Predicting & Inferring About Woman Suffrage

woman suffrage demonstration

Overview

Link non-fiction literature with primary sources to build background knowledge of what it was like to be a suffragist and discover how women persistently fought for over 100 years until they were granted the right to vote. After, ask students to share a time when they showed persistence.

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Grade

Elementary

Subjects

Civics, English Language Arts

Length

60-90 minutes

Topics

civic action, inferring, literature links, non-fiction literature, predicting, suffrage, suffragists, voting, voting rights, woman suffrage

Author

Kimberly Heckart

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