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Women's Rights National Historical Park
Opening the Gates to Change: the Erie Canal and Woman’s Suffrage
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In this lesson from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, students will analyze the impacts of the Erie Canal on development of 19th century social reform movements, particularly women’s rights. Students will examine historic examples of groups who struggled for equality and will compare past movements to contemporary issues. Students will consider their own capacities as change-makers.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
HERstories of Cuyahoga Valley: the Suffrage Movement and Harriet Keeler
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Many women in Northeast Ohio were active members of not only their communities but in the activist movements of the late 1800s and early 1900s. In this lesson, students will discover the life of Harriet Keeler.
Homestead National Historical Park
Women Who Paved the Way, Exploring Women Homesteaders and Suffragists (Adult)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Adult Education
The Homestead Act of 1862 was gender-blind, allowing women to claim 160 acres of land just like men could. As women homesteaders were helping to settle the West, suffragists fought to secure the right to vote for women across the United States.
Homestead National Historical Park
Women Who Paved the Way, Exploring Women Homesteaders and Suffragists (6th - 8th)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Homestead Act of 1862 was gender-blind, allowing women to claim 160 acres of land just like men could. As women homesteaders were helping to settle the West, suffragists fought to secure the right to vote for women across the United States.
Homestead National Historical Park
Women Who Paved the Way, Exploring Women Homesteaders and Suffragists (9th - 12th)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The Homestead Act of 1862 was gender-blind, allowing women to claim 160 acres of land just like men could. As women homesteaders were helping to settle the West, suffragists fought to secure the right to vote for women across the United States.
Gateway Arch National Park
Segregation Laws in the 1800s: Williams v. Bellefontaine
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In 1867, Neptune and Caroline Williams sued the Bellefontaine Railway Company over its discriminatory policies regarding African Americans. In a dispute with the streetcar operator, Mrs. Williams was hurt. The Williamses sued at the St. Louis Courthouse and won their case, but with a twist. Will students reach the same verdict?
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
Life after "Freedom" Post-Visit Activity
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Tubman’s deep faith sustained her as nurse and a spy for the Union army. Tubman eventually settled with her extended family in Auburn, New York, was active in the women’s suffrage movement and founded a home for the elderly and disadvantaged.
Gateway Arch National Park
Trial for the Right to Vote: Virginia Minor v. Happersett
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In a room on the second floor of the St. Louis Courthouse in 1873, Virginia Louisa Minor sued a city registrar for denying her the right the register to vote. What was her argument? In this mock trial, students will reenact the 1873 trial, listen to both sides, and reach their own verdict in the case.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Before the end of legal slavery in the United States, free African Americans migrated to Canada to find greater security and liberty. After the Civil War, some returned to the U.S. to aid emancipated people and rebuild the South. Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a business woman, abolitionist, and suffragist.
Gateway Arch National Park
Tort Liability: Franke v. City of St. Louis
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Frederick Franke was injured in St. Louis when part of a building fell on his head as he was walking. Tragically, he died as a result of his injuries. His mother, Julia Franke, sued the owner of the building and the City of St. Louis for damages. This case was heard in 1888 in the St. Louis Courthouse (the Old Courthouse). Students will reenact the case and hear from all sides.
Gateway Arch National Park
Freedom Suit: Dred Scott v. Irene Emerson
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
1846, an enslaved couple named Dred and Harriet Scott sued for their freedom at the St. Louis Courthouse, a historic courthouse managed by the National Park Service at Gateway Arch National Park and referred to as the "Old Courthouse." In this mock trial, students learn about the second trial the Scotts undertook at the courthouse in 1850. During this case, the court declared Dred Scott to be a free man. How will students interpret the case?
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
The Real Harriet Tubman: Separating Myth from Fact Post-Visit Activity
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Born into slavery in early 1822 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Tubman gained international acclaim during her lifetime as an Underground Railroad agent, abolitionist, Civil War spy and nurse, suffragist, and humanitarian. Disabled by a near fatal head injury while enslaved, Tubman rose above horrific childhood adversity to emerge with a will of steel. Tubman transcended victimization to achieve personal and physical freedom from her oppressors.