Changes for women following Emily Davison's death
I can describe how some women were eventually allowed to vote in Britain.
Changes for women following Emily Davison's death
I can describe how some women were eventually allowed to vote in Britain.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The year after Emily Davison died, a large war broke out and men in Britain had to go and fight.
- With the men gone, women had to take on their jobs; they showed how strong and capable they were.
- At the end of the war, people appreciated how much women had done while the men were away.
- They also remembered how brave suffragettes like Emily Davison were.
- As a result, it was decided that some women should be allowed to vote.
Keywords
First World War - the First World War lasted from 1914 to 1918 and involved countries from all over the world, including Britain
Vote - when someone can vote, they are allowed to make a choice about who runs the country
Factory - a factory is a big building full of machines for making things
Common misconception
That certain jobs are for men only or women only.
Just like during the war, anyone should be able to and can do any job.
To help you plan your year 2 history lesson on: Changes for women following Emily Davison's death, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 2 history lesson on: Changes for women following Emily Davison's death, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
We use learning cycles to break down learning into key concepts or ideas linked to the learning outcome. Each learning cycle features explanations with checks for understanding and practice tasks with feedback. All of this is found in our slide decks, ready for you to download and edit. The practice tasks are also available as printable worksheets and some lessons have additional materials with extra material you might need for teaching the lesson.
The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 1 history lessons from the Significant individuals who changed Britain: how did they fight for change? unit, dive into the full secondary history curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
