Lesson Plan American Women and World War I 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this three-lesson unit :
Lesson Plan Black Women and the American Revolution 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this lesson plan.
Guided Readings Guided Readings: Antebellum Social Reform Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12 Reading 1: “The elementary schools throughout the state are irresponsible institutions, established by individuals, from mere motives of private speculation or gain, who are sometimes destitute of character, and frequently, of the...
Guided Readings Guided Readings: The Changing Status of Women 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Reading 1 Man is or should be woman’s protector and defender. The natural and proper timidity and delicacy which belongs to the female sex evidently unfits it for many of the occupations of civil life. . . .The paramount destiny and...
Guided Readings Guided Readings: Impact of the Revolution on Women and African Americans Government and Civics 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Reading 1 I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If...
Guided Readings Guided Readings: Major Social Issues of the 1960s Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Reading 1: Civil Rights The separate but equal doctrine has failed in three important respects. First it is inconsistent with the fundamental equalitarianism of the American way of life in that it marks groups with the brand of...
Lesson Plan Woman Abolitionists Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12 Background Women always played a significant role in the struggle against slavery and discrimination. White and black Quaker women and female slaves took a strong moral stand against slavery. As abolitionists, they circulated...
Lesson Plan A Different Perspective on Slavery: Writing the History of African American Enslaved Women 9, 10, 11, 12 Introduction The accounts of African American slavery in textbooks routinely conflate the story of enslaved men and women into one history. Textbooks rarely enable students to grapple with the lives and challenges of women constrained...
Lesson Plan Alice Paul: Suffragist and Agitator 9, 10, 11, 12 Background The American women’s suffrage movement has always been identified with its two founders, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, whose strong, enthusiastic leadership defined the movement. When they retired from active...