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Suffragettes, suffragists, and anti-suffragists. A two-day, richly detailed lesson plan has young historians investigate the twentieth-century suffrage movement. Groups examine primary and secondary source materials about Jane Addams and compare her arguments to those of Alice Paul and anti-suffragists. The study ends with pupils crafting a speech, cartoon, or poster that presents a historically accurate representation of the views of either a suffragette, suffragist or anti-suffragist.
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women's suffrage, women's history, women's history month, women's rights, women's movements, suffrage, the suffrage movement, the voting rights act, voting rights, the progressive era, the nineteenth amendment, elections, presidential elections, feminism, diverse perspectives, perspectives, critical thinking, compare and contrast
Instructional Ideas
- Divide the class into groups of suffragettes, suffragists, and anti-suffragists and have them create a Venn diagram that compares and contrasts the views of the three groups
Classroom Considerations
- Class members should be familiar with the Seneca Falls Convention, the nineteenth-century suffrage movement, and Progressive Era figure Jane Addams
- Requires access to devices with internet
- Set aside extra prep time to collect and prepare materials
Pros
- The lesson highlights multiple perspectives on women's suffrage in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and encourages critical thinking
Cons
- A rubric for the project is not included