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Lesson Plan
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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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Resources
- Voting Rights_Student Docs.pdf
- Voting Rights_Teacher Guide.pdf
- Spanish_Voting Rights_Student Docs.pdf
- Spanish_Voting Rights_Teacher Docs.pdf
This Lesson Plan is included in the following units:
Elections and Voting
Pushing Towards Civil Rights
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