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Women's History: Parading Through History Lesson PlanWomen's History: Parading Through History Lesson Plan
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PBS
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Duration
2 days
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Women's History: Parading Through History

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This Women's History: Parading Through History lesson plan also includes:
  • Propaganda Analysis Guide (.pdf)
  • Mock Convention Planner (.pdf)
  • Season 9, Episode 10: Suffrage Pennant
  • Transcript - Season 9, Episode 10: Suffrage Pennant
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Want to teach your pupils about debate, effective speech techniques, propaganda, and the women's movement? The first in a sequential series of three, scholars analyze real propaganda images from the the historic women's movement, view a video, and then conduct a mock classroom convention.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

women's history, women's history month, women's movements, women's rights, women's suffrage, famous women

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Relate the women's movement to well-known events of activism today
  • Differentiate for English learners by providing fill-in-the-blank notes during the video portion

Classroom Considerations

  • Work with the debate or speech department to help learners prepare 
  • A small amount of prep work, such as finding important images on the Internet, may take some time before presenting to the class
  • This content requires Adobe Flash to view

Pros

  • Offers ideas for extended learning beyond the activities
  • Develops primary source analysis skills as well as public speaking skills
  • Fosters a collaborative and open classroom environment

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.6-8.6 RH.6-8.7 RH.6-8.9 RH.9-10.6 RH.9-10.7 RH.9-10.9 RH.11-12.6 RH.11-12.7 RH.11-12.9

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