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Women's Suffrage and the 19th Amendment Lesson PlanWomen's Suffrage and the 19th Amendment Lesson Plan
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C-SPAN
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9th - Higher Ed
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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Duration
1 hr 30 mins
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Direct Instruction
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Video
Year
2021
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Women's Suffrage and the 19th Amendment

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This Women's Suffrage and the 19th Amendment lesson plan also includes:
  • Bell Ringer: The Process of Amending the Constitution
  • Women's Suffrage Handout
  • Video Clip 1: Woman's Suffrage and the 19th Amendment
  • Video Clip 2: Women's Rights before Suffrage
  • Video Clip 3: Women's Suffrage before the 19th Amendment
  • Video Clip 4: American and British Suffrage Movements
  • Video Clip 5: African-Americans and the Women's Suffrage Movement
  • Video Clip 6: The National Woman's Party and Alice Paul
  • Video Clip 7: Women's Suffrage and the March on Washington
  • Video Clip 8: National Woman's Party and Lobbying
  • Video Clip 9: The Passage of the 19th Amendment and the Equal Rights Amendment
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The right to vote was hard-won after decades of organizing by women and their allies. Using a series of video clips featuring women's historians, class members consider the efforts behind the Nineteenth Amendment. Possible extension activities include research into other women's movements or a variety of writing prompts.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

women's movements, women's history, women's rights, women's suffrage, the nineteenth amendment, famous african americans, woodrow wilson, equal rights, constitutional amendments

Instructional Ideas

  • Use note-taking activities as discussion prompts
  • Extend the activity by researching other women's movements, such as the push for the Equal Rights Amendment

Classroom Considerations

  • Learners must be able to view the clips independently to complete the questions

Pros

  • Extension activities offer a range of options for assessment
  • Note-taking questions help guide exploration of the content

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.7 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.7 RH.11-12.10

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