When Women Lost the Vote Teacher Resources
Use the links below to access modular activities and ready-made worksheets to help your students dig deeper into the stories of the nation’s first women voters. Each Unit is supported by one of the Big Ideas essays, as well as by the When Women Lost the Vote Glossary. Primary Source activities are woven throughout Units 2-8. Activities are geared towards students at the middle school level, but are written to support teacher flexibility in increasing or decreasing the challenge as appropriate for your students. See how these activities fit into national history standards using the Standards Alignment Chart.
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When Women Lost the Vote National Standards Alignment
The activities in this Guide are aligned to relevant education standards for New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and national standards for history.
When Women Lost the Vote Unit 1: Women’s Roles and Rights in British North America
Engage students in questioning popular assumptions about the lives of colonial women with primary sources, research activities, and worksheets.
When Women Lost the Vote Unit 2: Expansion of Rights and the New Jersey Constitution
Dive into the early state constitutions and primary sources of women and people of African descent who demanded access to the Declaration’s ideals.
When Women Lost the Vote Unit 3: Revolutionary Backlash
Use objects and paintings to help students explore the impact of different events on the belief of women’s suffrage.
When Women Lost the Vote Unit 4: Founding Feminists? In Their Own Words
Analyze perspectives in primary sources and historical objects to explore the views of various rights and roles for women after the Revolutionary War.
When Women Lost the Vote Unit 5: The Story of Voting Continues Today
Introduce students to the importance of voting and how people express that importance through civic activities and analyzing political cartoons.
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When Women Lost the Vote Big Ideas
When Women Lost the Vote Glossary
When Women Lost the Vote
Explore this online exhibit to learn the little-known history of the nation’s first women voters.