Card Sort: What were the differences between the Suffragettes and Suffragists?

This outstanding lesson has been designed to help students studying the historical controversies surrounding the campaign to get women the vote in Britain. The women’s movement was split between the peaceful suffragists on the one hand, who made up nearly 80% of women, whilst on the other there were the better known militant suffragettes. The lesson resources have been designed to suit the full spectrum of ability at KS3 and should work alongside any mainstream textbook or resource on this topic. However, I have also included a PowerPoint to accompany the lesson which includes all the necessary background knowledge for the lesson.

When you purchase this resource you will be able to download a fully editable Microsoft Word document an an accompanying PowerPoint presentation. The Word documents includes aims, instructions, two heading cards labelled ‘Suffragette’ and ‘Suffragist’, along with 20 information cards that can be sorted under one of the two headings. Whilst the PowerPoint includes aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, information slides, links to appropriate video clips and additional tasks, including an alternative Venn diagram activity comparing the two groups of campaigners.

The aims and objectives for this lesson are:

Theme: Why did some women get the vote in 1918?
Know: How were the suffragist and suffragette campaigns different?
Understand: Why were their methods and tactics different?
Evaluate: Which group was the most effective?
Skills: Cause, Consequence, Evaluation and Judgement.

WILF: What Am I Looking For?
Identify and describe: The differences and similarities between a suffragist and a suffragette?
Explain: Why were their methods and tactics different?
Analyse: Which organisation was more effective at changing peoples attitudes towards women?

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