• Women’s War Work & Suffrage Drive – Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12) - ["Grades 9-12","U.S. History - WWI"]
  • Women’s War Work & Suffrage Drive – Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12) - ["Grades 9-12","U.S. History - WWI"]
  • Women’s War Work & Suffrage Drive – Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12) - ["Grades 9-12","U.S. History - WWI"]
  • Women’s War Work & Suffrage Drive – Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12) - ["Grades 9-12","U.S. History - WWI"]
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Women’s War Work & Suffrage Drive – Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12)

Women’s War Work & Suffrage Drive – Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12)

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Classroom Use at a Glance

A no-prep World War I U.S. History Reader’s Theater script for grades 11–12 focused on Women’s War Work & Suffrage Drive. Designed for one class period of content-area reading, fluency practice, discussion, review, and quick assessment in social studies or ELA classrooms.

Resource Type RT Script
Subjects History
Classroom Uses Whole Class, Small Groups, Fluency Practice, Performance Reading, Content-Area Reading, Discussion, Review, Assessment, Sub Plan view all
  • Whole Class
  • Small Groups
  • Fluency Practice
  • Performance Reading
  • Content-Area Reading
  • Discussion
  • Review
  • Assessment
  • Sub Plan
Included Reader’s Theater Script, Teacher Guide, Student Worksheet, Answer Key, Quiz, Google Forms Quiz, Discussion Questions, Writing Prompt view all
  • Reader’s Theater Script
  • Teacher Guide
  • Student Worksheet
  • Answer Key
  • Quiz
  • Google Forms Quiz
  • Discussion Questions
  • Writing Prompt
Format PDF, DOCX, Google Docs, Google Forms, Printable, Editable view all
  • PDF
  • DOCX
  • Google Docs
  • Google Forms
  • Printable
  • Editable
Prep Level No Prep
Time Required One Class Period
Differentiation Mixed Reading Levels, Vocabulary Support, Small-Group Support view all
  • Mixed Reading Levels
  • Vocabulary Support
  • Small-Group Support

Women’s War Work & Suffrage Drive – Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12)

Students trace factory shifts, field service and Senate persuasion that propelled the 19th Amendment.

Focus: Students trace factory shifts, field service and Senate persuasion that propelled the 19th Amendment.

Summary:
Nine pages spotlight munitions danger, farmerettes, Red Cross nurses and Wilson’s 1918 plea for votes for women.

Script Summary:

  • Catt rallies suffragists & war workers.
  • Factory hazards & wage debates.
  • Farmerettes and food production.
  • Wilson’s Senate address links war service to suffrage.
  • 1919 passage of 19th Amendment.

What’s Included:

(a single PDF with links to Google Docs/Slides, if print format is preferred you can download from your Google Drive to word/pdf/ppt/etc)

  • Readers Theater script (9 pages, 10 scenes, 14‑15 characters, editable Google Doc/PDF)
  • Teacher Guide (10 pages) with scene summaries, primary‑source context, CCSS alignment, discussion questions
  • Student Worksheet deck (25 Google Slides) covering vocabulary, short‑answer, analysis & extension tasks
  • 20‑question self‑grading Google Forms quiz

Skills Addressed:

  • Reading Wilson’s 1918 speech
  • Role‑play workplace dialogue
  • Connecting labor to social change
  • SAT vocab: enfranchise, munition

The worksheet deepens learning with:

  • 10 text‑based comprehension questions
  • 5 higher‑order analysis prompts
  • 5 optional research extension questions (use of primary‑source links)
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