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Here's a history worksheet with a difference to help encourage the children to practise their persuasive writing skills. Can they imagine that they have been invited to address a meeting of the WSPU (Women's Social and Political Union) and write a persuasive speech to win round the audience on the issue of votes for women? We've included some helpful hints to get the kids started with their speech writing and a lined page where they can write out the speech neatly.
Here's a set of eight 'Votes for Women' posters featuring reproductions of original designs from the time of the suffrage movement. For best results, print using the borderless settings on your printer.
Suffragette Emily Davison sadly died after she threw herself in front of the king's horse at the Epsom Derby.
Here's a collection of nine fascinating photographs showing some of the key moments of the women's suffrage movement, and featuring some of the women associated with the campaign for the vote. Print and use in displays, scrapbooks and project work or as a basis for a class discussion.
