"From Seneca Falls to the Polling Booth" is an eight-part history of the women's suffrage movement, beginning with the landmark convention in Seneca Falls and leading to the ratification of the 19th Amendment and the first national elections in which women were permitted to vote.
The story, targets students in grades 4 through 8, is written by Mike Peterson and illustrated Christopher Baldwin.
In addition to the series printed in-paper and/or posted online, the project includes all the following components FREE to member newspapers:
- A teachers' guide with activities to enhance learning*
- A "Meet the Author" Blog available to students and teachers for open discussion about each chapter as the story progresses.
- An MP3 audio pod cast of each chapter for use with younger, the blind or dyslexic students.
- Free Skype or virtual "Meet the Author" sessions to any participating school that request it.
- A student poster contest (rules and judging rubric included) asking students to address the theme: "The Importance of Voting, Leadership and Civic Participation in a Democratic Society"
- Cash Awards for up to 6 regional winners and matching award for the school library of each winner.
Here's a quick "book jacket" description:
"From Seneca Falls to the Polling Booth" is a non-fictional history of the women's suffrage movement, including not only the story of that movement itself but of the other changes in society and how they influenced the strategies and actions of those who sought the vote for women.
Besides the familiar names of suffragists like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the series will cover how abolitionists like Sojourner Truth, labor leaders like Rose Schneiderman and social activists like Jane Addams lent their talents and energies to the suffrage movement, and it will examine how efforts to free the slaves, improve the lives of the working poor and extend the right to vote to women were all part of the job of extending true citizenship to all Americans.
All component parts are ready for distribution.
Join the 11 member daily newspapers who have already signed on! The series is also being made available to newspapers in Florida through the Florida Press Educational Services.
Contact Mary Miller at mmiller@nynpa.com with any questions.
Click here to download a copy of the newspaper agreement form to sign up now. The serial is FREE for all NYNPA member newspapers and available to any non-member publications for $100 each or to another state association for $900.
