Presented by:
Search
Margaret Fuller, American Transcendentalist and women's rights advocate born
May 23, 1810
Related Lessons
Lesson Plan / History & Social StudiesWomen's Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs
Students analyze archival cartoons, posters, magazine humor, newspaper articles and poems that reflect the deeply entrenched attitudes and beliefs the early crusaders for women’s rights had to overcome.
Lesson Plan / History & Social StudiesWomen's Suffrage: Why the West First?
Students compile information to examine hypotheses explaining why the first nine states to grant full voting rights for women were located in the West.
Martin Puryear, American sculptor, is born
May 23, 1941
Related Lessons
Lesson Plan / Art & CultureMartin Puryear's Ladder for Booker T. Washington
Students examine Martin Puryear’s Ladder for Booker T. Washington and consider how the title of Puryear’s sculpture is reflected in the meanings we can draw from it. They learn about Booker T. Washington’s life and legacy, and through Puryear's ladder, students explore the African American experience from Booker T.'s perspective and apply their knowledge to other groups in U.S. History. They also gain understanding on how a ladder can be a metaphor for a person’s and a group’s progress toward goals.
Lesson Plan / History & Social StudiesPerspective on the Slave Narrative
Trace the elements of history, literature, polemic, and autobiography in the 1847 Narrative of William W. Brown, An American Slave.
EDSITEment has partnered with Thinkfinity to help you find, save, and share even more free lesson plans and educational resources. Try it Now
-
-
EDSITEment! is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities
-
Special support for Edsitement is provided by Thinkfinity.org and Verizon
