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Women in the Political World Today

Duration
65 min
Published
Nov 5, 2020
A diverse group of women, including politicians and activists, poses together on the steps of a government building.
What impact did the Nineteenth Amendment have on American Society and what of issues concern women today? Students will evaluate trends in reform movements towards equality in the twentieth century.

Founding Principles

Consent of the Governed, Equal Protection, Equality, Individual Responsibility, Liberty, Rule of Law

Materials

  • Teacher Resource: To Be Continued Cards
  • Background Essay: Women in the Political World Today
  • Handout A: To Be Continued Notes
  • Handout B: Organizations
  • Appendix A: Amending the Constitution
  • Appendix B: Timeline and Quotes
  • Appendix C: Timeline Cards

Lesson Components

ActivityBackground Essay: Women in the Political World Today
ActivityTo Be Continued Notes
ActivityHandout B: Organizations
ActivityTeacher Resource: To Be Continued Cards
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Lesson plan

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More Information

FOR FURTHER READING

  • American Women: The Report of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women (1963)
  • Schneir, Miriam. Feminism in Our Time: The Essential Writings, World War II to the Present. New York: Vintage Books, Knopf Doubleday (1994)

Standards

Advanced Placement

  • National

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