Campaigns to gain voting rights for women during the 19th and 20th centuries took place on both the state and federal level. After examining primary sources that document both types of campaigns, class members debate the merits of the two strategies.

Concepts

debate, women's history, women's history month, women's movements, women's rights, women's suffrage, voting rights

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide the debate teams with an assignment sheet that lists the allotted time for each portion of the debate

Classroom Considerations

• Requires a class set of internet-connected computers
• Presumes class members are familiar with the debate format 
• Requires time to prepare copies of the necessary primary source documents

Pros

• Includes extension activities
• Links are provided to documents that support both sides of the debate

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.11-12.1