Voting Rights

Explore the history of voting rights in the United States through an interactive PowerPoint presentation highlighting landmark changes. Following the presentation and class discussion, students apply the new knowledge of how voting legislation evolved to individual scenarios through a class activity.

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Pedagogy Tags

History Connection

EL/ML

Spanish

Tech Options

No Tech Required

Web browser

Integrations

Kami

Nearpod

PDF

Google Slides