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Emily Davison and the Suffragettes

I can explain why Emily Davison joined the Suffragettes.

New
New
Year 2

Emily Davison and the Suffragettes

I can explain why Emily Davison joined the Suffragettes.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Not getting her degree because she was a woman made Emily Davison very angry.
  2. Something else that women were not allowed to do was to vote.
  3. This made Emily very angry as well.
  4. Emily joined a group of women who were fighting for women to be allowed to vote.
  5. This group was called the Suffragettes.

Keywords

  • Vote - when someone can vote, they are allowed to make a choice about who runs the country

  • Suffragettes - the Suffragettes were a group of people who wanted women to have the right to vote in Britain

Common misconception

Some may think that Emily Davison quit her job to join the Suffragettes.

Emily joined the Suffragettes in 1906 and did not quit her job to fight for women's suffrage full time until 1908.

You could look up some of the gender inequalities that still exist today to discuss them with pupils.
Teacher tip

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
Emily Davison was born when was Queen of the United Kingdom.
Correct answer: Victoria
Elizabeth
Q2.
Children often got diseases in Victorian times.
Correct answer: True
False
Q3.
Emily Davison was lucky enough to go....
on holiday.
Correct answer: to school.
on a plane.
Q4.
What is literature?
a certificate from a university
a common disease in Victorian England
Correct answer: written work such as stories, poems and plays
Q5.
A certificate to show someone has completed studying a subject at university is a...
disease
Correct answer: degree
diphtheria
Q6.
Emily Davison was not allowed a degree because she was a...
Correct Answer: woman, girl, women

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the keyword to the definition.
Correct Answer:suffragettes,a group of people who wanted women to have the right to vote

a group of people who wanted women to have the right to vote

Correct Answer:vote,to make a choice about who runs the country

to make a choice about who runs the country

Q2.
Why was Emily Davison not allowed her degree certificates?
She was kicked out of university.
Correct answer: She was a woman.
She didn’t pass her exams.
Q3.
Women and men were treated in the same way in Britain at the start of the 1900s.
True
Correct answer: False
Q4.
In 1908, only could vote in Britain.
Correct Answer: men, boys, man
Q5.
When did Emily Davison join the Suffragettes?
1806
Correct answer: 1906
2006
Q6.
Women wanted to vote for people who would make changes...
to make their lives worse.
Correct answer: to make their lives better.

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