Enquiry 3 Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

1. Enquiry 3Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

2. Enquiry overview • Lesson 1: Why did Manchester City Council pay for a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst? • Lesson 2: Why is there a statue of Alice Hawkins in Leicester? • Lessons 3–5: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue? • suffrage case studies • male-centric media • statue design • Outcome activity: • Write an extended paragraph answering the enquiry question and design your own suffrage statue.

3. Lesson 5Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

4. Lesson 5 overview • Content covered in the lesson: • Statue design

5. Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue? Recap: Discussion Should it be the suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett? Should it be the suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst? Should it be the working-class suffragette Alice Hawkins? Or someone else?

6. Statue design When designing your statue, think about what the person will look like. Q:What is the difference between a statue that looks like… this… …and this?

7. Statue design When designing your statue, think about what the person will be doing. Q:What is the difference between a statue that looks like… this… …and this?

8. Statue design When designing your statue, think about where the person will be standing. Q:What is the difference between a statue that looks like… this… …and this?

9. Statue design When designing your statue, think about what the plaque will say. Q:What is the difference between a statue that looks like… Some Old Girl A Hero-ine this… …and this?

10. Enquiry: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue? • Enquiry task: To research people who campaigned for the vote and design a statue to memorialise them and/or their work. • You will need to justify your decisions. • You need to think carefully about the following questions: • Why does this person’s story deserve a memorial? (Which of the things on your spider diagram or reasons from last lesson most apply to this person’s story?) • What should the statue look like? • What should the statue be wearing and doing? • Where should the statue be placed? • What should the plaque say? • You have learned about: • the campaign for female suffrage • famous and little-known campaigners • statues other people have put up to suffragettes and suffragists • You need to choose a person (or people) whose story you think should be memorialised.

11. Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue? Outcome activity: Design the statue Your challenge is to design a statue for your chosen figure. • Tasks: • Choose your historical figure. • Explain why this person’s story deserves a memorial. • Design your statue: • What should the statue look like? • What should the statue be wearing and doing? • Where should the statue be placed? • What should the plaque say?

12. Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue? Plenary: Conclude your discussion. Why do people put up statues of people from the past? Explain your choices for your statue as you reveal it to the class.