Secondary Lesson Plan Template

Title: Progressivism: Role of Women in Reform Description (1-2 sentences): Examining the struggles that women endured and the important people that helped bring about suffrage. Unit Essential Question: What were the political, economic, and social factors that led to a need for progressive reform in the early 20th Century. Subject: American History Instructional Time: 1 hour 30 minutes; 1 block Students grade level: 11th Grade Standard(s) to be addressed (Iowa Core 6-8 or 9-12): 5.6 c Describe womens suffrage and growing presence of women in the workforce. Resources used in this lesson: YouTube Journal Powerpoint Learning Objectives that meet the standard above (no more than three): Students will be able to identify the key women and their roles in creating womens suffrage in the U.S. Students will be able to explain the significance that women had in the Progressive Era. Guiding question for this lesson: What was the importance of women during the Progressive Era of the early 20th Century? Motivational strategies that you will use: The School House Rock video is something that many of the students will be familiar with and is a fun way to look at the issue. The concept of inequality between boys and girls will be an interesting topic for students to discuss and debate. Type of instructional method(s) used in this lesson: Lecture Video Group Discussion Individual Writing

Procedures - list carefully and completely what the students will do Admit Slip: name the three candidates of the election of 1912 and their platform for which they ran. Show YouTube video called Sufferin Till Suffrage from School House Rock. Examine the lyrics of the song and have students discuss what they think life was like for women at this

time. Lecture on the role of women in the Progressive Era. (Powerpoint) Have students come up with a slogan that accurately depicts the fight for womens rights that may have been used in a demonstration. Students are welcome to come up with more than one and should be ready to present them to the class. Should be a parody of a product slogan that the students are familiar with. (Just Picket, Voting: So Important Everyone should do it, The Right to Vote: Dont leave home without it, Voting: The Greatest Right on Earth) Have students present their slogans to the class and explain how it portrays the Womens reform movement. Exit Slip: What areas of life today do we still see inequalities between men and women? How would we go about making changes in these areas?

Technology needed for this lesson: Internet and Projector Powerpoint and projector Adaptations needed to meet student needs (ELL, SPED, etc.): The School House Rock video is a non-threatening overview of the topic of womens suffrage that uses pictures to help tell the story. The students will get a note sheet to help organize their notes and have the visual aspect of the powerpoint to help guide them through the lesson. Thinking strategies used in this lesson: Students will need to work in groups to analyze the issues faced by women in this time period and come up with a slogan that may have been used in a boycott or picket. Students will do some individual writing in their journals to answer the questions in the admit and exit slip. Assignment (what happens after this lesson; if no assignment, write none): None Assessment of the objectives for this lesson (how do you know what the students learning): I will be able to assess student learning through their notes at the end of the unit and their answers in their journal. I will also be able to gauge student learning through the classroom discussion and the slogans the students create.