Arkansas Women’s Suffrage (7-8)<\/a><\/p>\n Students will\u00a0analyze the political process in Arkansas and examine rights and responsibilities of citizenship in Arkansas to determine who is eligible to vote, who is ineligible and why, and when women in Arkansas achieved the right to vote.<\/p>\n Arkansas, A Feminine Perspective<\/a>*<\/p>\n History has traditionally been written and told from a male perspective. As gender and ethnic awareness has\u00a0gradually influenced the study of history, research and writing from feminine perspectives have increased. In Arkansas’s history women were not merely passive bystanders; they often took active roles in spite of lingering stereotypes. This lesson will alert students to\u00a0the importance of women in the history of Arkansas. Students will be introduced to the struggle for women’s rights in the U.S. first by reading a quote from Carrie Chapman Catt. They will then study and discuss gender attitudes and the roles of women in Arkansas from colonial times to the present. Finally, students will research specific Arkansas women and their contributions to our state’s history.<\/p>\n Arkansas Women’s Suffrage (9-12)<\/a><\/p>\n\t Students will learn how women in Arkansas and the United States fought for equal rights by investigating the social, economic, and technological effects of World War I on women’s suffrage.<\/p>\n\tngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\tngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n\tngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n\tngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\n\t Votes for Women<\/a>*<\/p>\n\t Students will analyze primary and secondary source information to learn about the struggles of women during the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Students will take this information and hold a rally to express their informed opinion on the subject. Students will place information within a graphic organizer or timeline to fully understand the steps towards accomplishing the 19th Amendment.<\/p>\n Ratification of the 19th Amendment<\/a><\/p>\n\t Students will examine the amendments to the US Constitution in order to determine how the roles of citizens and non-citizens changed over time. Students will\u00a0learn what factors led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in Arkansas and the United States.<\/p>\n\t Kristin Dutcher Mann, Ph.D., is Professor of History and Social Studies Education Coordinator at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. A former high school teacher, she is on the Board of the Arkansas Council for the Social Studies, and has spearheaded the development of curriculum for other local and state history initiatives, including the\u00a0Life Interrupted<\/em>\u00a0project.<\/p>\n\t\n\t\t9th-12th\n\t<\/h3>\n
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