Idaho Social Studies 6-12.HT1.1

Social StudiesGrades 6–12Historical Thinking Skills

The Standard

Identify a series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity over time.

Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Put voting rights milestones in order. Explain who gained legal protections at each point and which barriers remained.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can connect the 15th Amendment, 19th Amendment, and 1965 Voting Rights Act to specific changes. They can explain why voting discrimination continued after the amendments passed.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think the 19th Amendment removed voting barriers for every woman. They may also assume that passing a law ended discrimination right away.
How to Assess It: Give students cards labeled 15th Amendment (1870), 19th Amendment (1920), and Voting Rights Act (1965). Have them order the cards, then name one change and one barrier that continued.

Lesson moves

Place the three milestone cards on a desk timeline, then add sticky notes naming a change and a barrier at each point.
Ask: Why was the 1965 Voting Rights Act needed long after the 15th Amendment? Name one barrier that lasted.
Read claims such as 'Black voters still faced literacy tests after 1870'; students raise CHANGE or CONTINUED cards and explain their choice.
Compare the voting age on a current voter registration form with the age before the 26th Amendment in 1971.

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