KS3 History • Year 8 • Fully Resourced Lesson (PowerPoint + Worksheet)

This lesson introduces students to the two major organisations campaigning for women’s suffrage: the peaceful NUWSS and the militant WSPU. Learners compare their aims, methods and leadership styles, focusing on the contrasting approaches of Millicent Fawcett and Emmeline Pankhurst. Students evaluate the effectiveness of peaceful versus militant tactics and analyse how newspapers shaped public opinion of the movement. The worksheet supports this by having students compare how different newspapers might report on the same militant protest, highlighting bias, tone and political agenda.

Students will:

• Compare the NUWSS and the WSPU organisations
• Explain the different leadership styles of Fawcett and Pankhurst
• Evaluate the effectiveness of peaceful versus militant tactics
• Analyse how the media shaped public opinion of the movement

• Editable PowerPoint
• Printable worksheet (compare how different newspapers might report on a militant protest)
• Opportunities for peer and group discussion
• Retrieval starter + exit reflection

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