Recent elections have brought forth the old problem of voter suppression in a new guise — voter ID laws, voter roll purges, polling places shuttered. As activists combat these restrictive, antidemocratic measures, we must provide students historical context to understand these struggles. The Zinn Education Project has put together a cluster of lessons on the history of voting rights in the United States.
This lesson, and the other materials provided by the Zinn Education Project, really helped me move our discussion on voting rights forward. Many students reconsidered their preconceived notions that voting should have qualifications, especially around education and literacy, and that voting is a fundamental right in our democratic system. — Andrew Duden, high school social studies teacher, Oregon
As with all lessons at the Zinn Education Project, Who Gets to Vote? Teaching About the Struggle for Voting Rights in the United States by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca, is free to download for classroom use, thanks to donations.
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