Introduction Lesson Plan 1: High School Lesson Plan 2: High School Lesson Plan 3: Middle School Lesson Plan 4: Elementary School Lesson Plan 1: High School Alice Paul: Suffragist and Agitator By Roberta McCutcheon This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National History Standards: Era 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930) -- Standard 1: How Progressives and others addressed problems of industrial capitalism, urbanization, and political corruption; and Standard 2: The changing role of the United States in world affairs through World War I. Lesson Plan 2: High School Examining Women's Roles through Primary Sources and Literature By Marcia Kunf This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National History Standards: Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) -- Standard 4C: The student understands changing gender roles and the ideas and activities of women reformers. Lesson Plan 3: Middle School Declarations of Independence By Amy Trenkle This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS NCHS National History Standards: Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) -- Standard 3: The extension, restriction, and reorganization of political democracy after 1800; and Standard 4: The sources and character of cultural, religious, and social reform movements in the antebellum era. Lesson Plan 4: Elementary School Women's Suffrage: 140 Years of Struggle By John Hallagan This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National Standards for History: Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) -- Standard 3: The extension, restriction, and reorganization of political democracy after 1800; and Standard 4: The sources and character of cultural, religious, and social reform movements in the antebellum period. Teachers who explore their local history can win up to $5,000 through the History Channel's Save Our History National Contest. Visit: http://www.saveourhistory.com/awards/get_involved.html

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