Voting Rights Amendments BUNDLE for Civics & American History!

This Voting Rights Amendments BUNDLE for Civics & American History contains a complete unit on the Voting Rights Amendments, perfect for middle and high school students studying Voting Rights in Civics, American History, or American Government classes. The 14th, 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th Amendments are reviewed in engaging, informative articles, with margin questions testing student comprehension, while barriers to voting like poll taxes and literacy tests are reinforced in their own lesson, complete with a vocabulary match and historical picture analysis. A digital Google Slides activity includes fun projects reinforcing the Voting Rights Amendments, and in a final creative one-pager, students will illustrate and define each of the Amendments to show off what they have learned! 

Compatible with the Florida State Standard for Middle School Civics:

• SS.7.CG.2.3 Identify and apply the rights contained in the Bill of Rights and other amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

This Voting Rights Amendments Bundle includes: 

✯ Voting Rights Amendments Reading & Review for Civics & American History. This engaging, visually-appealing set of articles introduces students to each of the Voting Rights Amendments. Margin questions surround the article, reinforcing comprehension of vocabulary and key concepts, while a big idea question asks students to consider the impact of the Amendment.

Voting Rights Amendments covered:

• 14th Amendment (Equal Protection)
• 15th Amendment (African Americans can vote)
• 19th Amendment (Women can vote)
• 24th Amendment (Poll Taxes banned) 
• 26th Amendment (Voting age lowered to 18)

✯ Poll Taxes & Literacy Tests: Voting Rights Barriers in American History & Civics.This two-page article describes the barriers to Voting Rights experienced by African Americans and other disenfranchised groups following Reconstruction. Students explore the impact of poll taxes and literacy tests, as well as how each barrier was defeated, with the 24th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 

Four pages of review options are included! There is a vocabulary match, comprehension questions that review the article’s main ideas, and a historic picture analysis, where students pair primary source images straight from Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Era with vocabulary from the lesson! 

✯ Voting Rights Amendments Digital Activity for Google Slides | Civics & History. In this digital Google Slides activity, students design protest posters, create social media messages, and write a rallying speech to demonstrate their knowledge of the Voting Rights Amendments. This is a fun enrichment project that will add some creativity to your Voting Rights lessons! 

✯ Voting Rights Amendments One-Pager for Civics & American History. In this final creative assignment, students summarize and illustrate each of the Voting Rights Amendments in a protest poster-style One-Pager. I’ve had many teachers use my One-Pagers for cumulative reviews at the end of a unit—they’re a handy way to gauge how much students have learned! 

The resources in this bundle are presented as non-editable, printable PDFs, with the exception of the digital Google Slides activity. TPT Easel digital versions are available for the Voting Rights Amendments Reading & Review and the Poll Taxes & Literacy Tests: Voting Barriers resources. TPT Easel assignments can be assigned directly to your Google Classroom or shared with your students via a link!

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