Arguing From the Declaration of Sentiments

Start with the timeline so students see the order of events, then use the organizer to compare movements. Finish with the argument sheet, which asks students to name the card behind each piece of evidence.

Argue whether demanding the vote at Seneca Falls in 1848 was the right strategy. The directions on the page read: Read the cards. Was demanding the vote in 1848 the right strategy? Write your claim. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 8th grade A New Nation Grows, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

The revivals taught that people could change their lives, and many people they reached joined movements to change society too. The timeline sheet links the Cane Ridge revival of 1801 to temperance, abolition and women's rights cards.

The organizer covers temperance, public schools, prisons and asylums, abolition and women's rights. For each, students record the problem, leaders, methods and results from fact cards.

It was the statement adopted at Seneca Falls in 1848, worded on the model of the Declaration of Independence. Its ninth resolution called for women's right to vote, and one sheet asks students to argue whether that demand was the right strategy.