Lillian S Right To Vote

An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. As Lillian, a one-hundred-year-old African American woman, makes a “long haul up a steep hill” to her polling place, she sees more than trees and sky—she sees her family’s history. She sees the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and her great-grandfather voting for the first time. She sees her parents trying to register to vote. And she sees herself marching in a protest from Selma to Montgomery. Veteran bestselling picture-book author Jonah Winter and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner Shane W. Evans vividly recall America’s battle for civil rights in this lyrical, poignant account of one woman’s fierce determination to make it up the hill and make her voice heard. "Moving.... Stirs up a potent mixture of grief, anger, and pride at the history of black people’s fight for access to the ballot box." —The New York Times "A much-needed picture book that will enlighten a new generation about battles won and a timely call to uphold these victories in the present." —Kirkus Reviews, Starred "A valuable introduction to and overview of the civil rights movement." —Publishers Weekly, Starred "An important book that will give you goose bumps." —Booklist, Starred

In this book, early fluent readers will learn about democracy, the voting process in the United States, and the struggles and successes women have gone through to gain and practice their right to vote in the United States. Learn about the activists who fought for equal rights for women, the legislation that gave women a voice at the polls, and how this group has continued to face and overcome struggles ever since. A Take a Look! infographic shows readers the women's suffrage movement flag and its significance. Sidebars present interesting, supplementary information, and a timeline highlights setbacks and successes women have faced in relation to voting. Children can learn more about voting using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Women's Right to Vote also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index. Women's Right to Vote is part of Jump!'s The Right to Vote series.

American democracy owes much to the rights guaranteed to individuals in the U.S. Constitution and specifically in its first 10 amendments, known as the Bill of Rights. Each book in the new six-volume American Rights set provides the history of a specific right or rights, from the right to vote to the right to bear arms. The volumes begin with brief colonial history, discussing the war fought by American Revolutionaries to gain independence from Great Britain - and their opportunity to decide what rights every American should possess. Coverage also includes later and ongoing struggles by groups such as women and people of color to gain these rights - both in law and in practice. Students will learn to appreciate the value of these rights by reading of the battles fought to secure them and, in some cases, by learning of their relative rarity around the world. Graphs, maps, photographs, and box features enhance the lively and accessible narrative, calling out important details and bringing this exciting material to life. Providing a wealth of information, American Rights is a thought-provoking, must-have set perfect for the young readers of today.

Discusses the struggle for women's voting rights in the United States and explains how it has shaped our nation today.

Documents the history of the right to vote in America, from colonial times to the present, including the struggles of blacks, women, and those under twenty-one to win that right.

This volume examines the Right to Vote through examples and with historical context.

The eighth edition continues to be an invaluable resource for creative strategies and proven techniques to teach social studies. Pamela Farris's popular, reasonably priced book aids classroom teachers in inspiring students to be engaged learners and to build on their prior knowledge. The book is comprehensive and easy to understand—providing instruction sensitive to the needs of all elementary and middle school learners. • Creative concepts for teaching diverse learners • Strategies for incorporating the C3 Framework to enrich K–8 curriculum • Integration of inquiry skills with literacy and language arts skills • Multifaceted, meaningful activities emphasize problem-solving, decision making, and critical thinking • Myriad ideas for incorporating primary sources as well as technology • Annotated lists of children’s literature at the end of each chapter • Multicultural focus throughout the broad coverage of history, geography, civics, and economics • NCSS Standards-Linked Lesson Plans; C3 Framework Plans, and Interdisciplinary/Thematic Units Social studies explores the variety and complexity of human experience. The book emphasizes the value of social studies in preparing students to become valuable community members and to participate respectfully in a diverse society.

Today’s women have the right to vote, but the idea of it being any other way is so inconceivable and foreign to the average person in the developed world that it’s hard to imagine things were so different just a century ago. In the grand scheme of things, a hundred years is little more than a minor episode, so it might as well have been yesterday. And, of course, that’s if we’re focusing exclusively on the United States, where women finally got the right to vote in 1920. Many other countries in the developed world took decades more to make this dream a reality. In many other places in the world, women are still excluded from the political process to at least some degree. This is a story of struggle and of the major progress that struggle can bring about.