Same Goal, Hard Road

Compare the five leaders, their challenges, and their own words.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 59

Five very different people, all pushing America to keep its promise that everyone is created equal.
Abolition means ending slavery. Suffrage means the right to vote. Many people worked for both.
Their challenges were different. Douglass, Truth, and Tubman faced racism and the danger of slavery itself. Stanton and Anthony were mocked, and Anthony was arrested. Truth faced unfair treatment for being Black and for being a woman.
What's the same? All five used their voices and their courage, and they wouldn't give up. They didn't all win in their lifetimes, but they moved the country forward.
We know them through their own words: letters, speeches, and books. Those primary sources let them speak to us today.

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:

SS4H4.a — Discuss contributions of and challenges faced by Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman.
IPS.1 — Information Processing Skill 1: compare similarities and differences (already mastered; apply and improve)
IPS.6 — Information Processing Skill 6: identify and use primary and secondary sources (mastered in Grade 4)