Digital Classroom Resources

Through exploring primary source materials and classroom discussion, students will gain a richer understanding of the Industrial Revolution’s impact on the evolving roles of women in 19th century America, with particular focus on New England.

Students will investigate women's roles in the American Revolution while practicing historical thinking skills and citing evidence to support their argument.

With focus on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire tragedy, this lesson is intended to broaden students’ understanding of the roots of effective female activism and the reactive nature of American labor laws.

Students will explore the life of Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin by critically reading primary and secondary sources to determine her worldview and perspective.

Students will read the assigned biography and quotes to explore connections between activism and the power of words and ideas.

The 19th Amendment did not come without a prolonged fight. Students will examine rationale for opposing suffrage through the lens of class, immigration status and race.

While exploring Sacagawea’s role as guide to the Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery expedition, students will diagram a mind map to visualize and connect Sacagawea’s accomplishments to key ideas, events, and people related to this historic mission

Students will analyze and evaluate the meaning, value, and message of the political cartoon, A Society of Patriotic Ladies, at Edenton, North Carolina, October 25, 1774.

In this lesson, students will use the Suffrage Timeline to explore the women, ideas, and action that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 and discuss the Woman Suffrage Movement as a model for peaceful activism.