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SpeedDating:TheReformers

EssentialQuestion:TowhatextentdidtheAntebellumreformersrepresentanewerainAmericanhistory?

Oneimportantaspectofthehistoricalthinkingskillofperiodizationinvolvestheabilitytoanalyzeandevaluatemodelsthathistoriansusetoorganizehistoryintodiscreteperiods.Inthisactivity,youwillevaluatevariousreformersinthe Jacksonian Period orAntebellumEratodeterminetowhatextentthe Jackson Eramarkasignificantchangefromprevious period in American History.Inthisway,youwillanalyzethehistoricalmodelofseeingtheAntebellumEraasaseparateperiodfromtheNew Republic.

Homework:Youhavebeenassignedareformer.Usingtheassignedreadings,completetheportionofthechartbelowforyourassignedreformer.

SpeedDatingProcedure:

Onceyouhavebecomeanexpertonyourreformer,youwillbepairedwithotherreformersto“meet”theminaspeeddatingfashion.Thefocusofthismeetingistodetermineiftheotherreformersarea“match”foryou.

1.Considerwhethertheyhaveasimilarphilosophy,goal,worldview,oraccomplishment.Takenotesaboutwhatyoulearnabouteachofthereformersinyourchart.

2.Youshouldinteractasyourreformer.Havefunandembraceyourcharacter.Atthesametime,donotsacrificecontentandevidence.Youwillneeditforthenextpartoftheactivity.

3.Youwillgetapproximately4minutesforeachroundofspeeddating.After4minutesyoumustmoveontothenextround.Wewillcontinuewith“speeddating”roundsuntileachstudent/reformerhasmetallofthereformersintheroom.

4.Onceyouhave“met”allthereformers,choosetheTHREEreformersthatareyourbestmatchandtheTHREEthatyouareleastcompatiblewith.BesuretonoteWHYyoucametoyourdetermination,includingspecificevidence.

5.Keeptrackoftheperiodinwhichthosepeoplewereactive.AreyouaAntebellumreformerwhomatchesmorewithsocial, economic, or political reformers?Areallyourmatchesinyourperiod?WewillconsiderinthediscussionwhetherthereareanydistinguishingcharacteristicstoAntebellumreformersthatwarrantaspecialperiod.

Name / PeriodofActivity / MainPhilosophy/Outlook / MainAccomplishment / Isthispersonamatchforme?
Whyorwhynot?
William Lloyd Garrison
David Walker
Lyman Beecher
Theod
Dorothea Dix
Sylvester Graham
Name / PeriodofActivity / MainPhilosophy/Outlook / MainAccomplishment / Isthispersonamatchforme?
Whyorwhynot?
Margret Fuller
Lucretia Mott
Sojourner Truth
Angela Grimke
Frederick Douglass
Mary Lyon
Name / PeriodofActivity / MainPhilosophy/Outlook / MainAccomplishment / Isthispersonamatchforme?
Whyorwhynot?
Horace Mann
Charles Finney
Oneida
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Richard Allen
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Name / PeriodofActivity / MainPhilosophy/Outlook / MainAccomplishment / Isthispersonamatchforme?
Whyorwhynot?
Shakers
Henry David Thoreau
New Harmony
Susan B Anthony
Mormon
Brook Farm

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OnlyYesterday:Characteristicsofthemid-19th Century

EssentialQuestion:Isthedecadeofthemid-19th Centurydeservingofitsownhistoricaltimeperiod?

Instructions:AfteryouhavecreatedyourWordlefromyourOnlyYesterdayexcerpt,younowarereadytobeginorganizingyourtermsintocategories.Youshouldhaveaminimumofthreeandamaximumofsixcategoriestosortyourterms.YouMUSTuseALLofthetermsinyourWordlebutyoumay

placetermsundermorethanonecategory.Thisisthenextstepinorganizingyourideastocreateanargumentregardingthemid-1800ss.Rememberthatyourcategoriesshouldhelpyouanswertheessentialquestionabove.

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OnlyYesterday:Characteristicsofthemid-19th Century

EssentialQuestion:Isthedecadeofthemid-19th Centurydeservingofitsownhistoricaltimeperiod?

Inordertofullyunderstandtheeraofthemid-19th Centuryandhowthedecademayormaynotconstituteadistincthistoricaltimeperiod,youwillworkinyourgroupstoformulateyourowngeneralizationsabouttheera.

Instructions:

1.UsingtheinformationfromyourWordleandcategorycharts,create3to4generalizationsaboutthemid-19th Century.

2.Totestyourgeneralization,youmustgeneratealistofevidencebothforandagainstyourgeneralization.Usethissteptothinkaboutwhyyourgeneralizationisstillcorrectdespitetheevidenceagainstit.Thisisacrucialstepinpreparingtoaddresscounter-argumentinyouressays.

3.Afterdevelopingyourgeneralizations,yourgroupshouldbepreparedtoshareitoutwiththeclass.Youmustbepreparedtosupportitusingyourevidenceanddefendagainsttheevidenceotherstudentsmightmusteragainstyourgeneralization.

Generalization / EvidenceFor / EvidenceAgainst
Example:Themid-19th Centurywere devoidofculture
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