"The America From Scratch" series asks viewers to consider what they would change about the United States government if the Constitution were to redrafted, drawn again from scratch. In this episode, the narrator questions adults and children about lowering the voting age to 12.

Concepts

civic duty, critical thinking, voting rights, the voting rights act, suffrage, the suffrage movement, women's suffrage

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Have group research current issues of voter access

Classroom Considerations

• One of eleven resources from the PBS "America From Scratch" series

Pros

• A worksheet offers pre-viewing, viewing, and post-viewing questions

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.3 SL.11-12.3