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Annenberg Foundation

Egalitarian America

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
What does a true American represent? Scholars investigate the equal rights era of the 1960s and 1970s in the 20th installment of a 22-part series on American history. Using photographic, magazine, written, and video evidence, groups...
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Interactive
DocsTeach

Fannie Lou Hamer and Voting Rights

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
To understand the challenges Black voters faced in Mississippi, middle schoolers first gather background information about Fannie Lou Hamer and then read her testimony given during the 1964 Democratic Nation Convention. After a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chapter 28: Red Flags and Velvet Revolutions: The End of the Cold War, 1960-1990

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Set your historians up for testing success using this interactive flashcard tool. It is one of many learning strategies offered in this thorough online resource. Although designed for use with a text, the site is valuable independently....
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Organizer
Curated OER

Progressivism, the Square Deal, and Women's Rights

For Students 8th - 12th
In this 20th century U.S. history worksheet, students read articles about Progressivism, the Square Deal, and Women's rights. Students then respond to 35 graphic organizer and short answer questions regarding the articles.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Women’s History Month- Susan B. Anthony

For Students 7th - 12th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a paragraph about Susan B. Anthony and then respond to 5 short answer questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Interpreting Women in Islam

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the progressive movement in Muslim nations. In this Muslim culture lesson, students explore the evolution of Muslim women's rights. Students investigate primary Muslim sources that require them to consider compare the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women's Suffrage: Examining Both Sides of the Issue

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders reflect on the main ideas behind Women's Suffrage.  In this history lesson, 8th graders discuss the pros and cons in relation to Women's Suffrage and the 19th Amendment, then divide into small groups to complete several...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women: Stride Toward Freedom

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students read facts about women'ts suffrage and research topics related to women's rights. Optional films for viewing and books to read.
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Curated OER

Women's Votes, Women's Voices

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate Women's Suffrage by analyzing images from the past.  In this equal rights lesson, students read biographical work about Emma Smith DeVoe, an activist who fought for women's rights.  Students view a comic style...
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Worksheet
Azar Grammar

Women’s History Month Eleanor Roosevelt : Verb Corrections

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Read a short passage about Eleanor Roosevelt while hunting for errors in verb use. To give your kids some help, count up the errors beforehand and provide struggling learners with the number of errors. 
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Writing
Curated OER

Women’s Suffrage Movement

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Though the movement for Women's Suffrage stretched over several decades and across two centuries, the final few years were the most difficult hurdle in many ways. Use a document-based question writing exercise to make inferences about...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History

Voting Rights for Alabama Women

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
What were the arguments put forth by those who opposed the 19th Amendment? For those in favor? Class members examine primary source materials that illustrate the intense debate in Alabama about women's suffrage.
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

Little Women: Helping Father

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Jo's decision to sell her hair to bringing her wounded father home is a pivotal and poignant scene from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Class members read the excerpt and answer four questions about the details, vocabulary, and plot...
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Unit Plan
Amnesty International

Human Rights and Service Learning (Part 1)

For Teachers 6th - 12th
What better way is there to teach about human rights than by seeing them firsthand? Introduce your class or club to the spirit of service through a myriad of service project ideas. First in a series of human rights instructional...
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Lesson Plan
Middle Tennessee State University

Fights, Freedom, and Fraud: Voting Rights in the Reconstruction Era

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
As part of a study of post Civil War era, young historians investigate the changes in voting rights during the Reconstruction Era (1863-1876), the fraud involved in the Hayes-Tilden presidential election of 1876, and efforts by Pap...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Women of Achievement Month

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Successful women make their mark in fields from computers, journalism, labor and racing
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women in office

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars examine women holding political office. In this critical inquiry lesson, students read an article then design a series of interview questions that they think will identify a good candidate for office. They then interview a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women's Suffrage - Honor a Suffragist

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students consider how the Suffrage Movement impacted women. In this women's rights lesson, students visit selected websites to discover information about suffrage and suffragists. Students conduct further research on the suffragist of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

History of Famous Women

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discover the famous women who changed society by setting positive examples.  In this equality instructional activity, students research a female person who had a positive effect on the world by fighting for her equal rights. ...
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Curated OER

Gandhi's Alternate View of Women: Changing the Face of Modern Media & Advertising

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze the violence of media and advertising on women, as well as Gandhi's views of women. In this women and media lesson, 11th graders Killing Us Softly and Tough Guise as an analysis of media and advertising and their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women Come to the Front

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the role of women in World War II. In this women's history activity, students research selected Internet sources to locate information regarding the roles of selected women in the war. Students write papers about the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

South Korean Women at the Turn of the Century, with a Focus on the Modernity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners consider the role of women in South Korea. In this global studies instructional activity, students examine articles and interviews regarding women and educational achievement. Learners discuss women's issues in South Korea and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Women and Korean Literature

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read a text about women in Korean and their role in Korean literature. In this Korean literature lesson, students read a text by Helen Koh to learn about women writers in Korea.
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National Woman's History Museum

Anne Hutchinson: Foremother of the American Women’s Movement

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Many learners may be familiar with the legacy of figures such as Susan B. Anthony, but what about Anne Hutchinson? Hutchinson was a lesser-known woman who spoke up to patriarchal figures in colonial America, leading to her banishment....

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