Qualifying to Vote Under Jim Crow
In this activity students learn about literacy tests and other barriers that kept black Southerners from being able to vote. Students also take a 1960s literacy test from Alabama.
Social Movements and Constitutional Change: Women's Suffrage
In this activity, students analyze documents to arrange events on a timeline of women's suffrage. The timeline and documents will help students understand the intersection of social movements and constitutional change. This activity can be modified [...]
Tags: Group Work, Interactive Knowledge Building, Reading Supports, Smartboard, Social Movements, Voting
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Modern America (1914-1929)