Every Voice Counts: Overview of Voting Rights in the United States and Massachusetts
Robert Forrant, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of History, UMass Lowell
This webinar took place on Tuesday, October 6,2020.
A recording of the Every Voice Counts: Overview of Voting Rights in the United States and Massachusetts webinar is available.
Who received the franchise when? Native Americans, 18-year-olds, women, poor people, and convicted felons … at one time all of these groups, and others, have been denied the right to vote. Brush up on your voting rights history, as Prof. Forrant provides a survey of the history of voting rights at the federal level and in Massachusetts.
Remote Learning Modules: Document Collections
With these primary source collections, companion questions, and writing prompts, high school students take an in-depth look at a topic, analyze documents, draw conclusions, and find relevance. These modules fit right into Google Classroom, or any learning management system, so teachers can collect students’ work.
History of Felony Disenfranchisement in Massachusetts
Native American Voting Rights
Additional information and lesson plans on current events, voting, and voter suppression is available from Teaching Tolerance.
This webinar addresses the following standards from the new MA Social Studies Curriculum Frameworks:
- Topic 4.2. Describe the rights and responsibilities of citizens (e.g., voting, serving as a juror, paying taxes, serving in the military, running for and holding elected office) as compared to non-citizens.
- Topic 4.5. Describe how a democracy provides opportunities for citizens to participate in the political process through elections, political parties, and interest groups.