Want to teach your pupils about debate, effective speech techniques, propaganda, and the women's movement? The first in a sequential series of three, scholars analyze real propaganda images from the the historic women's movement, view a video, and then conduct a mock classroom convention.

Concepts

women's history, women's history month, women's movements, women's rights, women's suffrage, famous women

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Relate the women's movement to well-known events of activism today
• Differentiate for English learners by providing fill-in-the-blank notes during the video portion

Classroom Considerations

• Work with the debate or speech department to help learners prepare 
• A small amount of prep work, such as finding important images on the Internet, may take some time before presenting to the class

• This content requires Adobe Flash to view

Pros

• Offers ideas for extended learning beyond the activities
• Develops primary source analysis skills as well as public speaking skills
• Fosters a collaborative and open classroom environment

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.6-8.6 RH.6-8.7 RH.6-8.9 RH.9-10.6 RH.9-10.7 RH.9-10.9 RH.11-12.6 RH.11-12.7 RH.11-12.9