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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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Language for learning

Through the activities in this unit pupils will be able to understand, use and spell correctly words relating to:

  • the campaign to extend the franchise, eg suffrage, inequality, radical discrimination, status, democracy, reform, revolution, agitation, suffragist, suffragette

Speaking and listening - through the activities pupils could:

  • discuss and evaluate conflicting evidence to arrive at a considered viewpoint

Reading - through the activities pupils could:

  • appraise texts quickly and effectively for their usefulness

Writing - through the activities pupils could:

  • write closely argued text where precise links and connections are made within sentences

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
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?