Why have Americans disagreed about granting equal rights to women?

Source: The History Project at UC Irvine
Subject: History
Topic:  Integrated
Grade Levels: High School: 11th Grade

Overview:

This lesson addresses the development of women’s rights in the United States. It begins with an overview of women’s roles in the nineteenth century, then moves to a discussion of the fight for women’s suffrage, and concludes by looking at the ultimately failed battle to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. In the lesson, the students interpret primary-source documents such as a legal ruling, cartoons and a painting using a Primary Source Analysis Worksheet that teaches them to approach such materials systematically.

Lesson Plan Resources:

Lesson Plan

Lesson tags: 11TH GRADE, 1800S, 1920S, 1970S, ACTIVISM, CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, FAMILY, GENDER, GENDER ROLES, HSS 11.10, HSS 11.5, HSS 9-12: CHRONOLOGICAL AND SPACIAL THINKING, HSS 9-12: HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION, HSS 9-12: HISTORICAL RESEARCH EVIDENCE AND POINT OF VIEW, POLITICS, RACE, RELIGION, SLAVERY, SUFFRAGE, WOMEN
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