collage of black and white photographs of women of color suffragists

Women of Color Suffragists Videos

Resource Type: Video
Grade Level:: 6–8, 9–12
Discipline:: Social Studies
Topic:: Women, Voting, Civil Rights

Educational Videos

Students will learn about women of color suffragists by watching video clips and answering questions using an interview with Award-winning historian Cathleen D. Cahill, author of Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement, in conversation with Virginia Scharff, the Autry’s Senior Scholar and Distinguished Professor Emerita, University of New Mexico.

These video clips require a general knowledge of women’s suffrage and the 19th Amendment. Please see the Autry lesson: Women’s Suffrage in the West.

Standards

CA HSS 8.6.6
CA HSS 8.8.3
CA HSS: 11.10.7

Teaching Tips for Different Learning Environments

It is recommended that all students watch Video 1: Introduction: Six Women of Color Suffragists.
Individual/Whole Class: Teachers can assign students different video clips to watch, have answer the questions for the video clip and then have them present to their classmates.
Small Groups: Teachers can assign 3 students for each video (for a class of 30), have students watch the video together and answer the questions in a small group and then present to their classmates.
Self-Paced: Students can choose 2 video clips on their own to watch, answer the questions, and share what they learned.

Lesson Resources

Below are questions for each video clip with a brief background and timeline of key events in Suffrage in the United States. It is recommended that all students watch Video 1: Introduction: Six Women of Color Suffragists.