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Students discuss the history and importance of voting. For this voting lesson, students research the women's suffrage movement and the methods used to change people's beliefs about suffrage for women. Students also create posters to encourage people to vote.

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women's suffrage, women's rights, elections, voting

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election, voting, women's suffrage movement, social studies
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Grade
3rd - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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