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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chapter 13 – Progressivism

For Students 9th - 12th
In this U.S. history instructional activity, students read assigned textbook pages regarding Progressivsim and respond to 48 short answer questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

We the People. . .

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the United States Constitution. In this government activity, students write newspaper editorials that reflect their opinions about Amendments.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Early Suffragists

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars research early suffragists in an effort to find the most influential leader of the movement. They give presentations and the class chooses a winner. They write letters to the postmaster suggesting they be placed on a stamp.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's Not Just a Man's World

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students demonstrate competence in the general skills and strategies of the reading process. They summarize information learned from their assigned text. They identify ways in which the actions of particular individuals influence their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Progressive Newspapers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a newspaper on local, state and national issues in the muckracking style of progessive era journalism. They research the style by reading articles from the time period on women's sufrage, child labor laws and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Find the Main Idea

For Students 7th - 9th
Can your class find the main idea for the short passages provided here? Not only do they identify the main idea out of four selections, but they must also write a supporting idea for their choice. The answer sheet provides example...
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Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - Jeannette Rankin

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing worksheet, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the first woman in Congress. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Constitutional Amendments and Gay Marriage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study the legal battles involving same-sex marriage. They examine primary sources and a video regarding the 14th amendment and its implications for gay marriage. They analyze a report of a California case that was sent to...
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Lesson Plan
Middle Tennessee State University

Fights, Freedom, and Fraud: Voting Rights in the Reconstruction Era

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
As part of a study of post Civil War era, young historians investigate the changes in voting rights during the Reconstruction Era (1863-1876), the fraud involved in the Hayes-Tilden presidential election of 1876, and efforts by Pap...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Race and Voting in the Segregated South

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the history of African American voting rights. In this voting rights lesson, students listen to a lecture on African American voting rights between the years 1890 and 1965. Students respond to discussion questions...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

United States Pride

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders learn the responsibility of citizenship and learn facts about a state they choose to research.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

People From American History

For Students 4th
In this social studies worksheet, 4th graders will gain an understanding of nine famous Americans and their accomplishments to society. Students will complete nine fill in the blank statements about each individual.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Seeing the Other Side

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the concept of justice. In this fairness lesson, students explore just and unjust activities they have observed in the world. Students attempt to look at both sides of stories.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Before Rosa Parks: Upper Grades Activity: Frances Watkins Harper

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the rhetorical strategies Frances Watkins Harper used, such as tone, emotional appeal and descriptive language
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Segregated America

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners investigate Jim Crow laws. In this segregation lesson, students analyze images that display American segregation. Learners use the provided questions to aid them in their evaluation of the images.
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Website
US National Archives

Our Documents: 19th Amendment to the u.s. Const.

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a good overview of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It gives background information on women's suffrage, provides the transcript of the actual document, and allows you to view an image of the document.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Women's Suffrage: 19th Amendment Campaign

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection that uses primary sources to explore the campaign for women's suffrage through the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Primary sources reveal the true resistance suffragists faced as they fought for women's right to vote. Through this collection of lessons, young scholars will "understand the societal role of women from 1840 to 1920" and explore the...
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Website
Other

Feminist.com: Taking a New Look at the Woman Suffrage Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
An article on the historical aspects of the women's suffrage movement, with a feminist viewpoint.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Women's Suffrage at Last

For Students 5th - 8th
Trace the history of the women's suffrage movement from its organized beginnings in 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention to the final success with the adoption of the 19th Amendment, which constitutionally granted women the right vote.
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Handout
Rutgers University

Rutgers: Timeline of the Women's Suffrage Movement in the u.s.

For Students 9th - 10th
Timeline of events relating to women's suffrage from 1848-1920 ending with the passage of the 19th amendment.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Petition From Susan B. Anthony to u.s. Congress

For Teachers 9th - 10th
See Anthony's 1874 petition to Congress in complaint against her arrest and fine for having voted in an 1872 election. From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
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Handout
US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Petition to u.s. Senate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Take a look at a 1917 anti-suffrage petition submitted to Congress by the Anti-Suffrage Party of New York that this site provides from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
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Handout
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Nineteenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides the 19th Amendment and a short history of the women's suffrage movement state by state.