Alabama Social Studies SS24.5.2a

Social Studies5th GradeProgressive Era and World War I

The Standard

SS24.5.2: Describe Progressive Era political reforms in both the United States and Alabama.

Summarize how women in Alabama participated in the suffrage movement prior to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students explain how Alabama women worked for voting rights before 1920. They describe actions such as organizing clubs, writing articles, and urging lawmakers to change voting laws.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can name Pattie Ruffner Jacobs and Adella Hunt Logan and tell what each did. They can explain how lobbying lawmakers or writing articles could build support for women's voting rights.
Common Misconceptions: Students may confuse working for the vote with already being allowed to vote. They may think the 1920 amendment removed every voting barrier Black women faced.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: What did Pattie Ruffner Jacobs and Adella Hunt Logan each do to support voting rights before 1920? Write one action for each.

Lesson moves

Hand pairs cards describing Jacobs lobbying lawmakers and Logan writing articles, then have them sort the cards by method of persuasion.
Ask students to write why a letter to a lawmaker and a newspaper article might reach different audiences.
Play a four-card match: pair each woman's name with her action, then explain how the action supported voting rights.
Show a sample voter registration form and ask which voting right Alabama suffragists worked to secure for women.

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