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Books & Reading

Do you think women treat the right to vote flippantly?

What would the framers of the Constitution say about women suffrage?

Why did the suffragettes not gain suffrage before World War I?

Can you name two times that suffrage has been expanded since the creation of the Constitution?


Women's Fight for the Vote: The Nineteenth Amendment


 

Ratifying the Constitution Signing the Constitution Delegates to the Constitutional Convention The Work Begins Writing the Constitution The Great Compromise Bill of Rights Powers of the Federal Government The Three Branches of Government Checks and Balances Amendments Women - The Right to Vote

 
Women - The Right to Vote

Compare The Suffrage Movement In Two Different Countries
Select two nations and research the drive for women's voting rights in each country. Who were the key suffragists? How were the movements similar and in what ways were they distinctively different?

Create a Poster Promoting Women's Suffrage Movement
Imagine living in a time before women had the right to vote. Create a poster that promotes a woman's right to vote.

Glass Slippers Just Won't Do
http://www.sitesbysheridan.com/webquest/introduction.html
WebQuest - Includes tasks for solving contemporary problems, evaluating history, dealing with life's realities and sparking the imagination.

Inside the Voting Booth
http://www.pbs.org/democracy/kids/vote/index.html
In this online game, students use a "voting time machine" to learn about suffrage and voting history. Students print out a "voter registration card" reminding them to register when they turn 18.

Sufferin' Till Suffrage
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/7316/Suff.html
Using music to teach social studies.

Suffrage Movement and the Amendments

Suffrage Movement Multiple-choice Quiz #1 Suffrage Movement Multiple-choice Quiz #2 Suffrage Movement Multiple-choice Quiz #3

Multiple-choice Quizzes - Test your knowledge about the suffrage movement era from 1848 to 1928 by clicking one of the three images above.

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Women were the first protest group in U.S. history to picket the White House. Since then this tactic has been used by many groups to protest for rights.

Surf with Uncle Sam
Surf with Uncle Sam

Word Spy
Word Spy

Projects You Can Do

Describe the events of the suffrage movement by publishing a class newspaper.

Compare and contrast life for women in the era of the suffragettes and now.

Use the Internet and other sources to find out when women got the right to vote in each state and why the western states gave suffrage before the eastern states did.

Make a map of the United States showing the dates when suffrage was granted.

 

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