1. Suffragette Actions Lesson starter: What were the major differences between suffragettes and suffragists?

2. Today we will… Examine the more extreme actions of the suffragettes. Discuss the government’s response to these actions.

3. Success criteria I will decide whether or not Emily Davison intended to kill himself. I will explain how the government responded to the suffragettes.

4. Task Watch the clip from Mary Poppins called “Sister Suffragette”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUhwA-C- ACg&feature=related Remember: Many people call all women who campaigned for women’s votes suffragettes. So make sure you listen carefully to the lyrics. Is the woman a Suffragette or Suffragist? How do you know?

5. Paired Task With a partner, arrange the actions into whether they would have been carried out by suffragettes or suffragists. You have 1 min.

6. Some suffragettes went further than others. Some even gave their life for the cause of women’s votes. Emily Davison was one of these women.

7. Emily Davison threw herself in front of the King’s horse at the Epsom Derby in June 1913. Davison had intended to disrupt the race by grabbing the horse. However, as the horse hit her, her skull was fractured and she died days later.

8. Group Task Each group will be given a set of sources. You should read through them and highlight in two separate colours any evidence that suggests: –She did intend to kill herself –She did not intend to kill herself You must now decide as a group whether or not Emily Davison did intend to kill herself.

9. In your jotter… Evidence that suggests Emily Davison did intend to kill herself is… Evidence that suggests she did not intend to kill herself is… My group has decided that she did/did not intend to kill herself because…

10. Many women went to prison for their actions. Even Mrs Pankhurst, the head of the suffragettes was sent to jail. However, women continued to protest in prison.

11. Emily Davison, for example, threw herself off of a balcony in prison. Others stopped eating during hunger strikes. A woman dying in jail would be shocking to the British people.

12. Copy: The government did two things in response to the suffragettes actions in prison: –Cat and Mouse Act, 1913 (women who became ill were released temporarily) –Force feeding

13. HOTS Task What was the Cat and Mouse Act? Why would hunger strikes have an impact on the government? If you were a member of the government, how would you deal with suffragette actions? Explain your answer.

14. Today we will… Examine the more extreme actions of the suffragettes. Discuss the government’s response to these actions.

15. Success criteria I will decide whether or not Emily Davison intended to kill himself. I will explain how the government responded to the suffragettes.