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The Nineteenth Amendment Lesson PlanThe Nineteenth Amendment Lesson Plan
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North Carolina Civic Education Consortium
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8th - 11th
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Social Studies & History
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1 hr 30 mins
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The Nineteenth Amendment

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Beginning with an exercise of favoritism to engage learners, progressing through image and primary source analysis of the Nineteenth Amendment and the Seneca Falls Declaration, and culminating in a look at a political cartoon called Election Day, your learners will get up close and personal with the advocacy events leading up to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

elizabeth cady stanton, women's rights, the nineteenth amendment, women's suffrage

Additional Tags

women's rights, seneca falls, lucretia mott, elizabeth cady stanton, social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • In case some learners may already know of the Nineteenth Amendment, consider having an alternative warm-up question while you guide the experience outlined in the anticipatory set

Classroom Considerations


Pros

  • Excellent discussion questions are included throughout the lesson
  • All primary documents and corresponding worksheets are included, as well as an audio clip from NPR
  • The timeline worksheet is included as a possible extension activity

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.4 RH.9-10.5 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.4 RH.11-12.5

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