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This Voting Rights for Alabama Women lesson plan also includes:
- Voting Rights Timeline
- Letter from Woman's Anti-Ratification Executive Committee
- Letter from Carrie Chapman Catt to Joel D. Murphree
- Votes for Women!
- Opposing Woman Suffrage
- Letter from Charles P. Carpenter in Florala, Alabama
- Letter from H.H. Snell
- Will the Suffrage Amendment be Ratified?
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What were the arguments put forth by those who opposed the 19th Amendment? For those in favor? Class members examine primary source materials that illustrate the intense debate in Alabama about women's suffrage.
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Instructional Ideas
- Have class members investigate the response of other states to the proposed amendment
Classroom Considerations
- The lesson presumes class members have an understanding of the 14th, 15th, and 19th Amendments to the US constitution, as well as of the amendment process
Pros
- The five-page packet includes links to background information, a PowerPoint presentation, a step-by-step plan, graphic organizers, essay suggestions, and a rubric for the flyer assignment
Cons
- Little scaffolding is provided for the flier assignment