Eight Grade Social Studies

BY: CLAUDIA AMANINI

Living the Legacy:
The Women's Rights Movement
1848 - 1998

Imagine that you are special agents and have been assigned to take a trip back into time. Just hop into the time machine and set the dial for the 1800s. You have been sent to help women seeking equal rights. Women had few political rights in the mid-1800s. They could not vote or hold office. When a woman married, her husband became owner of all her property. If a woman worked outside the home, her wages belonged to her husband. A husband also had the right to hit his wife as long as he did not seriously injure her. Your job is to help these women obtain the rights they so desperately deserve.

You will have to complete a three page typed paper on the inequality of women in the 1800s. For the project you will have to use the six step public approach. You must complete the six worksheets for MSWORD in each of these links.

1. Define and describe the problem

2. Gather evidence for this problem

3. Identify causes for this problem

4. Describe and evaluate the existing policy for this problem

5. Develop solutions/policies for the problems for this existing policy

6. Select the best policy for this problem

• First research your topic.
• You may use the websites that I have provided or ones of your choices.
• Next, you should use the six step public policy analysis worksheets before writing your rough draft.
• Last but not least complete your final draft.

1. http://www.yahoo.com/
2. https://www.google.com/
3. http://www.legacy98.org/
4. http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/douglass/womens.htm

Your grade will be based on the following rubric. You will be given a point value ranging from 1-4 for each category.

16 -15 = A+

14 -13 = A

12 – 11 = B+

10 – 9 = B

8 – 7 = C+

6 – 5 = C

4 – 3 = D

2 – 0 = F

Research Report: Inequality of Women

Teacher name: C. Amanini

Student Name ___________________

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Mechanics	No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors	A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.	Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.
Organization	Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings.	Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs.	Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-constructed.	The information appears to be disorganized. 8)
Paragraph Construction	All paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence.	Most paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence.	Paragraphs included related information but were typically not constructed well.	Paragraphing structure was not clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraphs.
Quality of Information	Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples.	Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples.	Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given.	Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.

Women have overcome many obstacles since the 1800s. They have been given the right to vote and own property. Also the physical violence that was condoned is no longer acceptable. Since the 1800s women have found a prominent place in the workforce whereas in the past the only place for them was in the kitchen. Since then women have become more career oriented, juggling between job and family. Although women have come a long way since then, unfortunately inequality still exists in our society today and in other cultures. All over the world women are still struggling to be treated as equals. Women of today can learn from their idols of the past and continue to pave the path for future women.