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US Government Publishing Office

Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Elections: Voter Registration

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you vote in Election 2008? View this guide to see historical facts and where to register to vote in Federal elections. Includes links to further information.
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Wright, Jonathan

For Students 9th - 10th
The importance of Jonathan Wright's legal career is explained in this encyclopedia article.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1890 1945: The Age of Empire: The Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
The Progressive Era from the 1890s to the 1920s evolved as a response to the negative effects of industrialization. Reforms that emerged provided protections for workers and consumers and gave women voting rights. Backlash against the...
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Other

Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches From Around the World

For Students 9th - 10th
An archive of speeches by influential, contemporary women. Almost all of the speeches in the collection come directly from the authors themselves or from the organizations representing them and have not been published elsewhere
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Handout
Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: The Famous 5: Heroes for Today: Nellie Mc Clung

For Students 9th - 10th
Information and photos on this website about Nellie McClung's private life, public life and career provide excellent information about Nellie McClung--both for the educator and the learner. In addition, McClung's article "Reading...
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Making a Difference [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"Making a Difference" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about students helping to get their families and others to register to vote. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Reconstruction

For Students 5th - 8th
A very good overview of Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War. Find the questions that needed to be answered about how to reincorporate the Confederate states, what rights freed blacks would have, and how terms of...
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: Bitesize History: The Chartists: The Roots of Chartism

For Students 6th - 8th
Discusses how Chartism took hold in Britain and the people who championed the movement.
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Article
Social Studies for Kids

Social Studies for Kids: Frederick Douglass: Great Foe of Slavery

For Students 1st - 5th
One of the most important Black Americans in the history of the country was Frederick Douglass. Find out more about this outspoken foe of slavery.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Battle to Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive lesson, students examine the arguments, leadership, messaging, and tactics of leading women's organizations involved in the battle over ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: The Fifteenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
The documents, images, photographs, and articles in this set explore the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, responses to it across the United States, and its long-term impact on the struggle for equal voting rights. Includes a teaching...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How the u.s. Constitution Has Changed and Expanded Since 1787

For Students 9th - 10th
Through amendments and legal rulings, the Constitution has transformed in some critical ways. The U.S. Constitution, written in 1787 and ratified by nine of the original 13 states a year later, is the world's longest-surviving written...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 7: Women's Rights Movement

For Teachers 7th
Read and study the sources about the women's rights movement. As you read the four sources, think about the influences on and goals of the women's rights movement during the 1800s.
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Graphic
Curated OER

The History Place: On Women's Right to Vote

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from The History Place, you can read online Susan B. Anthony's speech given after her arrest for an illegal vote in the presidential election of 1872, she was tried and fined. Read her words and her conviction on the...
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Website
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Captain j.j. Farley of the Dallas Police Dept

For Students 9th - 10th
In the late 19th century, women began to take on roles as police matrons, and in 1917, Holland's magazine profiled Captain J.J. Farley of the Dallas Police Department. She was the "only woman holding the rank of captain" in the U.S. and...
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Primary
University of Maryland

Mith: Women's Studies Database: How "Sex" Got Into Title Vii

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting perspective on the ground-breaking Title VII. It includes much of the behind the scenes information on the passing of the bill that had such an impact on women's rights. Comprehensive description of the ERA's history, dating...
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Activity
Stanford University

Riverwalk Jazz: Speakeasies, Flappers, and Red Hot Jazz: Music of Prohibition

For Students 9th - 10th
Script of a radio broadcast about Prohibition and Jazz Age America comments on black market bootlegging, jazz music, speakeasies, flappers, and women`s suffrage.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Hermann the Irascible by h.h. Munro

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the anti-suffrage short story "Hermann the Irascible" by H.H. Munro set in England when women were still denied the opportunity to vote.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kid's Biography: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read all about Susan B. Anthony's biography on this website. Learn about this woman's rights activist who fought for suffrage.
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Website
US House of Representatives

History, Art, and Archives: Us House of Representatives: Onto the National Stage

For Students 9th - 10th
Women gained the right to vote and began to become active members of Congress as the United States faced many challenges. Early congresswomen served during the Great Depression, WWII, and the start of the Cold War. They had a voice in...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Glossary and Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about Civil Rights glossary and terms including segregation, Jim Crow laws, disabilities, apartheid, suffrage, poll tax, and more. Definitions and words you need to know.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil Rights for Kids: Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the timeline of the history Civil Rights in the United States including major milestones in the African-American, disabled, Native American, and women's suffrage movements.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Mary Eliza Church Terrell

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Mary Church Terrell, American social activist who was cofounder and first president of the National Association of Colored Women. She was an early civil rights advocate, an educator, an author, and a lecturer on woman...
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Handout
Siteseen

Siteseen: Government and Constitution: 24th Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Short, simple summary with the full text of the 24th amendment that made it illegal to make anyone pay a tax to have the right to vote.

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