Museum of Suffrage Movement in Tennessee

Introduction

Introduction 

Students research achievements made by women in Tennessee and give a presentation to the Tennessee State Museum Board to tell them which achievements are most significant.

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You have been hired by the curator of the Tennessee Museum. Your first job is to enhance the Women's section of the museum. The museum feels like there needs to be a better emphasis on the women who helped get the right to vote and how they impacted Tennessee. 

Task

Presentation

You will need to create a powerpoint or poster of THREE of the most important people or achievements made by women during the Suffrage movement. Your job will be to persuade the museum board(your classmates) that your choices were impactful to the Suffrage movement and present day. Make sure to read and follow the rubric. 

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Process

Process 

Part 1

Before you begin, please explore the Suffrage movement information that is already available online. You can include some of this information in your presentation. 

https://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/customizations/global/pages/collections/suffrage/suffrage.html 

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Part 2

For this section, you will be finding FOUR different women involved in the Tennessee suffrage movement. You will turn this in on a notebook piece of paper to me when you present. You will need to write down two achievements, and what side they were for. You need to have at least two women against the movement, and a government employee. 

https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/ecms/suffrage/

https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/People/Women/WomanSuffrage2019.htm

https://www.nps.gov/articles/tennessee-women-s-history.htm

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Part 3

Now that you have done your research, decide which THREE people you will include in your presentation. You will need to prepare a powerpoint or poster of the people you have chosen. It must include their contributions to the Suffrage movement and pictures. You need to prove to the board that these people are important to the movement and Tennessee today. 

Your job will be to present a 2-5 minute presentation to the class. 

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Evaluation
Evaluation
Category 1 2 3 4 5
Paper turned in/ conclusion paragraph No information on person or people People are listed but no information Half of people are put in  Partial information or people All people are on there, and information is there
significance of achievement significance not addressed minimal support provided  adequate support given, not for all support given but not emphasized support is emphasized and contribution is addressed 
powerpoint or posterboard one person. no creativity two people listed. no creativity three people listed. no creativity. three people listed. creativity. no support. some pictures  three people listed. creative. support listed. pictures. 
speaking  Does not speak clearly. Lacks volume and/or rate. many verbal or physical distractions. Does not meet time requirement. Does not speak clearly. gets distracted. does not meet time.  Speaks clearly but lacks consistent volume and rate. Some verbal/physical distractions. Does not meet time requirement. Speaks clearly at an appropriate rate and volume. Minimal verbal/physical distractions. Meets time requirement. Speaks clearly at an appropriate rate and volume. No physical or verbal distractions. Meets time requirement.
mechanics 

There are more than 4 grammatical/mechanical mistakes on the poster.

 

There are 3-4 grammatical/mechanical mistakes on the poster.

 

 The final body of work has 3-5 mechanical errors in grammar, formatting, and spelling. The final body of work has 1-2 mechanical errors in grammar, formatting, and spelling.. The final body of work is free of mechanical errors..

 

 

 

Conclusion

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Conclusion

Now that you have done the research and created your presentation, it is time to write about it. Write at least a 6-7 sentence paragraph about the people you have wrote about. You must include why you wrote about them and what it means to you. This will be written on the the notebook paper you wrote your research on. Make sure to section that this is your conclusion. It will be turned in to me when you present your presentation. 

 

Credits

Credits

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Teacher Page

Students will analyze Tennessee websites on different people throughout the Suffrage movement. 

This lesson is based on Tennessee History standards on the Suffrage movement. It emphasizes looking at online resources.