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.

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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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