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Analysis Worksheet: The Supreme Court Declares that the Constitution Does Not Protect Women's Right to Vote
This worksheet helps students analyze key passages of an 1875 Supreme Court decision about women's suffrage.
Analysis Worksheet: Maps of Women's Suffrage Prior to the 19th Amendment
This worksheet helps students analyze two maps of women's suffrage before 1920, and to evaluate the successes and limitations of the women's suffrage movement prior to the passage of the 19th amendment.
Time Table of the Lowell Mills
The young farm women who worked in the Lowell textile mills were used to hard work, but working the large, noisy mills was different. On the farm, women had controlled their own work schedule, and they did may different tasks. In the mill, women did [...]
To Strike or Not to Strike in 1830s Lowell: A Role Play
In this activity students perform a role play of a talk show between Lowell workers and factory owners. To research their characters, students analyze primary sources. This activity is used to teach with the film Daughters of Free Men, but can be [...]
A California Newspaper Deplores the Foreign Miner's Tax
Within months of statehood, the California legislature passed the Foreign Miner’s Tax, which required immigrant miners to pay $20 a month for the privilege of mining in the state. The unbearably high tax drove many Latin American miners back [...]
A California Newspaper Deplores the Foreign Miner's Tax (with text supports)
Within months of statehood, the California legislature passed the Foreign Miner’s Tax, which required immigrant miners to pay $20 a month for the privilege of mining in the state. The unbearably high tax drove many Latin American miners back [...]
Latin American and French Miners Protest the Foreign Miner's Tax
French- and Spanish-speaking miners posted this notice around Sonora County, California in May, 1850. The month before, the California legislature had passed a Foreign Miners’ Tax that required immigrant miners to pay $20 every month for the [...]
Latin American and French Miners Protest the Foreign Miner’s Tax (with text supports)
French- and Spanish-speaking miners posted this notice around Sonora County, California in May, 1850. The month before, the California legislature had passed a Foreign Miners’ Tax that required immigrant miners to pay $20 every month for the [...]
Active Viewing: Daughters of Free Men
In this activity, students watch short clips of the ASHP documentary Daughters of Free Men to learn about the experiences of Lowell mill girls in the 1830s. Students follow the life of Lucy, a young girl working in Lowell in 1836. After each clip, [...]
Daughters of Free Men Active Viewing worksheets
These worksheets guide students as they watch the short film Daughters of Free Men.