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Constitutional Rights Foundation: Developments in Democracy ActivityConstitutional Rights Foundation: Developments in Democracy Activity
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9th - 10th
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Constitutional Rights Foundation: Developments in Democracy

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Activity for high school students in which they apply Constitutional reasoning to explore the topic of equality for women and debate the necessity of an Equal Rights Amendment. Site provides comprehensive background and resource material for research. Individual, group and whole class components.

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equality for women, developments in democracy, equal rights amendment, feminist movement

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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