The+Ballot+Box+Battle+Reinforcing+Activity

After reading the book to the class, the teacher will begin a class discussion. The class discussion will include a few Bloom’s Taxonomy questions:
 * How would you feel if women still did not having equal rights, including voting, today?
 * Do you believe giving women the right to vote was a good or bad thing, why?
 * What would have happened differently if women had always had the right to vote?

After the discussion, the teacher will read the 19th Amendment to the students so they can get a feel of what exactly this meant. This can help them understand the book better also.

The teacher will give the students an assignment connected to the book. The students will be assigned to write a letter to the government explaining their opinion about women gaining the right to vote. They will need to include details explaining why or why not women deserved the right to vote.

The following day, the teacher can have students create their own type of amendment. This should be something that they believe they should have the right to or the right to not have to do something. They need to be specific and give plenty of details to back up their case. Their “right” should be written in the same type of format as an actual amendment. This will then give them a better idea of how amendments work and how big an effect they have on people. Once the students complete their amendment they will have the opportunity to share it with their classmates. The students will need to explain how the amendment they have created is different than the impact of the 19th Amendment. Would their amendment effect many people like the 19th Amendment did or would it just effect them, etc.

Other Social Studies Standards that this book could teach include: History, Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities, People in Societies