Yulia Bezriadina Lesson Plan Name: Womens Rights Class/Subject: 8th Grade United States History Date: February

9, 2012 Student Objectives/Student Outcomes: 1. Students will describe key concepts of the womens rights movement in a written, paragraph-long reflection after reading on the topic and discussing it in class. 2. Students will interpret the significance of the 19th amendment in relation to the womens rights movement by first reading the amendment as a class and then summarizing it and explaining its purpose in 2-3 written sentences each. Content Standards: 16.B.3c (US): Describe the way the Constitution has changed over time as a result of amendments and Supreme Court decisions. 14.C.3: Compare historical issues involving rights, roles and status of individuals in relation to municipalities, states and the nation. Materials/Resources/Technology: Chalk and chalk board Projector Computer with Internet access Elmo document camera Prentice Hall, America: History of our Nation, Civil War to the Present textbook: pg 657, pg 1024 PowerPoint presentation on womens rights with primary documents School House Rock - Sufferin Till Suffrage video: http://www.schooltube.com/video/547d1ffda7c6829c4545/ Teachers Goals: Teacher will facilitate students in understanding the significance and main events/concepts of the womens movement as notes are presented by making information more clear and relevant for students. Teacher will support and scaffold student analysis of primary documents by proving leading questions and checking on students progress.

Time: 11:01 AM

Start of Class Have students complete warm up on the board and review answer with them. Warm Up

1. Define muckraker Show School House Rock clip on womens rights (stop at 1:22) 11:07 AM Introduction of Lesson Students will be told the objectives for todays lesson. Teacher will tell students that as they have read, women were fighting for the right to vote in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Students will then be asked to get out a sheet of paper so that they can take short notes on the subject.

11:08 AM

Lesson Instruction Teacher will present short power point presentation on key information about the womens right movement. Students will be expected to take notes. Prior to discussing the second slide on the power point, teacher will project the image of the map on page 657 that displays womens voting rights by states. What do you notice about where women could vote? Based on what you have learned about the West, what are some possible reasons for this? These questions will be scaffolded as needed through additional leading questions. After this, students will continue to take notes on the rest of the presentation.

11:17 AM

Students will then be shown a series of primary sources (both images and text) and will be asked to write down their observations for each source, as well as their reactions. Teacher will briefly explain the source and purpose of each documents after students record their observations.

Following this, students will be directed to turn to the text of the 19th amendment in the reference section of their textbooks. A student will be chosen to read the text to the class. Students will be asked to write, in their own words, the summary and purpose of the 19th amendment. 11:39 AM Assessments/Checks for Understanding Students will be asked to use what they have learned today and apply the information to answer one of the essential questions of the semester in a paragraph response: Why do individuals and groups challenge established political systems? These responses as well as the previous responses to primary documents recorded by students will be collected and used to gauge student understanding. 11:44 AM Closure/Wrap-Up/Review Teacher will reemphasize the main concepts of the lesson and collect student responses from the class. Students will also be reminded that their responses ar

something that can be used for their cube project. N/A Self-Assessment Feedback from cooperating teacher and university supervisor as well as personal reflections on the effectiveness of the lesson will be used to improve on teaching practices.