August 2020 is the 100th anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution--which guaranteed the right to vote to women.
There were 48 states at the time, and 35 state legislatures passed the amendment before Tennessee did. When the Tennessee General Assembly ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on August 18, 1920, the amendment cleared the Constitutional requirement that 3/4 of the states approve it.
In the 2019-2020 school year, public school teachers in Tennessee are required to provide monthly instruction on the woman suffrage amendment.
We are therefore creating 36 lessons for students in Tennessee (36 seems like an appropriate number).
Nine are for students in grades K-3.
Nine for students in grades 4-5.
Nine for students in middle school.
Nine for students in high school.
We hope teachers and students find these useful.
Note: All lessons were written by Bill Carey of Tennessee History for Kids and edited by Paula Casey, co-founder of the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Heritage Trail.