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Voting Rights for Women: Pro- and Anti-Suffrage Lesson PlanVoting Rights for Women: Pro- and Anti-Suffrage Lesson Plan
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Voting Rights for Women: Pro- and Anti-Suffrage

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Students examine the arguments for and against suffrage for women in the 19th and early 20th centuries. They explore various websites, read and discuss primary source documents, develop a document from two points of view, and analyze cartoons.

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women's suffrage, women's rights

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6th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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