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Today, we will need the following…

1. Charged Chromebook
2. Headphones
3. Handouts

Please come see me for our handouts!

Unit 4

Political Participation

Mr. Ward 2024

Lesson 4.1

Voices in Democracy:

The Journey to Voting Rights and Political Participation

Unit 4: Political Participation

Mr. Ward 2024

Lesson Objectives

Students will be able to (SWBAT):

1. Understand key vocabulary related to voting rights and political participation.
2. Identify major amendments and laws that expanded voting rights to different groups.
3. Reflect on the concept of disenfranchisement and consider its societal impact.

Warm-up Activity:

Imagining Disenfranchisement

Thought Experiment

What would the world look like if:

1. Women never gain the right to vote.
2. African Americans never gain the right to vote?

In other words: the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments were never passed and ratified.

• What would the world be like?
• What would this mean for women and African Americans?
• What would this mean for the women closest to you? You mother, sister, aunt, grandmother?
• What would this mean for the African American community?

Do any of these situations seem familiar to what is the reality of Washington today?

Video Lecture

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History of Voting Rights in America by WHYY

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Link found in Google Classroom

The History of Rights in America | WHYY, 2022)

Please make sure you have the following supplies.

1. A charged Chromebook
2. A set of headphones.

Please watch the video by WHYY

The link can be found in Google Classroom.

As you work on it, please complete the graphic organizer starting on page two..

Unit 4

Vocabulary