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Curated OER

Seeing the Other Side

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils examine the concept of justice. In this fairness lesson plan, students explore just and unjust activities they have observed in the world. Pupils attempt to look at both sides of stories.
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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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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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US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Ratification of the 19th Amendment, Tennessee

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Check out this National Archives and Records (NARA) site to see the original Tennessee document ratifying the 19th Amendment. Also includes a short explanation as to why Tennessee's vote was so crucial.
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US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Primary documents related to women's suffrage in the 1800s are presented here accompanied by teaching ideas. There is a script called 'Failure is Impossible' that was commissioned by the National Archives, as well as petitions, proposed...
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US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment/lessons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This National Archives and Records Administration site briefly discusses the background of the 19th Amendment and offers primary sources, activities, and links to related web sited for educators and students.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: The Road to Suffrage

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will use the Suffrage Timeline to explore the women, ideas, and action that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 and discuss the Woman Suffrage Movement as a model for peaceful activism.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: 19th Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women voting rights.
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US National Archives

Nara: Featured Documents: The Constitution the 19th Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This National Records and Administration site provides a look at the original copy of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, which awarded women the right to vote in the United States.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Passage of the 19th Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Modern History Sourcebook of Fordham University comprises a series of articles from the New York Times detailing the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in Congress and the battle to get the...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. It guarantees that a person cannot be denied the right to vote based on their gender. Includes discussion of Susan B. Anthony's and Elizabeth Cady Stanton's contributions...
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University of Missouri

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Congressional Debates Over 19th Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a summary of the debate in Congressional hearings about women's suffrage from 1869-1893. It's interesting to see the arguments against the enfranchisement of women along side the reasons for giving women the vote.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History Unit: Period 7: 1890 1945: The Nineteenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 7: 1890-1945 in American History. The Nineteenth Amendment is discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Votes for Women: Suffrage Pictures 1850 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive and varied resource shares images of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. Conduct a keyword search to explore the collection.
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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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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Nineteenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the 19th Amendment and explanation of the text. Annenberg Classroom series Constitution Guide. Related videos and timeline.
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Other

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum: The Women's Suffrage Movement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two-part lesson plan teaches students about the impact of the Progressive Movement on women's suffrage. Students will learn about rights, reform, Woodrow Wilson, and the 19th Amendment. Links to related learning material for students and...
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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.
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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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PBS

Iowa Pathways: The Fight for Women's Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
The fight to give women the right to vote was fought in the states as much as at the federal level. Read about the history of women's suffrage in Iowa from 1868 until the adoption of the 19th Amendment.
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Library of Congress

Loc: One Hundred Years Toward Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
Abigail Adams, Sojourner Truth, and many other women played significant roles which led to the Nineteenth Amendment as highlighted in this time line.
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University of California

The History Project: Ideas and Strategies of the Woman Suffrage Movement

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Although the campaign for Woman Suffrage in the United States began with the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, six decades later the leaders of the movement could claim victories in only four, sparsely-populated Western states, Colorado,...
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: Government and Constitution: 19th Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of the 19th Amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Historic Women's Suffrage March on Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
On March 3, 1913, after months of strategic planning and controversy, thousands of women gathered in Washington D.C. for the Women's Suffrage Parade- the first mass protest for a woman's right to vote. Michelle Mehrtens details how the...