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Suffragists and Their Tactics

Suffragists and Their Tactics
Overview
Election Day

Women have been agents of change throughout American History.

In the following unit, students will work primarily with two American Memory Collections,"Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures: 1850-1920 and Votes for Women: 1848-1921, to understand how the suffragists of the early 20th century changed the requirements for voting in America.

Objectives

Students will:

  • analyze and interpret primary sources for content, audience, purpose, and point of view;
  • explain the different arguments and tactics used by the suffragists to bring about change; and
  • evaluate the efficacy of these arguments and tactics.

Time Required

5 - 6 class periods

 

Recommended Grade Level

 

10-12

Curriculum Fit

Modern American History: Progressive Reform
American Government: Suffrage

 
Standards

McREL 4th Edition Standards & Benchmarks

Historical Understanding
Standard 2. Understands the historical perspective

Language Arts
Standard 4. Gathers and uses information for research purposes
Standard 7. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts
Standard 9. Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media

US History
Standard 29. Understands the struggle for racial and gender equality and for the extension of civil liberties

Resources Used

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