Alabama Social Studies SS24.US2.14b

Social Studies11th GradeLate Twentieth-Century America

The Standard

SS24.US2.14: Explain shifts in the scope of the Civil Rights Movement from the mid-1960s into the 1970s, including geographic regions, issues of focus, and participation.

Evaluate the social and political significance of the women’s rights movement from the 1960s to the 1980s on the lives of women in the United States.

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students explain how organizing and new laws changed women's access to education, jobs, and political power. They weigh those gains against goals that went unmet and differences in women's experiences.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can explain how Title IX opened school programs to more girls and women. They can explain why the failure to ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment mattered, without claiming that all women benefited equally.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think the federal Equal Rights Amendment was ratified or that Title IX covered only sports. They may also assume that new legal rights immediately ended unequal pay and discrimination.
How to Assess It: On an exit ticket, ask: What did Title IX change for women, and what did the failure to ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment leave unresolved? Use one specific example for each.

Lesson moves

Give groups excerpts from Title VII and Title IX plus an ERA campaign flyer; have them sort each under school, work, or politics.
Ask students to write how Title IX might change a girl's school day in 1975 and what barriers she might still face.
Play a claim-check game with cards stating 'The federal ERA was ratified' and 'Title IX covered only sports'; students correct each claim.
Have students find their district's Title IX notice online and name one school opportunity it protects.

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