GRADE FIVE



GRADE FOUR

By, Cristina Speirs and Kristina Luparello

Women’s Rights Movement

Student Name_____________________

Date______________________________

Document Based Question

Directions: The task below is based on documents 1 through 5. The task is designed to test your ability to work with documents. Examine each document and answer all questions beneath the document. Use the answers to the questions to help write your essay.

Task: Use the information from the documents and your knowledge of social studies, write an

Tier I: Basic

Document #1:

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Women’s Rights Convention, July 19th – 40th 1848

The U.S. women’s movement had its beginnings in 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott called the Seneca Falls Convention in New York to “discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman.”  Stanton and Mott had broad ranging goals for this first-ever women’s convention, as detailed in their “Declaration of Sentiments.” Modeled after the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the document included twelve resolutions concerning the rights, privileges, and obligations of women, eleven of which easily passed. The resolution arguing for woman suffrage was a point of contention among participants.

The women were ridiculed by men but were so passionate about their beliefs that they persisted in

1. Why was the conference held?

A. _________________________________________________________________[1]

What did the women want to discuss?

B. _________________________________________________________________[1]

2. Why did women persist with the conference after they were ridiculed by the men? Why?

Yes or No? ____ [1]

Why?_____________________________________________________ [1]

Document #2

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Doctors for Votes 1916: A doctor’s procession in support of women's suffrage

A faculty member at Geneva Medical College Dean Lee and all other male faculty were more than hesitant to make such a bold move as accepting a woman student. Consequently, Dr. Lee decided to put the matter up to a vote among the 150 men who made up the medical school’s student body. If one student voted “No,” Lee explained, Miss Blackwell would be barred from admission.

Apparently, the students thought the request was little more than a silly joke and voted unanimously to let her in; they were surprised, to say the least, when she arrived at the school ready to learn how to heal.

1. How many men from Geneva Medical School voted for Elizabeth Blackwell to get into medical school?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________[1]

2A.

Why did the men vote for Elizabeth Blackwell?

2A. __________________________________________________________________[1]

2B. How did Elizabeth Blackwell’s passion and persistence to be a doctor demonstrate her grit? Why?

Yes or No? ____ [1]

Why?_____________________________________________________ [2]

Document #3

A poem Elizabeth Cady Stanton quoted on the title page of her diary.

I live ...

For the cause that lacks assistance,

For the wrong that needs resistance,

For the future in the distance

And the good that I can do.

1. Why does Elizabeth Blackwell live?

A. _________________________________________________________________[1]

B. _________________________________________________________________[1]

2. How does this quote demonstrate grit?

A. _________________________________________________________________[2]

Document #4

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Excerpt from Amelia Bloomer’s Diary

“Who knew that I would become a trendsetter one day? I cut my dresses up to my knees and slapped on a pair of pants under it. They named it the “Bloomer costume” after me, because it is so different from what women have been wearing until now. Women are happy to get rid of their long, heavy skirts and dresses that men have been forcing us to wear for all of these years. Men seriously object to the change to women’s apparel that I have made. This is our first step towards getting a voice in the world.”

Even though Amelia Bloomer was made fun of by men for her new style of clothing, she did not care.  She continued to wear her “bloomers” and share her new style with other women.

 

1. Based on the document, what are two things that Amelia Bloomer did to her clothing?

A.   _______________________________________________________________[1]

B.    _______________________________________________________________[1]

2.              Based on the document, how did women react to the new “bloomers?”

     A. ________________________________________________________________[1]

3.              Based on the document, how did men react to the new “bloomers?”

A.  ________________________________________________________________[1]

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Document #5

Document A

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Document A

The tactics of the suffragists went beyond petitions and memorials to Congress. Testing another strategy, Susan B. Anthony registered and voted in the 1872 election in Rochester, NY. As planned, she was arrested for "knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully voting for a representative to the Congress of the United States," convicted by the State of New York, and fined $100, which she insisted she would never pay a penny of. On January 12, 1874, Anthony petitioned the Congress of the United States requesting "that the fine imposed upon your petitioner be remitted, as an expression of the sense of this high tribunal that her conviction was unjust."

Document B

Lyrics from Helen Reddy – “I Am Woman”

Yes, I've paid the price

But look how much I gained

If I have to, I can do anything

I am strong

(Strong)

I am invincible

(Invincible)

I am woman

1. What are two qualities Susan B. Anthony in document A that might have inspired the lyrics in document B. Give the qualities and lyrics.

A. _________________________________________________________________[1]

B. _________________________________________________________________[1]

2. Based on the two documents, how might Susan B. Anthony have inspired other women?

_____________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________ [1]

Task: Use the information from the documents and your knowledge of social studies, write an

Tier II: Basic

Document #1:

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Women’s Rights Convention, July 19th – 40th 1848

The U.S. women’s movement had its beginnings in 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott called the Seneca Falls Convention in New York to “discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman.”  Stanton and Mott had broad ranging goals for this first-ever women’s convention, as detailed in their “Declaration of Sentiments.” Modeled after the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the document included twelve resolutions concerning the rights, privileges, and obligations of women, eleven of which easily passed. The resolution arguing for woman suffrage was a point of contention among participants.

The women were ridiculed by men but were so passionate about their beliefs that they persisted in

3. Why was the conference held?

C. _________________________________________________________________[1]

What did the women want to discuss?

D. _________________________________________________________________[1]

4. Why did women persist with the conference after they were ridiculed by the men? Why?

Yes or No? ____ [1]

Why?_____________________________________________________ [1]

Document #2

[pic]

Doctors for Votes 1916: A doctor’s procession in support of women's suffrage

A faculty member at Geneva Medical College Dean Lee and all other male faculty were more than hesitant to make such a bold move as accepting a woman student. Consequently, Dr. Lee decided to put the matter up to a vote among the 150 men who made up the medical school’s student body. If one student voted “No,” Lee explained, Miss Blackwell would be barred from admission.

Apparently, the students thought the request was little more than a silly joke and voted unanimously to let her in; they were surprised, to say the least, when she arrived at the school ready to learn how to heal.

2. How many men from Geneva Medical School voted for Elizabeth Blackwell to get into medical school?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________[1]

2A.

Why did the men vote for Elizabeth Blackwell?

2A. __________________________________________________________________[1]

2B. How did Elizabeth Blackwell’s passion and persistence to be a doctor demonstrate her grit? Why?

Yes or No? ____ [1]

Why?_____________________________________________________ [2]

Document #3

A poem Elizabeth Cady Stanton quoted on the title page of her diary.

I live ...

For the cause that lacks assistance,

For the wrong that needs resistance,

For the future in the distance

And the good that I can do.

3. Why does Elizabeth Blackwell live?

C. _________________________________________________________________[1]

D. _________________________________________________________________[1]

4. How does this quote demonstrate grit?

B. _________________________________________________________________[2]

Document #4

[pic]

Excerpt from Amelia Bloomer’s Diary

“Who knew that I would become a trendsetter one day? I cut my dresses up to my knees and slapped on a pair of pants under it. They named it the “Bloomer costume” after me, because it is so different from what women have been wearing until now. Women are happy to get rid of their long, heavy skirts and dresses that men have been forcing us to wear for all of these years. Men seriously object to the change to women’s apparel that I have made. This is our first step towards getting a voice in the world.”

Even though Amelia Bloomer was made fun of by men for her new style of clothing, she did not care.  She continued to wear her “bloomers” and share her new style with other women.

 

2. Based on the document, what are two things that Amelia Bloomer did to her clothing?

A.   _______________________________________________________________[1]

B.    _______________________________________________________________[1]

2.              Based on the document, how did women react to the new “bloomers?”

     A. ________________________________________________________________[1]

3.              Based on the document, how did men react to the new “bloomers?”

A.  ________________________________________________________________[1]

Top of Form

Document #5

Document A

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Document A

The tactics of the suffragists went beyond petitions and memorials to Congress. Testing another strategy, Susan B. Anthony registered and voted in the 1872 election in Rochester, NY. As planned, she was arrested for "knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully voting for a representative to the Congress of the United States," convicted by the State of New York, and fined $100, which she insisted she would never pay a penny of. On January 12, 1874, Anthony petitioned the Congress of the United States requesting "that the fine imposed upon your petitioner be remitted, as an expression of the sense of this high tribunal that her conviction was unjust."

Document B

Lyrics from Helen Reddy – “I Am Woman”

Yes, I've paid the price

But look how much I gained

If I have to, I can do anything

I am strong

(Strong)

I am invincible

(Invincible)

I am woman

1. What are two qualities Susan B. Anthony in document A that might have inspired the lyrics in document B. Give the qualities and lyrics.

A. _________________________________________________________________[1]

B. _________________________________________________________________[1]

2. Based on the two documents, how might Susan B. Anthony have inspired other women?

_____________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________ [1]

Task: Use the information from the documents and your knowledge of social studies, write an

Tier III: Basic

Document #1:

[pic]

Women’s Rights Convention, July 19th – 40th 1848

The U.S. women’s movement had its beginnings in 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott called the Seneca Falls Convention in New York to “discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman.”  Stanton and Mott had broad ranging goals for this first-ever women’s convention, as detailed in their “Declaration of Sentiments.” Modeled after the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the document included twelve resolutions concerning the rights, privileges, and obligations of women, eleven of which easily passed. The resolution arguing for woman suffrage was a point of contention among participants.

The women were ridiculed by men but were so passionate about their beliefs that they persisted in

Document #2

[pic]

Doctors for Votes 1916: A doctor’s procession in support of women's suffrage

A faculty member at Geneva Medical College Dean Lee and all other male faculty were more than hesitant to make such a bold move as accepting a woman student. Consequently, Dr. Lee decided to put the matter up to a vote among the 150 men who made up the medical school’s student body. If one student voted “No,” Lee explained, Miss Blackwell would be barred from admission.

Apparently, the students thought the request was little more than a silly joke and voted unanimously to let her in; they were surprised, to say the least, when she arrived at the school ready to learn how to heal.

Document #3

A poem Elizabeth Cady Stanton quoted on the title page of her diary.

I live ...

For the cause that lacks assistance,

For the wrong that needs resistance,

For the future in the distance

And the good that I can do.

Document #4

[pic]

Excerpt from Amelia Bloomer’s Diary

“Who knew that I would become a trendsetter one day? I cut my dresses up to my knees and slapped on a pair of pants under it. They named it the “Bloomer costume” after me, because it is so different from what women have been wearing until now. Women are happy to get rid of their long, heavy skirts and dresses that men have been forcing us to wear for all of these years. Men seriously object to the change to women’s apparel that I have made. This is our first step towards getting a voice in the world.”

Even though Amelia Bloomer was made fun of by men for her new style of clothing, she did not care.  She continued to wear her “bloomers” and share her new style with other women.

Top of Form

Document #5

Document A

[pic] [pic]

Document A

The tactics of the suffragists went beyond petitions and memorials to Congress. Testing another strategy, Susan B. Anthony registered and voted in the 1872 election in Rochester, NY. As planned, she was arrested for "knowingly, wrongfully and unlawfully voting for a representative to the Congress of the United States," convicted by the State of New York, and fined $100, which she insisted she would never pay a penny of. On January 12, 1874, Anthony petitioned the Congress of the United States requesting "that the fine imposed upon your petitioner be remitted, as an expression of the sense of this high tribunal that her conviction was unjust."

Document B

Lyrics from Helen Reddy – “I Am Woman”

Yes, I've paid the price

But look how much I gained

If I have to, I can do anything

I am strong

(Strong)

I am invincible

(Invincible)

I am woman

Task: Use the information from the documents and your knowledge of social studies, write an

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The women’s rights movement proved citizens can change the world through the political, social, and economic status of women equal to that of men. Some people say that the success of the women’s rights movement to a growth mindset that believe that a woman could be anything that a man could be. Others say that the success of the women’s rights movement was a result of their passion for the goal and their perseverance or grit. Your job today will be to determine if the success of the women’s right movement has effected today society.

Background:

• Discuss two instances in which the grit of women was responsible for changes in society.

• Evaluate whether the triumph of women was the product of mindset and grit.

• Discuss two instances in which the grit of women was responsible for changes in society.

• Evaluate whether the triumph of women was the product of mindset and grit.

• Discuss two instances in which the grit of women was responsible for changes in society.

• Evaluate whether the triumph of women was the product of mindset and grit.

• Discuss two instances in which the grit of women was responsible for changes in society.

• Evaluate whether the triumph of women was the product of mindset and grit.

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