In this primary source based resource, students will analyze the strategies employed by the suffragettes and their opponents to make generalizations about the sacrifices many made to gain the franchise. The
students will synthesize the information and apply it to their own campaigns to encourage the community to vote in their November elections.

Students will study documents and images related to the Eighteenth Amendment of 1919 prohibiting the trade in liquor. Documents include: the Act and its repeal by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933; letters from citizens for and against Prohibition; and photos and political cartoons.

Students will examine several documents related to the life of Solomon Northup, whose life story is told in his autobiography Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841 and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation Near the Red River in Louisiana.

In this 13 page pdf lesson plan from the Howard County History Labs Program, students will explore whether the USA Patriot Act is necessary to protect national security or a violation of civil liberties. Students will examine documents, create T-charts, participate in group discussion/debate, and create their own reflections post-lesson. Rubric included.