Grade: 2nd – 5th (Ages 7-10)
Summary: The If
You book series transports children to a different time and place, and asks them, “What
if you were there?” In If
You Lived When Women Won Their Rights, children explore what life was
like for women and girls during a time in which they could not wear pants, ride
bicycles, or go to college. Children get a glimpse of what life was like for
women before they had certain rights and the struggle they experienced to gain
equal rights.
Element
III – Issues of Social Injustice: This book is a great introduction to Women’s
Suffrage Movement and gender equality in the United States. I love that this
book follows the development of women’s rights from the Revolution to 1920. It
highlights women’s roles and contributions to society way before, during and
after the movement. It highlights key men and women, and addresses questions
that children would have about the topic. This book is a great way to initiate
discussions about gender roles, feminism, and more importantly, empowerment.
Activity:
This book would complement an activity in
which students engage in a debate for and against women’s rights. In groups, students
would have the opportunity to independently research and find evidence that
will support the side of the argument they were assigned. This would expose students to the different
perspectives that surrounded the movement and affect gender equality even today.
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