Let’s make March easy! Get classroom-ready resources to teach with film across the curriculum for Women’s History Month, Music in Our Schools Month, Pi Day (yes, you can teach math with film!), Ramadan, World Poetry Day and more!
March Special Event Highlights
Women’s History Month: Free Resources for Women’s History Month + our new Women’s History Resource Collection
Music in Our Schools Month: Chevalier, Defiant Requiem, Landfill Harmonic, Summer of Soul, The Music of Strangers
Ramadan: Teach about Islam with Film
March 14 Pi Day: Teach Math with Film
March 20 International Day of Happiness: Happy (the Happy movie!)
March Monthly Teaching Themes
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month: Crip Camp
Gender Equality Month + Equal Pay Day falls in March (the date changes each year): Films with Gender Equity-themed lessons – He Named Me Malala, Hidden Figures, Jane, Rebel Hearts, The Neighborhood Storyteller.
- Learn more about teaching with Jane with our article at Share My Lesson: Inspiring a Love of Nature and Learning: Celebrating Jane Goodall.
National Reading Month: Boost Student Engagement with Film and Book Pairings
March Weekly Teaching Themes
Brain Awareness Week March 10-16, 2025 : Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down – Aphasia, Happy – The Psychology of Happiness, Like Stars on Earth – How the Brain Works, The Dhamma Brothers – Meditation and the Brain
LGBTQ Health Awareness Week March 17-21: Finding Pride, The Invisible Shield
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination March 21-27 + March 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Chevalier, Hidden Figures, Just Mercy, LA92, Summer of Soul, The Dhamma Brothers, Unzipped, Youth v Gov
*History teachers may also find our Black History Lesson collection helpful.
March Special Teaching Days
March 1 Zero Discrimination Day: What Are Prejudice, Stereotyping And Discrimination? (Video), The Invisible Shield (about social inequities and public health)
March 1 Read Across America Day: Boost Student Engagement with Film and Book Pairings
March 3 World Wildlife Day: Jane, River of Gold — or check out our Celebration of Nature Collection which introduces students to Bugs, Chimpanzees and the Natural World of the Amazon, with resources for grades 3 to 7.
- Learn more about teaching with Jane with our article at Share My Lesson: Inspiring a Love of Nature and Learning: Celebrating Jane Goodall.
March 4 World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development: The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
March 5 (2025)* Equal Pay Day: Hidden Figures, Jane.
- Learn more about teaching with Jane with our article at Share My Lesson: Inspiring a Love of Nature and Learning: Celebrating Jane Goodall.
*This date changes each year.
March 8 International Women’s Day: Women’s History Resources + 10 Documentary Films That Celebrate Women of Faith
March 14 Hindu Festival of Holi (2025): The Story of God
March 15 International Day to Combat Islamophobia: Countering Islamophobia Through Film, 10 Documentary Films That Celebrate Women of Faith (includes great films about women in Islam).
March 15 World Consumer Rights Day: River of Gold (about consumer rights to ethically sourced gold)
March 15 International Long Covid Awareness Day: The Invisible Shield
March 19 National Agriculture Day: Greener Pastures
March 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Chevalier, Hidden Figures, Just Mercy, LA92, Summer of Soul, The Dhamma Brothers, Unzipped
*History teachers may also find our Black History Lesson collection helpful.
March 21 World Poetry Day: The Prophet
March 21 International Day of Forests: Learn about Forests for Earth Day and Every Day
March 22 World Water Day: River of Gold
March 23 Earth Hour: Environmental Studies Collection
March 23 World Meteorological Day: Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops
March 30 International Day of Zero Waste: Landfill Harmonic
March 30 Doctor’s Day: The Invisible Shield
March 31 International Day of Transgender Visibility: Finding Pride
