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SAMPLE LESSON - Volume 1 - (download .pdf)
Warm Up/Review Questions Using First Day Cover Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention
Ask the students to analyze the First Day Cover: (Image A) What is the FDC commemorating? What facts did the students find to support their answer? On which part of the FDC are those facts found? STAMP: (Image B) The date 1848 The portrait of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (on the left) and Lucretia Mott (on the right) POSTMARK: Seneca Falls, N.Y. July 19, 1948 (100 years since the Women’s Rights Convention) ARTWORK: (Image C) Portraits of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott The statement “The first women’s rights meeting Seneca Falls, N. Y. July 1848” The meeting. (Note that both women and men were in attendance.)
From the look of the furniture, where was the meeting held? Which issue at the Convention caused the most heated discussion? How many years did it take to convince both men and women that the right to vote should not be denied on account of sex? Who is the third woman on the STAMP? (Carrie C. Catt) What role did she play in the fight for the 19th Amendment? Why is Susan B. Anthony “missing” from this First Day Cover? What progress have women made since 1948?
National Standards United States History Era 4 Standard 4C |