Voting Rights Lesson Plans

Students examine the suffrage struggle of African Americans. In this American history lesson, students research primary documents regarding the strategies used by African Americans to secure the right to vote during the Civil Rights Movement. Students analyze the success of the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

Young scholars read about women gaining the right to vote. In this choral reading lesson, students break into groups and read the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. After reading young scholars discuss their thoughts about the reading and where expression should be placed while reading. Students create a timeline and write the amendment in their own words.

Students discover one of the big restrictions forced on women of the early 1900's.  In this civil rights lesson, students investigate Suffrage, and why women were not allowed to vote in the early 20th century. Students create a mock campaign in support of Women's right to vote using posters and PowerPoint.

Students study the decisions and solutions involved in winning the right to vote.They read background information on the fight for women's suffrage and its eventual success in the United States and around the world and write a persuasive essay on why women should or should not be allowed to vote.

Students explore websites are about Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and women's suffrage and read about how these women were important leaders in the movement that got women the right to vote.

Students participate in a simulation and compare and contrast the arguments for and against womens' right to vote. In this civil rights lesson, students simulate disenfranchisement of women by allowing only half of the class to vote on a topic. Students read background information on women's suffrage and view a biographical film on Catt and take notes. Students  prepare cases and debate women's right to vote.

Learners discuss the right to vote and the significance of mid-term elections. They research and discuss mid-term issues and the importance of voting in these elections.

Tenth graders research the history of women's suffrage. They develop and form opinions on the right to vote. They discuss the many factors that influence voting and how other countries view women's suffrage.

The class analyzes a series of documents intended to show the events that lead to women gaining the right to vote. They play a Tic-Tac-Toe style game, make a time line with sequencing cards, and review the 4 steps of social change. Materials are available by clicking on the links located on the right hand side of the lesson.

Young scholars identify the literary elements of a selection of historical fiction. They compare and contrast women's roles in the past and now. They apply the basic principles of democracy when reviewing the right to vote.