Voting Rights
Lesson Plan
Explore the evolution of voting rights in the US with this lesson plan highlighting landmark changes.
Overview
Explore the history of voting rights in the United States through an interactive PowerPoint presentation highlighting landmark changes. Following the presentation and class discussion, students apply the new knowledge of how voting legislation evolved to individual scenarios through a class activity.
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Grade Levels
- 6-8
Learning Objectives
- Explain how voting rights expanded and contracted over time
- Identify the laws and amendments that altered U.S. voting laws
- Evaluate obstacles to voting
- Determine whether individuals living at various times in U.S. history would have been able to vote