Chapter 12 An Age of Reform (1820 – 1860)
Standards: 1. SSA8A49 Analyze causes of Second Great Awakening on social reform SS8A52 Analyze role of slavery in development of sectional conflict SS8G11 Use maps to explain attributes of major U.S. regions SS8A12 Analyze representations and determine cause and effect SS8A414 Examine, causes, course and effects of women’s suffrage movements SS8A17 View historic events through eyes of those there, through art SS8A415 Examine causes, course, and impact of literature movements in this era
Objective: Today, I will start a group project on the Age of Reform.
Essential Question: What impact do you think the people of the Age of Reform have on us today?
Ticket Out: Who are some of the “Do Gooders” of our age?
Homework: Work on your group project.
Materials: Project Materials
Agenda:
- Introduction
- Get into groups
- Questions
- Group Work
Accommodations: Cooperative Learning, Individual IEP’s and 504 plans.
INTRODUCTION:
The early 19th century was a time in American history when a variety of reform movements swept the country in the hope of improving the lives of all Americans. During this chapter we will examine some of these attempts to reform society. Of these movements, the effort to abolish slavery was the largest and the one with the greatest immediate result, culminating in the Civil War and emancipation of slaves. Although women did not gain the right to vote until 1920, the women’s rights movement grew out of the abolitionist movement. The Seneca Falls Conference in 1848 resulted in the writing of the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions and public awareness of the movement. This period also saw efforts to improve the treatment of the poor, the mentally ill, and those in prisons, to improve education, and to end the drinking of alcohol.
In your groups you will research the Social Reformers. Your group will report to the class what the people did to improve the lives of Americans. The presentation should be 5 minutes. The group will hand in a sheet stating what every member in the group was responsible for researching and completing. Your final project must include: a poster, a summary, and a written presentation. This project is due the Tuesday after Spring Break. April 2, 2013.
GROUPS:
Education: Textbook pages 414 – 419.
Your learninggoals are: 1. Describe the Second Great Awakening and how it spurred reform movements. 2. Explain the problems reformers worked to solve. 3. Discuss Horace Mann and the improvement of public education.
Key Terms and People: social reform, predestination, Charles Finney, revival, temperance movement, prohibition, Dorothea Dix, public school, Horace Mann, Utopian Communities, The Temperance Movement, prison reform, reforms for the mentally ill, William H. McGuffey, Oberlin College,
Abolitionists: Textbook pages 422 – 426.
Your learning goals are: 1. Describe how slavery ended in the North. 2. Explain the abolitionist movement’s efforts to end slavery. 3. Discuss the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman. 4. Discuss why some northerners and southerners defended slavery.
Key Terms and People: abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, John Quincy Adams, Anti-Slavery Society, John Brown, Lydia Marie Child, Sojourner Truth, Henry Ward Beecher, Garret Smith, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Wendell Phillips, The American Colonization Society,
Women’s Rights: Textbook pages 427 – 430.
Your learning goals are: 1. Discuss the rights of women in 1820 and why the needed more rights. 2. Explain the Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of Sentiments. 3. Describe the advances in education for women.
Key Terms and People: Sojourner Truth, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, women’s suffrage, women’s rights movement, Susan B. Anthony, Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Margaret Fuller, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell,
American Literature and the Arts/ Transcendentalists: Textbook pages 431 – 435.
Your learning goals are: 1. Discuss transcendentalism and how writers and artists explored American themes. 2. Identify the poets and authors of the mid-1800’s. 3. Explain the themes of American painting and music.
Key Terms and People: transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, individualism, Henry David Thoreau, civil disobedience, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Walt Whitman
A great resource to find research information…
- and select quicklinks on the right hand side. Under quicklinks select EBSCO-Research. The User ID is lakecounty and the Password is lakecounty. Searching from Student Research Center - High School & Middle School is the best option for this project.