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Worksheet
Curated OER

Please and Now

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this please and now worksheet, students trace the words please and now and put them into sentences. Students trace the words 3 x each and put them into 2 sentences.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Britannica Kids: Women Who Changed the World: Women's Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Britannica provides an overview of the women's movement, which sought equality for women and the changing of a male-dominated power structure.
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Primary
Other

Early Documents: Now Statement of Purpose

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source document is the statement of purpose for the National Organization for Women, established in 1966.
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Article
Other

The Chicago Women's Liberation Union: An Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Well-written essay that describes the conditions of American women and the early women's liberation movement. Links to many related articles, posters and interviews. Good resource.
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Primary
Duke University

Consciousness Raising / Women's Liberation Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
The text to this site is compiled from text, notes and comments from a speech by Kathie Sarachild on consciousness raising and the women's movement. Length and very informative, this is an excellent resource.
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Handout
Other

National Organization for Women Foundation

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Organization for Women Foundation is an organization "devoted to furthering women's rights through education and litigation." Check out information on upcoming and past conferences, special events, and political activism....
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Handout
Digital History

Digital History: Feminism Reborn

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive survey of the women's movement during the 1960s and 1970s documents women and politics, women's wages, legal discrimination against women, stereotypes of women, women's rights legislation, and women's rights...
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Handout
National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Betty Friedan

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame offers an outline of the life and accomplishnments of women's rights activist Betty Friedan, author of "The Feminine Mystique."
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Modern Feminism

For Students 5th - 8th
The beginning of the feminist movement in the early 1960s led to demands for equal treatment for women in many areas. Read about the literature, feminist leaders, and legislation that attempted to guide this movement.
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Website
Other

Now: Chronology of the Equal Rights Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed timeline about the work done on the Equal Rights Amendment in the early years, and the National Organization for Women's recent work on the proposed amendment.
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Website
Other

National Organization for Women Pa Cs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site belongs to the National Organization for Women (NOW) Political Action Committees, including news, information, voter guides, and events.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Equal Rights Amendment

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the early success of the Equal Rights Amendment and its ultimate failure to receive the requisite support of the state legislatures.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: National Organization for Women (Now)

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Organization for Women (NOW) was established in 1966 to promote equal rights, including equality of opportunity for women in employment.