
The sorority founded in 1908 at Howard University that focuses on sisterhood and scholarship.
What is Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA)?
The only U.S. state named after a queen.
What is Virginia?
This term refers to a personalized education plan created for students with disabilities.
What is an IEP (Individualized Education Program)?
Known as the “Mother of Modern Nursing,” she emphasized education for women in medicine.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This Disney character lived a “double life” as a student and a pop star.
Who is Hannah Montana?
She is known as the “First Lady of Civil Rights” and refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This planet is called the “teacher planet” in astrology because it represents wisdom and growth.
What is Jupiter?
This U.S. law, passed in 2001, required states to set academic standards and test students regularly to measure school performance.
What is No Child Left Behind (NCLB)?
She was the first African American woman principal in a New York City public school
Who is Sarah Garnet?
Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles, worked in this profession before managing her daughter’s career.
What is a hairdresser/salon owner?
Ran the shortest political campaign in modern history
Who is Kamala Harris?
An adult human body has this many bones.
What is 206?
This woman, born enslaved in 1858, became the first Black woman in the U.S. to earn a B.A. and went on to become a teacher and activist.
Who is Mary Jane Patterson?
She was the first woman to run for president of the United States in 1872.
Who is Victoria Woodhull?
The only three women who have won the Grammy for Rap Album of the Year
Who are Lauryn Hill, Carbi B, and Doechii?
She was the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded in 1993.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This is the only letter not found in the name of any U.S. state.
What is Q?