Lesson
Interactive Suffrage Timeline
Guiding question
How did democratic participation expand in the United States?
Founding Principles
Virtues
Objectives
- Students will place major suffrage events on a collaborative timeline.
- Students will classify the events as expanding or restricting voting rights.
Materials
Student Resources:
Teacher Resources:
- Interactive Timeline of Suffrage Teacher Resource, printed and cut
- Sticky notes or markers
- Long butcher paper, string, or another method to create a physical timeline across a classroom wall
- (Optional Extension) Pre-made “event cards” with suffrage-related events (or students can create them)
Lesson Components
ActivitySuffrage Timeline Middle School Reflection Handout
An activity to help students identify expansions and restrictions of voting rights over time.
Lesson plan
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