Why is voting so important, anyway? Learn more about the importance of exercising a right for which many men and women marched, fought, and legislated with an interactive timeline activity.

Concepts

voting rights, women's suffrage, women's history, women's movements, women's rights, african american history, voting, civil rights

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Assign the timeline for learners to explore in a computer lab or at home for a flipped classroom activity
• Use the extension activities to differentiate the lesson or to make extra credit available

Classroom Considerations

• Internet access is necessary for the timeline and auxiliary materials

Pros

• Promotes critical thinking and data analysis
• Connects to Common Core reading standard for informational text

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.7.1 RI.7.7 RI.8.1 RI.8.7 RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.7 RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.7