3rd Grade Social
Studies
Social Studies Newsletter
Susan B. Anthony Edition
Dear Parents,
The purpose of this newsletter is to give you an overview of what your child will be learning during our current unit of
study in social studies. Please take a moment to look over the different sections of this newsletter. You will see sample
questions, important terms to know, and some extension activities you can do at home.
Parent Background Information:
The focus of our 3rd Grade Social Studies Curriculum is how important US historical
figures have worked to overcome obstacles and enact change. Susan B. Anthony is a great
example of a person who overcame many obstacles in an effort to enact change. She was born in
1820, a time when most women did not receive any education. However, she was born into a
Quaker family who believed in equal rights for all, no matter what gender or race you
were. She received a quality education, and used this education to further the causes she
believed in.
Susan B. Anthony worked for a number of causes, including abolition, temperance
and suffrage. She worked with important people like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
Frederick Douglass. In 1872, Anthony was arrested for voting in a presidential election.
She received a fine instead of a jail sentence, but refused to pay the fine. Susan B.
Anthony worked for women’s rights her entire life, never marrying or having children.
However, she died 14 years before the passage of the 19th amendment, which gave women
the right to vote. She is remembered as a woman of diligence who spent her life working
for civil rights for all.
Students will know…
 key vocabulary terms.
 important events that happened in Susan
B. Anthony’s life.
 how women received the right to vote.
 where Susan B. Anthony lived and
traveled.
 some people Susan B. Anthony worked
with on her quest for civil rights.
Students will be able to…
 discuss the life of Susan B. Anthony and her
efforts to expand people’s rights.
 explain the social barriers, restrictions and
obstacles that Susan B. Anthony had to
overcome.
 describe how Susan B. Anthony was effected
by her physical and cultural environment.
 describe how Susan B. Anthony displayed
positive character traits.
Ways Parents Can Help
Here are some activities you and your 3rd grader can do together:
1. Talk about the importance of voting and why everyone deserves the
right to vote.
2. Discuss how diligence can help people to make changes in their
country. Find someone today who is displaying diligence to make
change, and compare them to Susan B. Anthony.
Try these links:
http://www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/tour0.shtml Take a virtual tour of
Susan B. Anthony’s house.
http://susanbanthony.net View letters written by Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony Online
Biographies
Video Biography can be
found at:
www.biography.com
Wikipedia Biography can be
found at:
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susa
nBAnthony.com
Women in History has a
Biography at:
www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/ant
h-sus.htm
Susan B. Anthony Trivia
Sample Test Prep Question #1
1.) What state was Susan B.
Anthony born in?
1. How did Susan B. Anthony work to
increase civil rights?
2.) What coin is Susan B. Anthony
on?
A. She wrote letters to her representative
3.) What does the B stand for in
Susan B. Anthony?
B. She organized rallies and conventions.
every day.
C. She stayed at home and took care of her
children.
Answers:
1.) Massachusetts
2.) Dollar coin
3.) Brownell
D. She held t.v. news conferences.
Sample Test Prep Question #2
Which statement shows that Susan B.
Anthony showed diligence for the
Vocabulary
cause of civil rights?
A. Susan B. Anthony went to school
civil rights: the rights belonging to any citizen
of the US, including free speech, owning land,
voting, and living and traveling where one
chooses
suffrage: the right to vote
physical environment: the country, state, city
and house you live in, and the natural resources
available to you.
cultural environment: the behaviors and
beliefs of the country, state, city, and family
you live in
social barriers: restrictions put on you by the
society you live in
diligence: constant and earnest effort to
accomplish a task
when other girls could not.
B. Susan B. Anthony’s family
believed in equal rights for all
people.
C. Susan B. Anthony was friends with
Frederick Douglass.
D. Susan B. Anthony continued to
work towards suffrage even though she
was put in jail.
Test Prep Answers: 1.) B 2.) D