Women’s Suffrage

A Theme Page about women’s fight to get the right to vote, suitable for intermediate, A2-B1-level students.

Warm-up

Propaganda Postcards From The Early 20th Century Show The Dangers Of Women's Rights | Bored Panda

Propaganda Postcards From The Early 20th Century Show The Dangers Of Women’s Rights | Bored Pandahttps://www.boredpanda.com/suffrage-postcards-anti-women-propoganda-voting-rights/These unbelievable vintage postcards from the early 1900s were used as propaganda by men to stop women from having more rights.

Women’s Suffrage in the U.S.: Photos - The Atlantic

Women’s Suffrage in the U.S.: Photos – The Atlantichttps://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/06/the-battle-for-womens-suffrage-in-photos/591103/Images of some of the brave women who worked tirelessly for years to demand equal rights, and finally succeeded by having them written into law

 

Songs

Bad Romance - Women's Suffrage - YouTube

Bad Romance – Women’s Suffrage – YouTube (5:07)https://youtu.be/Gvu3krcs8ecBad Romance: Women’s Suffrage is a parody music video paying homage to Alice Paul and the generations of brave women who joined together in the fight to pass the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote in 1920. Lyrics and notes

The Suffragettes horrible histories - YouTube

The Suffragettes horrible histories – YouTube (2:48)https://youtu.be/gR8qFivWcc8The Suffragettes sing about their struggles & extreme measures they go through to get women the right to vote. Lyrics

 

Vocabulary

The Suffragettes | TheSchoolRun

The Suffragettes | TheSchoolRunhttps://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/the-suffragettesFascinating facts, did-you-knows, images and videos about the Suffragettes to support school topic work.

Lesson Plans

What Is Suffrage? | Wonderopolis

What Is Suffrage? | Wonderopolishttps://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/What-Is-SuffrageIf you had to vote for your favorite Wonder of the Day, would you vote for today’s?

Votes for Women, video and resource pack - Parliament UK Education

Votes for Women, video and resource pack – Parliament UK Educationhttps://learning.parliament.uk/en/resources/votes-for-women-video-and-resources/An audio drama following Suffragette Lady Constance Lytton as she protests for women’s right to vote. Utilise this as part of a debate-based lesson.

A Time to Travel: England: Suffer and suffrage | Article | Onestopenglish

A Time to Travel: England: Suffer and suffrage | Article | Onestopenglishhttps://www.onestopenglish.com/listening-lesson-plans/a-time-to-travel-england-suffer-and-suffrage/553449.articleAmber travels back to meet the leader of the suffragettes, Emmeline Pankhurst, and learn about why the right to vote is so important. – Download the materials

The historic women’s suffrage march on Washington - Michelle | TED-Ed

The historic women’s suffrage march on Washington – Michelle | TED-Edhttps://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-historic-women-s-suffrage-march-on-washington-michelle-mehrtensOn March 3, 1913, after months of strategic planning and controversy, thousands of women gathered in Washington D.C. for the Women’s Suffrage Parade — the first mass protest for a woman’s right to vote.  Lesson Plan

Suffragettes: Outrage at Kew - The National Archives

Suffragettes: Outrage at Kew – The National Archiveshttps://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/outrage-at-kew/Students will look at records from the prison case files of two suffragettes involved in the burning down of the tea pavilion at Kew Gardens. (B1)Follow-up task

 

Listening

BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English / Women's right to vote

BBC Learning English – 6 Minute English / Women’s right to votehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english/ep-161124Neil and Alice talk about the defiant women who fought for their right to choose their representatives

Reading

The life of Emmeline Pankhurst 🍀 Learn English through story level 3 - YouTube (7:30)

The life of Emmeline Pankhurst 🍀 Learn English through story level 3 – YouTube (7:30)https://youtu.be/HFecKfEgkrgLearn English through the storyThe life of Emmeline PankhurstEnglish story level 3Audiobook with text on screen

Suffrage at 100: A Visual History

Suffrage at 100: A Visual Historyhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/17/us/suffrage-movement-photos-history.htmlHow did American women win the right to vote? These images help bring their decades-long movement into focus.

Anti-Suffragette postcards - HistoryExtra

Anti-Suffragette postcards – HistoryExtrahttps://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/anti-suffragette-postcards/In our August 2012 issue, June Purvis, explores the market for anti-Suffragette postcards in the early 20th century. Here is a taste of what readers can expect – To clear the ads, use Mercury Reader

Commemorating women’s right to vote

Commemorating women’s right to votehttps://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/438a73d3f7a3445084e7b36b2b1de0ca?item=1This collection is brought to you by the women of Black Girls M.A.P.P., WeCan, and People for the People, and serves as an intersectional commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the United States’ 19th Amendment. (B1)

Women’s Suffrage - The U.S. Movement, Leaders & Amendment - HISTORY

Women’s Suffrage – The U.S. Movement, Leaders & Amendment – HISTORYhttps://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/the-fight-for-womens-suffrage The women’s suffrage movement was a decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States. It took activists and reformers nearly 100 – To clear the ads, use Mercury Reader

 

Viewing

British Council ELT - MYTHS & LEGENDS Emmeline Pankhurst - YouTube

British Council ELT – MYTHS & LEGENDS Emmeline Pankhurst – YouTube (2:30)https://youtu.be/7CuPJN4zYksThe story of Emmeline Pankhurst with narration by UK British English Voice-over artist Elaine Wise. For English Language Teaching ELT. (yr 7)

Emmeline Pankhurst - YouTube

Emmeline Pankhurst – YouTube (5:34)https://youtu.be/tp8R0FFRsV8Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist. She is best remembered for organizing the UK suffragette movement and helping women win the right to vote

Suffragettes – Stories from Parliament - YouTube

Suffragettes – Stories from Parliament – YouTube (6:25)https://youtu.be/FUP-pGcmb4sFollow Suffragette Lady Constance Lytton as she protests for women’s right to vote.Watch part 2 (7:37)

Suffragettes explained | Who were they? - YouTube

Suffragettes explained | Who were they? – YouTube (1:53)https://youtu.be/r3eGgyD27jgThe story of the Marvellous Millicent Fawcett and the Amazing Emmeline Pankhurst have some pretty impressive stories, find out about their incredible work for Women’s Rights here!

The historic women’s suffrage march on Washington - TedEd

The historic women’s suffrage march on Washington – TedEd (4:54)https://youtu.be/_KhYRqozTDEExplore how the Women’s Suffrage Parade on Washington in 1913 helped women secure the right to vote in the United States through the 19th amendment.

When voting rights didn't protect all women - YouTube

When voting rights didn’t protect all women – YouTube (8:28)https://youtu.be/ScU2oWfWRegMartha S. Jones and Daina Ramey Berry reflect on what the 19th Amendment means for Black American women.
Role of women after World War 1 - YouTube (4:50)

Role of women after World War 1 – YouTube (4:50)https://youtu.be/rNJvRS0hTfcVoting is something almost all adults in our country can do, but this hasn’t always been the case. In 1918, after many years of protests, changes were coming.

Women's Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31 - YouTube

Women’s Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31 – YouTube (13:30)https://youtu.be/HGEMscZE5dYIn which John Green teaches you about American women in the Progressive Era and, well, the progress they made.

Emmeline Pankhurst' speech 1908 - YouTube

Emmeline Pankhurst’s speech 1908 – YouTube (3:06)https://youtu.be/mpMhp2yJDPcOn trial at Bow Street Magistrates Court for inciting the public to riot, on 24th October 1908 Emmeline Pankhurst made a powerful speech from the dock. (B1)

The most notorious act of protest for women’s suffrage - YouTube

The most notorious act of protest for women’s suffrage – YouTube (8:14)https://youtu.be/0EIFDSb7tWcIn 1913, suffragette Emily Davison disrupted a major horse race in the name of winning British women the vote. (B1)

 

Film

Suffragette Official Trailer #1 (2015) - YouTube

Suffragette Official Trailer #1 (2015) – YouTube (2:31)https://youtu.be/056FI2Pq9RYSUFFRAGETTE is the first-ever feature film to tell the inspirational story of the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who risked everything in the fight for equality.

SUFFRAGETTE - ymiclassroom.comymiclassroom.com

SUFFRAGETTE – Lesson Plan https://ymiclassroom.com/lesson-plans/suffragette/Bring the fight for equality to life in your classroom with SUFFRAGETTE, the stirring new film about the women who were willing to lose their jobs, their homes, their children, …

 

Worksheets

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