Suffrage Strategies: Voices for Votes

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Overview

Students examine a variety of primary source documents related to the women’s suffrage movement to identify different methods people used to influence and change attitudes and beliefs about suffrage for women. Students then create original documents encouraging citizens to vote in current elections.

Related Resources

Grade

Elementary

Subjects

Civics, Social Studies

Length

180 minutes

Topics

suffrage, voting, woman suffrage

Author

Teaching with the Library of Congress

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Does Every Vote Count?

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The Constitutional Amendment

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Around America to Win the Vote

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Tactics in the March to Suffrage

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Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer

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The Importance of Voting

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Signing the Declaration of Their Independence

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Who Gets the Vote?

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Election Day

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Science & the Suffragettes

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Electoral College: Are All Votes Equal?

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The Impact of Voting

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Women’s Rights: Seneca Falls & Beyond

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Gerrymandering: Voting by Numbers

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Selma & Voting Rights: Standing Up for Equality

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Predicting & Inferring About Woman Suffrage

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Alice Paul and Strong Women

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Absentee Voting & Voting by Mail

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National Anti-Suffrage Association

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Electoral College: Does Your Vote for President Count?

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