Empowering Global Citizens

Resources

1. A sample lesson plan on understanding voting rights in a historical
context and on the ways in which a historical time line of suffrage
in the United States can be created
(http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume4/
septemberO5/teachstrategy.cfm)

2. The American Memory Time Line, which represents historical facts
about each of these suffrage movements and includes primary docu—
ments that students can use in their research
(http://www.loc. gov/teachers/classroommaterials/
presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/)

3. A high—quality lesson plan on women’s suffrage and a background
on their voting rights (http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson—plan/
voting—rights’women—pro—and—anti—suffrage#sect~introduction)

Activity 7.2.3

Change Makers in the Suffrage Movement

Each group should identify change makers in each suffrage movement.
Each member of the group should research one change maker and cre—
ate a short biography on his or her life based on some of the following

questions:

1. Who is the change maker and what is his or her background?

2. Why did the change maker take responsibility in the suffrage
movement?

3. What were some of the challenges that he or she faced, and how did
he or she overcome them?

4. Were the methods used by the change maker justified? Did the
means justify the ends?

5. Are these same methods relevant today?

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