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US National Archives
Nara: Martha Griffiths and the Equal Rights Amendment
A good look at the way the Equal Rights Amendment moved through Congress. Find images of the discharge petition and joint resolution
CommonLit
Common Lit: Testimony Before the Senate Hearings on the Equal Rights Amendment
A learning module that begins with "Testimony Before the Senate Hearings on the Equal Rights Amendment" by Gloria Steinem, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed...
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Moving Toward Equality Under Law
As new free and slave states were admitted to the Union prior to the Civil War, political divisions kept growing, despite attempts to balance the numbers of each. The South pushed for slavery to expand westward, while anti-slavery...
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less
Primary sources reveal the true resistance suffragists faced as they fought for women's right to vote. Through this collection of lessons, students will "understand the societal role of women from 1840 to 1920" and explore the history of...
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Petition Signed by Thomas A. Edison
What a surprise to read about the several controversies engendered by the request that the Columbian Exposition be open on Sundays. This lesson plan examines the background of the main controversy and its relation to the First Amendment....