Curriculum Materials

Participants will use objects they find in their homes to curate their own Women’s Movement museum exhibit. The museum exhibit will demonstrate the participants understanding of an important event in the Woman’s Movement or a key theme, as well as link their exhibit to other events in the movement.

This lesson plan accompanies Episode 1 of The Magic Sash podcast. It looks at the history of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and explores how people express their support for social and political issues or candidates.

This lesson plan accompanies Episode 2 of The Magic Sash podcast. It looks at the "Declaration of Sentiments" and the goals of the women's rights movement and the anti-slavery movement, and explores why groups supporting different movements sometimes work together?

In this series of four lesson plans from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, students will be able to explore the development and growth of the American women's rights movement. This includes lessons about the Seneca Falls Convention, the Erie Canal, and the later women's rights movement. Developed by educator Lynn Girven of the Rochester City School District.

This program will share the story of the Seneca Falls 1848 Convention for Woman's Rights. The program consists of several assignments designed to help students recognize the difference between a right and a privilege and apply their knowledge to those who organized and attended the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention.

Participants will navigate different online sources, using the links provided, to answer the questions about the key details of the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention and important aspects of the larger Women’s Movement.

Participants will use objects they find in their homes to curate their own Women’s Movement museum exhibit. The museum exhibit will demonstrate the participants understanding of an important event in the Woman’s Movement or a key theme, as well as link their exhibit to other events in the movement.

Students will research women’s rights and reform advocates from the nineteenth century. Students will choose one activist and act as their social media manager. Students will create a social media plan for the platform of their choice and highlight their reformer’s story.

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.

Students will research women’s rights and reform advocates from the nineteenth century. Students will choose one activist and act as their social media manager. Students will create a social media plan for the platform of their choice and highlight their reformer’s story.

This program will share the story of the Seneca Falls 1848 Convention for Woman's Rights. The program consists of several assignments designed to help students recognize the difference between a right and a privilege and apply their knowledge to those who organized and attended the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention.

For this lesson, students will divided up into group examine the Declaration of Independence and Declaration of Sentiments to understand the similarities and differences of the different Declarations.

Participants will navigate different online sources, using the links provided, to answer the questions about the key details of the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention and important aspects of the larger Women’s Movement.

This lesson plan accompanies Episode 3 of The Magic Sash podcast. It looks at Susan B. Anthony and her significance in the history of the US women's suffrage movement, and explores what rules apply when deciding who has the right to vote.

In wartime, women traditionally served either on the home front or as nurses and laundresses. During the U.S.-Mexican War, most women played these traditional roles while others aided the military in non-traditional ways. Read primary documents about female soldiers, war correspondents, and spies.

Parts of the country opposed the U.S.-Mexican War and viewed it as an unjust war fought to extend slavery. Students divided into groups to review one of three documents from Massachusetts written about the War. One document is Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience. Next, they present the document to the class. At the end, students discuss what actions they would take to stand up for their beliefs.

A learning activity for 4th through 8th grade comparing two versions of Sojourner Truth's Ain't I A Woman speech. Students will identify the main argument of the speech and analyze the different versions to determine which source may be more accurate. Extend the lesson by reciting the speech with expressions and gestures.