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History at key stage 3    (Year 8/9)

Unit 16: The franchise why did it take so much longer for British women to get the vote?

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Expectations

At the end of this unit

most pupils will: demonstrate knowledge of the long campaign to widen the franchise 1800-1918/1928; analyse the way different women tried to obtain more equal treatment for women; describe the ideas and attitudes of those people who were opposed to the idea of women and less wealthy men participating in the political process; research how different groups of people tried to achieve political change 1815-48; demonstrate knowledge and understanding of different methods used by suffragettes and suffragists; explain why women got the vote in 1918; select, organise and use relevant information in a piece of structured writing

some pupils will not have made so much progress and will: demonstrate some knowledge of key events and individuals in the debate about the franchise 1800-1918/1928; describe aspects of the careers of at least two different women who tried to obtain more equal treatment for women; demonstrate some knowledge of why some people were opposed to the idea of women and less wealthy men having the vote; use sources of information to describe one attempt to achieve political change 1815-48; describe the way at least two individuals tried to achieve women's suffrage 1867-1914; describe how women got the vote in 1918; select and combine information in a piece of structured writing

some pupils will have progressed further and will: demonstrate detailed knowledge of the long campaign to widen the franchise 1800-1918/1928, making links between the campaign and wider social and political developments; analyse and compare the way different women tried to obtain more equal treatment for women; carry out detailed research into how different groups of people tried to achieve political change 1815-48; analyse the ideas and attitudes of those people who were opposed to the campaign; use their initiative to investigate and compare how different groups tried to achieve political change 1815-48; explain the different methods used by suffragettes and suffragists and evaluate their relative effectiveness in obtaining political change; consider conflicting interpretations about why women got the vote in 1918; reach substantiated conclusions in a piece of structured writing


Sections in this unit

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1. Three campaigning women: what were they fighting for?
2. Why did some people have the vote in 1815 and not others?
3. Who was struggling for political change between 1815 and 1848?
4. Why did more people get the vote in the second half of the nineteenth century?
5. What freedoms were women obtaining?
6. Who was campaigning for votes for women?
7. Why did women gain the vote in 1918 and not before?
8. Why did it take so much longer for women to get the vote?