Goldie's History Kits are digital kits created by the State Historical Society of Iowa and were developed for K-5 educators to meet the Iowa Core Standards for Social Studies and Literacy. Related to the Primary Source Sets and created with a Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) grant from the Library of Congress, these kits encourage students to develop deeper connections to Iowa's history. The following educational tools are included in each kit: Read Iowa History Lessons Read Aloud Books Object Photographs and Videos from the State Historical Museum of Iowa Think Likeà Cards https://iowaculture.gov/history/education/educator-resources/goldies-history-kits Read Iowa History are free and downloadable lessons for K-5 educators that provide easy-to-follow instruction to integrate Primary Source Sets and the Iowa Core Standards for Social Studies and Literacy. The Read Iowa History lessons were developed by the State Historical Society of Iowa and created with a Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) grant from the Library of Congress. Read Iowa History utilizes the compelling and one supporting question from the elementary-level Primary Source Sets. Educator materials include: Primary Sources Lessons Worksheets Historical Introduction to the Topic Assessments Vocabulary Lists/Cards https://iowaculture.gov/history/education/educator-resources/read-iowa-history Overview Voting is a fundamental process of democracy, but up until the Civil War, in most places, the right to vote in the United States was restricted to white males 21 years and older. Over the years, U.S. citizens’ have been denied voting rights based on race, gender, land ownership status, age, tribal membership and criminal convictions. Students will learn about the African-American suffrage movement, racist practices to keep them from the ballot box and the continued struggle over the authority of the federal government versus states rights. While African Americans were granted the right to vote nationally in 1870, many did not see that reality until 1965. In Iowa, African-American males were granted the right to vote in 1868, but not social equality. https://iowaculture.gov/sites/default/files/history-education-ghk-righttovote-manual-08.2021.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7beKoAwEZM .