Susan B.

Anthony
Grade: Third grade
Time Requirement: 3-45 minute lessons
Content Area: Social Studies
Georgia Standards:
SS3H2: TSW discuss the lives of Americans who expanded peoples rights and freedoms in a
democracy.
a. Paul Revere (independence), Fredrick Douglass (civil rights), Susan B. Anthony (womens
rights), Mary McLeod Bethune (education), Franklin D. Roosevelt (New Deal and WWII),
Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations and human rights), Thurgood Marshall (civil rights), Lyndon
B. Johnson (Great Society and voting rights), Cesar Chavez (workers rights).
b. Explain social barriers, restrictions, and obstacles that these historical figures had to overcome
and describe how they overcame them.
SS3CG2: TSW discuss the character of different historical figures in SS3H2a.
a. Describe how the different historical figures in SS3H2a display positive character traits of
cooperation, diligence, courage, and leadership.
ELAGSE3RI5: Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to
locate information relevant to a given topic quickly and efficiently.
ELAGSE3W7: Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
ELAGSE3SL3: Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering
appropriate elaboration and detail.

AASL 21st Century Standards:

1. Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge
1.1.4: Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions.
1.1.5: Evaluate information found in selected sources on the basis of accuracy, validity,
appropriateness for needs, importance, and cultural context.
1.1.6: Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g. textual, visual, media,
digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning.
2.1.2 - Organize knowledge so that it is useful.
3.1.4 - Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and
understanding in says that others can view, use, and assess.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this lesson students will be able to:
Identify Susan B. Anthony as a woman who led the struggle to give women equal
rights, including the right to vote.
State the components of a biography.
Create a Google Slide biography on Susan B. Anthony

Differentiation:
Prior to lesson, media specialist and classroom teacher will meet to discuss the learning abilities.
Students may:
Work in pairs/small groups
Use resources curated by teacher
Have extra time

Assessment:
Students will be assessed on:
Post-test results
Google Slides

Materials:
Biography Helper Worksheet one per student in class (attached)
Pencil
Construction paper squares enough white squares for one per each girl in class, enough
colored squares for one per each boy in class
Chromebooks with Internet access for each student
Website for Student Use:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BwSv_Xti6zEucDkxZnc1UWt1NFE
Susan B. Anthony.html Bio 4, the TimeLine, and the Tour of her home are the best

resources.

Teacher Preparations:

Arrange for use of Chromebook cart

Bookmark or use teacher PortaPortal for the website
Duplicate the Biography Helper Worksheet (one per student)
Familiarize yourself with Susan B. Anthony and her accomplishments

Day 1
Students complete a pretest.
Focus:

I am going to walk around the room and give each of you a square of construction
paper. I will ask you what color you want. (In hands be holding a stack of colorful
construction paper and at the bottom of the stack is plain white paper. Walk around to
each student in the room. If the child is a girl, say, Oh you are just a girl, you get white.
Then if the student is a boy, say, Well, what color would you like? Oh yes, you made a
great choice. Continue this without discussion about what is going on until each child in
the room has a paper. As you pass out the paper, watch the looks on their faces and listen
to the conversations.) Does everyone now have a square?

Activity:
What are you thinking? Is this fair? What is wrong with the way I gave out the papers?
(Girls, No its not fair! Why do the boys get to pick their own color? Boys, This cool!
I like this!)
Lets talk about this. Girls, why do you think this was not fair? Boys, why did you like it?
(Using oral discussion, openly debate why it is not fair for the girls not to have a say
about the type of paper they were going to use.
Ask the boys their opinion about the situation regarding the papers. Allow the girls to
discuss their feelings.

Follow-up:
Can you think of anyone famous that you have already learned about that might help us
with this problem?
Do you know of anyone who fought for the rights of women? (A student may say Susan
B. Anthony. If not, introduce her name into the discussion.)
Students will watch the Brainpop video on Susan B. Anthony.
Can you now understand why someone like Susan B. Anthony fought for the rights of
women? (Because it just isnt fair!)
How have things changed since Susan B. Anthony began to fight for the rights of
women? (Women can now vote. They have a say in what they do.)

Day 2
Focus:
Ask why it was so important for Susan B. Anthony to fight for the right to vote.
Let the girls share the feelings they had yesterday when they were treated unfairly and
not allowed to make a choice.

 We are going to look more into the life of Susan B. Anthony and write a brief biography
about her life. Before we can write a slide presentation biography, we have to know what
one is.

Activity:
Who knows what a biography is? (Something about a person.) Is it fact or opinion? (Fact)
What is the difference between a biography and autobiography? (A biography is written
by someone else and an autobiography is written by the person it is about.)
What type of information is found in a biography? (List their answers on the board:
Birthdate, Job, History, Family, School, etc.)
Why should we remember the ethical use of information

Follow-up:
Students will begin information to their Susan B. Anthony biography sheet. Students will cite
their sources.

Day 3
Focus:
Review biography information located on the life of Susan B. Anthony.

Activity:
Students will sign into their Google drive and open Google Slides.
Students will create a Google Slides biography on Susan B. Anthony.

Follow-up:
Students will use the information gathered on biography sheet to complete their Google Slides
presentation.