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This Stacey Abrams: Changing the Trajectory of Protecting People’s Voices and Votes lesson plan also includes:
- Timeline PowerPoint (.pptx)
- What Do You Already Know? (.docx)
- Stacey Abrams: "What we’re watching in 2020 is the pinnacle" of voter suppression
- The Vote | American Experience | PBS
- "And She Could Be Next" Documentary Clip
- Stacey Abrams: Our Time Is Now
- The Fight to Vote: America's Turbulent Voting Rights History [Interactive Timeline]
- Formative Assessment #1: Mini-Research Project Annotation Template for Journal Article (.docx)
- Formative Assessment #2: Changing the Narrative Activity (.docx)
- Summative Assessment: Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Poster (.pdf)
- Exit Ticket: Student Survey—Lesson Follow-up (.pdf)
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In this project-based learning lesson, young social scientists investigate Stacey Abrams' campaign to protect the voting rights of people across the nation. Investigators learn how to annotate assigned articles, watch videos, and collect evidence for a final call-to-action project.
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Instructional Ideas
- Have the class investigate the issues Abrams faced in her runs for governor in Georgia and the current controversies about voting access
- Perform the lesson in March, Women's History Month
Classroom Considerations
- The lesson can be expanded to an entire unit
- Requires copies and projection equipment for the videos
- Pupils need access to devices with internet
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- The resource provides step-by-step directions and offers suggested commentary
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