Lesson Plan

The Suffragist: Educator's Guide for Classroom Video

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Class members take on the role of historical investigators to determine why it took 40 years for women in the United States to get the right to vote. Sleuths view videos and analyze primary sources and images to gather evidence to answer the question of why it took so long.

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CCSS: Designed
Instructional Ideas
  • Have groups investigate current controversies over voting rights
Classroom Considerations
  • Schedule extra prep time to share links to the images and the three videos with students
  • Requires copies of the video note-taking sheets and the image analysis sheet
Pros
  • Includes a list of key vocabulary words and a discussion rubric
Cons
  • None