International Women’s Day: The Hall of Innovation – March Monthly Museum Minecraft - Virtual

A Minecraft screenshot of a rotunda made of white stone, beyond which are hallways leading to museum displays

Category

Virtual Lessons with ROM Educators

Duration

1 hour

Audience

Educators, Schools

Age

7-14

Grades

3-8

Subjects

Art & Culture, Canada, General, History, Language, Science, Science & Technology, Social Sciences & Humanities, Social Studies, The Arts

About this Lesson

Learn how women’s invention and innovation is represented at ROM, and turn those innovations into a display in the Minecraft Hall of Innovation.

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The Hall of Innovation has too many empty spaces. It’s up to us to fill it!

Join Museum Educators and Minecraft Mentors as we explore different galleries at ROM to showcase examples of women’s invention and innovation. Once we learn how women’s discoveries are represented in the galleries, we'll head to the Minecraft Hall of Innovation to make our own museum displays that shine a spotlight on the works of these remarkable women.

You’ll need curiosity and creativity to rise to this challenge. Are you up for it?

This lesson can be done on its own, but we will be adding to the work we did in the Hall of Innovation last month for Black History Month.
 

 

Delivery LanguageThis lesson is offered in English only
Activities
  • Visit galleries at ROM to showcase examples of innovation and invention by women.
  • Build Minecraft displays to shine a spotlight on the women studied.
  • Use the Minecraft camera and book to write museum labels for each display.
FormatVirtual Lesson
Duration1 hour
PricingFree
Minimum Groupn/a
Maximum GroupUnlimited

Available Dates

  • March 11, 2026 – 9:30 AM
  • After the live lesson airs, classes may register to view the recording.

Learning Goals

Examine examples of women’s invention and innovation that are represented by objects, collections, and programs at ROM.

Represent these achievements through the creative and innovative use of blocks and other items in Minecraft.

Use descriptive and summarizing language to explain their Minecraft creations via label displays for the Hall of Innovation.

French Classes

Minecraft screenshot of a person with glasses talking about innovation in a dialogue bubble

While the virtual lesson is only offered in English for now, you can follow this tutorial to translate the game language into French. 

Dialogue in this Minecraft World will appear in English only if the game settings are switched to French (Canada). However, engagement with the in-game dialogue is not necessary in order to complete this lesson

Preparation

Preparation:

Students should be comfortable with the basics of Minecraft, including movement and the breaking and placing of blocks. Students should also be familiar with using the camera and book & quill to document learning.

New to Minecraft?

We recommend that students are familiar with the basic Minecraft controls taught in the How to Play tutorials in the Minecraft Lesson Library, particularly:

You can also check out our New to Minecraft section on our Minecraft Program Support site.

Requirements

Class set of devices with Minecraft Education installed. 

Minecraft Licenses are not provided by ROM. They must be provided by your school or board, or through the Camps and Clubs program for homeschool or other educators.

Supporting Materials

Curriculum Connections

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