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Humor and Activism

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As part of their study of the women's suffrage movement, groups analyze political cartoons and drawings. They create a caption for an image from the time, add an exhibit label that provides a context for their drawing, and post as part of a classroom gallery.

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Concepts
political cartoons, women's history, women's history month, activism, suffrage, the suffrage movement, women's suffrage, satire, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources, point of view, the nineteenth amendment
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Additional Tags
social studies
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Instructional Ideas
  • Ask class members to bring in examples of political cartoons
  • Use the resource during Women's History Month in March or as part of a study of the fight to pass the 19th Amendment
  • Ask one group to investigate the status of the Equal Rights Amendment, the leaders of those supporting the amendment and those opposed, and to summarize the arguments of each group
Classroom Considerations
  • The link to the political cartoon is broken; however, many examples can be found online
Pros
  • Includes a historical overview of the suffrage movement
  • Offers optional extension activities
Cons
  • None