In this interactive lesson, students learn about the economic and political status of American women in the early 19th century as a backdrop to the first women’s rights convention in 1848. At Seneca Falls, New York, the convention’s leaders issued the Declaration of Sentiments, a statement of women’s grievances and resolutions for change. Students will analyze the similarities and differences between the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Sentiments and then answer the lesson’s essential question: How did the Declaration of Independence inspire the women’s rights movement in the United States and influence the Declaration of Sentiments? (Grades 6-12)
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