The 1848 Seneca Falls Convention was a historic milestone in the quest for women's rights. After researching one of the participants of the Seneca Falls Convention, young historians craft and share a short presentation about their subject.

Concepts

women's history, women's history month, women's movements, women's rights, women's suffrage, suffrage, the suffrage movement

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask class members to investigate the current status of the Equal Rights Amendment, the arguments of those in favor of the amendment and of those opposed
• Change the direct instruction lecture into a research assignment in which groups are assigned one of the four topics and present their findings to the class

Classroom Considerations

• Requires prep time to copy and collate the documents for the group work activity
• Consider saving paper by providing the class with digital versions of the primary sources

Pros

• Includes adaptations for gifted/honors students
• Provides links to all required documents

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.11-12.1