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Curated OER

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners use events of the time to illustrate the significance of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March.
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Curated OER

Famous Women and Human Rights

For Teachers 4th
Student identify a famous woman who has fought for a human rights cause. They research the woman and identify the cause she fought for. They organize and display information about their famous woman on a poster.
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Curated OER

Money Madness

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review coins and their values. In this coin recognition lesson, 2nd graders review the coin values as they read 'Smart' by Shel Silverstein. Students use class computer demonstrations to identify the coin's names, worth,...
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Susan B. Anthony

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
In this lesson, students will learn about Susan B. Anthony and her fight for what she believed in. Students will identify Susan B. Anthony's actions that make her an agent for change.
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University of Maryland

Voices of Democracy: Susan B. Anthony, Is It a Crime for a u.s. Citizen to Vote

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Resource features the full text of Susan B. Anthony's speech along with an essay offering critical analyses, lesson plans for high school teachers, classroom activities, and suggested reading materials.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Susan B. Anthony Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
The papers of reformer and suffragist Susan B. Anthony span the period 1846-1934 with the bulk of the material dating from 1846 to 1906. The collection, consisting of approximately 500 items, includes correspondence, diaries, a daybook,...
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Other

University of Michigan: Susan B. Anthony House: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive site devoted to the life and causes of Susan B. Anthony.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Life's Work of Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Life's Work of Susan B. Anthony" with excerpts from various sources, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Petition From Susan B. Anthony to u.s. Congress

For Teachers 9th - 10th
See Anthony's 1874 petition to Congress in complaint against her arrest and fine for having voted in an 1872 election. From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Treasures: Susan B. Anthony, Defendant

For Students 9th - 10th
Susan B. Anthony's own copy of her trial proceedings. Content includes a description of the exhibit, as well as many pictures.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
Read women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony's 1873 speech on women's right to vote, given the year after she was arrested for casting an illegal vote in the presidential election.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Susan B. Anthony, Defendant

For Students 9th - 10th
This site at the Library of Congress includes information on Anthony's trial in 1873 for her attempt to vote the year before. There is a graphic of her own copy of "An Account on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony" as well as other...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Working for Freedom: Susan B. Anthony [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" designed to aid understanding of Susan B. Anthony's contributions to the women's suffrage movement. Students will look at the language of the...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed look at the life of Susan B. Anthony. Highlights her accomplishments as well as her involvement with the women's rights movement.
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PBS

Pbs: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
Features detailed biographical information on women's rights leaders, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Follow key events in the suffrage movement, examine historical documents and essays, and take a look at where women are...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
See a sculptured bust and read a brief biography of Susan B. Anthony, foremost supporter of women's suffrage.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Today in History: March 8: Susan B. Anthony Makes a Statement

For Students 9th - 10th
This article details Susan B. Anthony's speech to the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives on March 8, 1884 about women's right to vote. Includes a portrait of the activist and quotes from her speech.
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Other

Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership

For Students 9th - 10th
Resources, such as a timeline of women's struggle for equality in America, on topics related to the history of women in the United States. Also find information on two nineteenth-century rights activists, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906 CE), the reformer and political writer who, with the help of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the National Woman Suffrage Association.
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Rutgers University

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Papers Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Find documents by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in the extensive collection from Rutgers University.
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University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of an article by Susan B. Anthony which was originally printed in "The Revolution," in 1868. The article is titled, "Is it a Crime for a Citizen of the United States to Vote?" The text can be read online or downloaded in either PDF...
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Other

Susan B. Anthony House: Her Story

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed biography of Susan B. Anthony provides sections that focus on her work as an abolitionist, education reformer, labor activist, temperance worker, suffragist, and women's rights campaigner.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Excerpt From "Susan B. Anthony, the Woman"

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "Excerpt from 'Susan B. Anthony, the Woman'" by Helen Dare, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Agent Pincher: The Case of the Missing Susan B. Anthony Dollar

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Agent Penn E. Pincher is again called out on a case. It seems that in 1979 the U.S. Bureau of Engraving launched a new one-dollar coin. However, most citizens haven't seen it in several years. This case may be from the cold case files....

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