Primary
US National Archives

Nara: Martha Griffiths and the Equal Rights Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
A good look at the way the Equal Rights Amendment moved through Congress. Find images of the discharge petition and joint resolution
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Testimony Before the Senate Hearings on the Equal Rights Amendment

For Students 11th - 12th
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...
Handout
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Moving Toward Equality Under Law

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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, students will "understand the societal role of women from 1840 to 1920" and explore the history of...
Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Petition Signed by Thomas A. Edison

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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....