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Women Today: An Editorial

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students complete Internet research to write an editorial about a topic relating to the women's rights movement and the issues presently surrounding women's rights in America and around the world.
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National Woman's History Museum

Susan B. Anthony: She's Worth a Mint!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A instructional activity all about Susan B. Anthony showcases the Civil Rights leader's contributions towards equality. A Susan B. Anthony coin sparks engagement. Scholars take part in a discussion that sheds light on what being an agent...
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Digital Public Library of America

The Poetry of Emily Dickinson

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Are you contemplating a poetry study featuring Emily Dickinson? Finding good primary sources to accompany the study can be a challenge—never fear, help is here! Check out this primary source set that includes manuscripts of several of...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Cultural Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers research the passage of the 19th Amendment as an illustration of the mutual influence between political ideas and cultural attitudes. They also read the Seneca Falls Declaration and explore the cultural shifts it both...
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Curated OER

Exploring Women's History

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read and analyze Jessie Benton Fremont's travelogue of her trip out west in 1849 to identify the gender roles, social attitudes and class distinctions of the time. They then adapt the the travelogue into a film script.
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Northshore School District

American Voices and Their Audiences

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
Those new to teaching an AP level language and composition prep course and seasoned veterans will find much to treasure in a unit that is designed to help young language scholars develop the skills they need to analyze the language...
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Curated OER

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper" -- The "New Woman"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the roles of women in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. They identify how class and nationality affected a woman's place in society. They also discover women's resistance to change during the time period.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students recognize that all people have rights and should be treated equal, describe some ways that women's rights have changed through time, and identify the contributions Elizabeth Stanton has made to womens' rights.
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Mr. Nussbaum

Susan B. Anthony

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
An interactive reading practice focuses on Susan B. Anthony. Scholars read an informational text, then answer 10 questions.
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Academy of American Poets

Teach This Poem: "When Fannie Lou Hamer Said" by Mahogany L. Browne

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
After watching an excerpt from a video of Fannie Lou Hamer's testimony before Congress, pupils do a close reading of Mahogany L. Browne's poem "When Fannie Lou Hamer Said," annotate words and phrases that draw their attention and list...
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Curated OER

Winning the Vote for Women

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students read and respond to the text, Mama Went to Jail for the Vote. In this literary response instructional activity, students are introduced to vocabulary terms and read the book. Students discuss various text-to-self connections...
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Curated OER

Susan B. Anthony, Activist

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine Susan B. Anthony's life and causes she worked for. In this Susan B. Anthony lesson, students work in groups to research the activist roles of Susan B. Anthony and decide if she was a philanthropist. Students look into...
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Comparing and Contrasting

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Analyze historical biographies. Young scholars compare and contrast the biographies of Susan B. Anthony and Pat Nixon. They construct graphic organizers, answer critical thinking questions, complete a formative assessment.
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Curated OER

Who Represents You?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students investigate Congress and how individuals are represented in this Country.  In this government instructional activity, students complete worksheets research government web sites to determine which senators and congressmen...
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Curated OER

Susan B. Anthony Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students demonstrate reading comprehension skills, including reading strategies, inference, literal meaning, and critical analysis.
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Curated OER

Progressive Newspapers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars 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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Integrity - Stanton Style

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the contributions of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In this character education instructional activity, students read a handout regarding Stanton's life. Learners respond to discussion questions regarding her philanthropic work.
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Curated OER

Sojourner Truth, African American Woman of the 19th Century

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine Sojourner Truth's philanthropist acts during her life. They discover that everyone has the right to be heard by their government. They compare and contrast the woman's movement and the anti-slavery movement.
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Curated OER

Just a Spoonful of Rights Makes the Responsibility Go 'Round

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. For this service learning lesson, students define rights and responsibilities. Students discuss the role of philanthropy in contributing to the common good. They also review historical...
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Curated OER

The Great Gatsby: Primary Sources from the Roaring Twenties

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research the Roaring Twenties. In this 1920's America lesson, students analyze primary sources to develop an understanding of lifestyles and values of the era as they read F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
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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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Education World

Every Day Edit - Elizabeth Cady Stanton

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Education World

Every Day Edit - Jeannette Rankin

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing activity, 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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Stowe's Reviewers

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars read, evaluate and respond to both positive and negative reviews of Harriet Beecher Stow's, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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