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African American Civil Rights Movement
An excellent resource defines the African-American Civil Rights Movement from the early 1900s through the legacy left in modern times. Every major date, event, and key player is described under clear overarching categories. The NAACP,...
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Analysis Worksheet: The Supreme Court Declares that the Constitution Does Not Protect Women's Right to Vote
New ReviewIn this voting rights instructional activity, students read instructor-assigned pages about the Supreme Court decision that women did not have the right to vote and then respond to 3 short answer questions.
Student Handouts
Voting Rights Speech Before Congress
Is your class studying civil rights? Consider taking a look at President Lyndon B. Johnson's voting rights speech. This resource includes an abridged version and three related questions. Pupils consider Johnson's use of language and the...
Deliberating in a Democracy
Voting
Young scholars read about voting rights and compulsory voting in democracies. For this voting rights lesson plan, young scholars analyze the reasons for supporting and opposing compulsory voting and discuss whether compulsory voting is...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Celebrating the 19th Amendment
Eighty-eight years after women earned the right to vote, a women ran for president. Young analysts consider the role women play in politics, how they are portrayed, the standards they are held to, and if they are still treated unfairly...
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Jacksonian America and the Indian Removal Act of 1830
Students utilize primary sources to explore the national climate concerning Native American Indians during the Andrew Jackson administration. They are presented with opinions for and against the Indian Removial Act of 1830 as they...
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Rights in Early America
Get your historians to hop into someone else's 18th century shoes with a simulation on rights in early America. Each individual gets an identity card, indicating their race, gender, and status (slave or free). Areas around the room are...
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Social Movements and Constitutional Change: Women's Suffrage
The class analyzes a series of documents intended to show the events that lead to women gaining the right to vote. They play a Tic-Tac-Toe style game, make a time line with sequencing cards, and review the 4 steps of social change....
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Women Get the Vote!
Students research the history of United States voting rights to describe and analyze why voting rights and responsibilities are important. They investigate famous suffragists like Susan B. Anthony and then create a "wanted" poster and...
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Who Can Vote? Chart
Students become familiar with historic and contemporary issues connected to voting rights around the world. They research the voting rights history of their country and then compare information about voting rights in at least three...
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Race and Voting in the Segregated South
High schoolers examine the history of African American voting rights. In this voting rights lesson, students listen to a lecture on African American voting rights between the years 1890 and 1965. High schoolers respond to discussion...
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Why Vote? A Public Awareness Campaign
Young scholars examine the structure of local government and determine why citizens vote. In this civics instructional activity, students listen to a lecture about the structure of local government and then encourage others to exercise...
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What are the 13th,14th, and 15th Amendments?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are outlined in this PowerPoint. Each amendment is noted on its own slide, with a summary of its purpose and important sections of the actual document. Tip: Have students choose an amendment and write...
Library of Congress
Suffragists and Their Tactics
Students research the fight for voting rights. In this women's history lesson, students analyze primary sources to develop an understanding of the strategies employed by the suffragists to gain voting rights.
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How Women Got the Vote: The Story of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt
Students participate in a simulation and compare and contrast the arguments for and against womens' right to vote. In this civil rights lesson, students simulate disenfranchisement of women by allowing only half of the class to vote on a...
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Nonviolence as a Tool for Change Lesson 1
Students examine voting rights in the South during the 1950s and 1960s. In this civil rights lesson, students examine legal rights and the opportunity to cast votes. Students research primary documents regarding the topic and share their...
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Nonviolence as a Tool for Change Lesson 2
Students explore nonviolent protest. In this Civil Rights instructional activity, students read the essay "Nonviolence and Racial Justice." Students present the information they gleaned from the essay to their classmates in order to...
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Our Constitutional Connection Lesson 3: To Vote Or Not To Vote? That is the Question!
Students design colorful posters to "get out and vote" after studying the three amendments to the US Constitution that extend voting rights. They analyze the importance of voting to a healthy democracy.
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CRM and Political Issues
Ninth graders explore the impact of the American Civil Rights Movement. In this 20th century American history instructional activity, 9th graders watch "A Time for Justice," and listen to a voting rights speech delivered by President...
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Bang to Rights
Students take a closer look at the rights of British prisoners. In this current events lesson, students research the listed Web sites that include information about the British justice system and voting practices. Students discuss...
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Fight For Your Right - Leading A Revolution of Change
Learners examine civil rights. For this civil rights lesson, students research human rights issues of United States history. Learners then discuss their research findings and write Bill of Rights statements for the topics they researched.
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Women's Suffrage - Honor a Suffragist
Students consider how the Suffrage Movement impacted women. In this women's rights instructional activity, students visit selected websites to discover information about suffrage and suffragists. Students conduct further research on the...
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Voting Rights: Convicted Felons
Students explore the state right to revoke the voting privileges of convicted felons. In this voting rights lesson plan, students read an article and respond to discussion questions about the voting rights of felons.
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Who Could Vote in Maryland in 1776?
In this voting rights worksheet, students examine 4 images and identify the individuals who would have been able to vote in 1776 in Maryland.