Musical Timbre Of Instruments And Singers: Definition Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less - Lesson Overview - Lesson Plans - For Teachers Back to Lesson Plans Lesson Overview Women obtained the right to vote nationwide in 1920. Before 1920, only criminals, the insane, Native Americans, and women were denied the vote. The modern woman's suffrage movement began in the 1840s with the Seneca Falls Convention. How did it happen and why? Objectives Students will be able to: understand the importance of primary sources in historical inquiry; use keyword searching strategies; understand the societal role of women from 1840 to 1920 and reforms women wanted; describe and compare methods used by suffragists to pass the 19th amendment at the national level; understand the importance of altering methods for achieving reforms in response to changing times and barriers; and compare the states' methods for achieving suffrage with the national methods; analyzing reasons for their differences. Standards Time Required Two weeks Recommended Grade Level Topic Women's History Era Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929 Credits Eliza Hamrick & Donna Levene
Nurturing Critical Thinking in the Classroom with "OPVL" My kids are all older now (2 high school, 1 college) and Kids Discover is STILL our most waited for, most read, most loved magazine we get. THANKS!!! Robert S. My kids are all older now (2 high school, 1 college) and Kids Discover is STILL our most waited for, most read, most loved magazine we get. THANKS!!! Prohibition Prohibition The 18th Amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol in America went into effect on January 16, 1920. The United States was now officially "dry" from coast to coast. Prohibition was the law of the land. The advocates of Prohibition had waged a 50-year campaign to ban alcohol and had high hopes for this "The Noble Experiment." For the next fourteen years much time, money and manpower would be devoted to enforcement, however, the task was impossible. By 1926, it was apparent the Noble Experiment was not working. References: Coffey, Thomas, M., The Long Thirst: Prohibition in America 1920-1933 (1975) How To Cite This Article: "Prohibition," EyeWitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2000).