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Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less Lesson PlanWomen's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less Lesson Plan
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Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less

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Students explore women's rights. In this women's history lesson, students examine primary and secondary sources regarding the women's suffrage movement in the United States. Students compare and contrast the states' methods for achieving suffrage with the national methods.

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women's suffrage, women's rights, women's history

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seneca falls convention, women's history, women's rights, women's suffrage, social studies
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
14 days
Instructional Strategy
Research
Usage Permissions
Public Domain

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