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Historical Research The Women’s Suffrage Movement. A Practical Approach to learning. Dr. Teresa Jacobs www.educationdesigns.info. What can we use to formulate Historical Questions?. Historical documents Eyewitness accounts Letters Diaries Artifacts Photos Historical Sites Art
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Historical ResearchThe Women’s Suffrage Movement A Practical Approach to learning Dr. Teresa Jacobs www.educationdesigns.info
What can we use to formulate Historical Questions? Historical documents Eyewitness accounts Letters Diaries Artifacts Photos Historical Sites Art Architecture Other records of the past
The Seneca Falls Declaration (1848) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Questions to Consider Why did the suffragists chose the Declaration of Independence as a model? What do the writers of this document want, or want to express? How is the argument of “absolute tyranny over” women supported? Why were some women opposed to the women’s suffrage issue?
Declaration of Sentiments The Declaration of the Seneca Falls Convention, using the model of the US Declaration of Independence, forthrightly demanded that the rights of women as right-bearing individuals be acknowledged and respected by society. It was signed by 68 women and 32 men.
Harry T. Burn “Don’t forget to be a Good Boy” Harry T. Burn’s letter from Mom and the Ratification of the 19th Amendment in Tennessee
Passage of the 19th Amendment • Passed in 1919 • “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.”
Historical Research A good teacher acts as a messenger from the past, empowering students through historical research.A good student uses historical research techniques and is thus empowered to make informed decisions.
Questions to Consider Why did the suffragists chose the Declaration of Independence as a model? What do the writers of this document want, or want to express? How is the argument of “absolute tyranny over” women supported? Why were some women opposed to the women’s suffrage issue?
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Historical ResearchThe Women’s Suffrage Movement A Practical Approach to learning Dr. Teresa Jacobs www.educationdesigns.info