Suffrage Propaganda

Lesson Plan: Compare and contrast two primary source suffrage era postcards through the lens of basic propaganda techniques used in the suffrage debate.

Grade Level
                  High, Middle                
SOL(s)
                  History & Social Sciences USII.1, USII.4, CE.1, CE.3, VUS.8, English 6.6, 6.7,7.6, 7.7, 8.6 and 8.7                 
Time Period
                  1900-1950: Early 20th Century                
Theme
                  Civil rights, Suffrage                
Resource Type
                  Lesson Plan                

Postcard reads "The Woman's Suffrage" and has a man with ripped shirt and pants. Beside him it reads "This is how it will be when the Woman's Suffrage get in power — Anti-woman’s suffrage postcard, V.76.185.13, The Valentine.

Essential Questions

What is propaganda? How is it used to persuade?
How has propaganda been used in the past? How is it used today?
Describe the similarities and differences in the pro-suffrage postcard and in the anti-suffrage postcard.

Download

Analyzing Suffrage Propaganda Lesson Plan (pdf)

Ballot Battle Suffrage Movement History (pdf)

Votes for Women Suffrage Postcard Examples (pdf)

Postcard Analysis Comparison Chart (pdf)

Key-Postcard Analysis Comparison (pdf)