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Women's Suffrage: 140 Years of Struggle Lesson PlanWomen's Suffrage: 140 Years of Struggle Lesson Plan
Publisher
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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Grade
5th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Duration
2 days
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Year
2006
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Women's Suffrage: 140 Years of Struggle

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Students create PowerPoint presentations about women's suffrage. In this women's rights instructional activity, students use primary documents to study the women's suffrage movement. In pairs, students create a PowerPoint presentation for the class about the movement.

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