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The James Meredith March

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site, you can view photos, read a personal account, and learn the history behind this historic March that took place in 1966.
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University of Maryland

University of Maryland: 75 Suffragists

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides biographies of 75 women who played key roles in the women's suffrage movement. Focuses on their political accomplishments.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Nineteenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the events that led to women securing the right to vote with the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Lyndon B. Johnson ascended to the presidency after the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. With a year to go until the election of 1964, LBJ appropriated Kennedy's "New Frontier" and transformed this agenda into his "Great Society."
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Cultural Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Exciting lesson plan teaching students about the social change in women's role in society that allowed women the right to vote. Students will learn about the process women went through to gain the right to vote by exploring various...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: The Pursuit of Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
This book analyzes 30 Supreme Court cases chosen by a group of Supreme Court justices and leading civics educators as the most important for American citizens to understand. An additional 100 significant cases included in state history...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Primary Source Set: Women's Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary sources dealing with women's suffrage.
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Wiwhc: Suffrage When, Where, and Obstacles to Overcome

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This online lesson compares aspects of women's suffrage from diverse cultures. Includes political cartoons from around the world.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Aftermath: League of Women Voters, 1923 Report

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is an 11-page report written by Jessie Daniel Ames, the president of the Texas League of Women Voters, which details the founding of the League of Women Voters and their activities following the ratification of the 19th Amendment.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Movement Comes of Age: Women's Tennis Club at University of Texas, 1906

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a brief article on the history of women's sports in the U.S. along with photos from the women's tennis club at the University of Texas. Part of a larger exhibit on the history of women's rights and voting.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Ida B. Wells

For Students 9th - 10th
Study the biography of Ida B. Wells a former slave who became a journalist wrote about racial discrimination in the South on this site. Learn how she ran a major campaign against lynching.
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Blue Shoe Guide: The Nineteenth Amendment & the War of the Roses

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides historical and biographical information about the fight in Tennessee to ratify the 19th Amendment.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Fifteenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Fifteenth Amendment.

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