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ERIC Number: EJ1444550
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 7
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1056-0300
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Fourth Graders' Inquiry on Indigenous, Black, Women of Color Suffrage Activism
Sohyun An
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v37 n1 p5-11 2024
After analyzing state standards and textbook excerpts, all the fourth graders in Ms. Yoo's classroom convened and discussed why the nonwhite suffragists were missing and what they could do about it. The students agreed that textbooks and standards "can't include everybody," but they also concurred that the stories of Indigenous, Black, Mexican, and Chinese women suffragists were important to be told. This lesson concluded a three-day unit in which students explored the lives of Zitkala-Sa, Ida B. Wells, Jovita Idar, and Mabel Ping-Hua Lee and examined nonwhite suffrage activism through primary and secondary sources. In doing so, students learned that the real suffrage story is longer and more complex than the popular story that usually runs from Seneca Falls to the 19th Amendment, with an almost exclusive focus on white women.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Georgia
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