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Fighting for Voting Rights at Grand Canyon and Across Arizona

Grand Canyon National Park

Grade Level:

High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Subject:

Social Studies

Lesson Duration:

60 Minutes

State Standards:

HS.H4.1, HS.H4.4, HS.H3.4, HS.H4.1

Essential Question

How do you measure the success of a movement?

Objective

Students will:

Learn about the suffrage movement across the US and connections to Grand Canyon 

Learn about Native American’s fight for the right to vote in Arizona 

Reflect on what a “complete” history means?

Preparation

• The Articles and videos 

• Writing materials 

Materials

Lesson Hook/Preview

Have students break up into groups of 2 or 3 and have each group choose a different Suffrage in 60 Seconds Video from Belmont Paul Women’s Equality Monument to watch and then share a two sentence overview with the class.  

Procedure

Engage:  

Based on the videos they watch and what they learned, as a class create a timeline for women’s suffrage in the United States. Ask students to discuss who exactly got the right to vote in 1920.  

Explore and Explain:  

Have students read this article on Suffrage, Voting Rights, and the Grand Canyon. Then have students watch Natives and the Path to Suffrage in Arizona. 

Elaborate: 

Have students work together to update the original timeline to include the dates from Grand Canyon as well as the dates for Native Americans in Arizona.  

After students to discuss the following questions: 

• Who was represented on the first timeline?  

• What locations were represented?  

• Is this timeline complete now?  

Have students discuss what a “complete” history means.  

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