Six diverse activities make up a substantial unit on the women's rights movement in the United States, past and present. A few of the topics at hand: the fourteenth and nineteenth amendments, the Equal Pay Act, the Lily Ledbetter Act, and domestic abuse. Included activities have your 8-12 grade scholars reading, writing, researching, and debating. 

Concepts

women's rights, women's movements, the fourteenth amendment, equal rights, feminism, the nineteenth amendment, women's suffrage

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Expand by looking at current political debates about women's rights, pay, and access to health care
• Examining the 2016 presidential election through the lens of the issues raised here is a provocative avenue for research and discussion

Classroom Considerations

• The link to the Supreme Court History learning site on page 4 is broken (correct link: http://supremecourthistory.org/lc_womens_rights.html)
• The sixth activity revolves around a movie and a link is provided to purchase it, but the movie is available for free viewing on YouTube (search YouTube for "Iron Jawed Angels")

Pros

• Breadth of activities keeps each day different
• Provides a balanced perspective to controversial issues
• Writing prompts give your scholars agency over the subject of their research

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.9-10.7 RI.9-10.8 RI.11-12.7 RI.11-12.8 W.9-10.1.a W.9-10.2.a W.11-12.1.a W.11-12.2.a