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The Struggle for Human Rights
Tenth graders identify and clarify a problem, an issue, or an inquiry. They identify the changing nature of families and women's roles in Canadian society. Pupils assess the interaction between Aboriginal people and Europeans. ...
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Debating Women's Rights
Third graders, in groups, debate Women's Rights and compare women of the past to the women of the present.
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Famous Women and Human Rights
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.
Center for History Education
Native American Gender Roles in Maryland
Toss gender roles out the window—some societies lived in a world where women not only possessed the family wealth but also were the farmers and butchers. Many Native American societies had more gender equity than European societies....
Learning for Justice
Mary McLeod Bethune
Young historians conduct a close reading of the text of an interview with Mary McLeod Bethune, the daughter of former slaves who taught herself to read, grew up to establish schools for other Black women, and went on to become an advisor...
Learning for Justice
Mary Church Terrell
Excerpts from an 1898 speech by civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell offers young scholars an opportunity to investigate how Black American women fought for civil rights long before Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement of the...
US Institute of Peace
Governance, Corruption and Conflict Simulation on Nepal
Can your class help the people of Nepal? Scholars take an in-depth look into the social injustices and struggling economy of a country in turmoil during a multi-day role-playing exercise. After reviewing information on the problems...
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Suffragettes
Students discover details about women's suffrage in Britain. In this women's right lesson, students examine a political cartoon that serves as a discussion starter for the suffrage movement in Britain. Students evaluate the strategies...
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What is Suffrage? Understanding the Right to Vote
Learners discover one of the restrictions forced on women of the early 1900s. In this civil rights instructional activity, students investigate suffrage and why women were not allowed to vote in the early twentieth century. Learners...
Education World
Every Day Edit - Women Get the Vote
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about suffrage. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
Alabama Department of Archives and History
What Were They Thinking? Why Some Some Alabamians Opposed the 19th Amendment
To better understand the debate over the 19th Amendment, class members examine two primary source documents that reveal some of the social, economic, racial, and political realities of the time period.
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Going to Bat for Girls
Students explore gender equality. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students listen to a lecture regarding a family's struggles with inequality. Students respond to discussion questions following the lecture.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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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Segregation: From Jim Crow to Linda Brown
Students examine the African American social, economic, and political conditions between 1896 and 1953. In this segregation lesson, students analyze primary sources to develop an understanding of the plight of African Americans'...
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Rights and the Wyandotte Constitution
Students use graphic organizers to analyze the Wyandotte Constitution. They read and discuss the Wyandotte Constitution, identify the civil rights granted to the people of Kansas and consider exceptions based on gender and race.
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Looking for Heroes
Students explain the importance of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March and the long term impact in the US of non violent civic participation.
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The Role of Japanese Women through Art
Learners examine the role of women in Japan through Art and create collages using learned knowledge that depict the role of women in America today in this exciting Art or Social Studies instructional activity.
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Active Viewing: Eyes on the Prize "Awakenings"
Dive deeper into the Montgomery Bus Boycott with this multi-stage lesson, centered on the essential question: Why did the boycott last so long? Historians investigate the Jim Crow south through a video clip (not included), then analyze...
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The Quality of Equality
Students are introduced to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. They relate it to their own rights, freedoms, and responsibilities as Canadian citizens. They create pictures illustrating equality.
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Medieval Families and the Role of Women
Fifth graders compare families of the past and families of today. In this medieval families lesson, 5th graders complete a chart to compare lives (work, marriage, names, etc) as well as the role of women during the time period. Students...
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Women's History Crossword
In this women's history instructional activity, students complete a 14 word crossword puzzle, using clues given at the bottom of the page about women's history.
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Women's History Spiral Puzzle Worksheet
In this women's history puzzle worksheet, students complete a puzzle, using a set of 8 clues given at the bottom of the page.
American Institute of Physics
The Black Scientific Renaissance of the 1970s-90s: African American Scientists at Bell Laboratories
A two-part lesson asks young scientists to research the contributions of African American scientists at Bell Laboratories. After presenting their findings, class members watch two demonstrations that introduce them to total internal...
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Suffrage - When, Where, and Obstacles to Overcome
Tenth graders research the history of women's suffrage. They develop and form opinions on the right to vote. They discuss the many factors that influence voting and how other countries view women's suffrage.