Susan B. Anthony
Reading Mystery Worksheets · Grades 3–6 · Women's Suffrage
Instant PDF download after checkout. Prefer TPT? It's there too.
Inside the case file
Introduce a woman who changed history. This printable Susan B. Anthony Reading Mystery turns a nonfiction passage about Susan B. Anthony and the fight for women's suffrage into a reading-detective investigation for Grades 3–6 classroom teachers, homeschoolers, and tutors. It drops straight into a Women's History Month or social studies lesson and hooks students into reading for the evidence.
The case only cracks if students read for detail; each text-based answer rules a suspect out until one remains. Print-and-go, zero setup.
Quick Details
Grade Levels: Grades 3–6
Format: Printable PDF
Resource Type: Reading Mystery worksheets
Reading Skills: Nonfiction comprehension, text evidence, main idea, sequencing, and inference
Tech Needed: None — no apps, locks, passwords, or student logins required
The Case
A piece of suffrage-movement history has gone missing, and a line-up of suspects is waiting. The only way to crack the case is to read closely about Susan B. Anthony — her illegal 1872 vote, her arrest and trial, and her fight for the 19th Amendment — using every comprehension answer as a clue to rule a suspect out, until just one remains.
How the Reading Mystery Works
As Reading Detectives, students read about Susan B. Anthony and use each correct answer to knock out a suspect until one is left — the passage is the only way through.
What's Included
- A "You are a detective" case-file page that sets the scene and the mission
- An engaging 2-page passage on Susan B. Anthony (her early life, her illegal vote in the 1872 election, her arrest and trial, and her impact on the 19th Amendment)
- Multiple-choice comprehension questions (all answers found in the text)
- Open-ended response questions
- A suspect line-up page for eliminating suspects one clue at a time
- A word search and extension activities for early finishers
- Print-and-go PDF format
Skills Covered
- Reading and understanding nonfiction informational text
- Finding and using text evidence
- Identifying main idea and supporting details
- Sequencing key events and drawing inferences
- Vocabulary in context
- Logic, reasoning, and critical thinking
