Reform & Culture

1. Reform & Culture Unit 10

2. Warm-up: Define the following. These words are very important! • Reform – • Society – • Suffrage – • Abolition – • Reform Movement -

3. Reform: • To change

4. Suffrage: • the right to vote

5. Abolition: • To end slavery

6. Society: • Community of people living in a region with shared laws, customs and organizations

7. Reform Movement: • A movement to make a gradual change in society. • A group of people fighting for a common cause.

8. Warm-up: Write 3 sentences describing each of the people below. Anne Sullivan Helen Keller

9. One page essay on “The Miracle Worker.” • Write in blue or black ink or pencil. • Use a piece of regular notebook paper. No rough edges. • You may only write on the front of your paper. • Put your name in the top right hand corner. • Put the date under your name. • Write History Grade 8 under the date. • See side board for example. • Describe Helen Keller’s life before Annie Sullivan and after Annie Sullivan arrives.

10. Helen Keller Videos • http://youtu.be/Gv1uLfF35Uw • http://youtu.be/8ch_H8pt9M8

11. Warm-up: Copy in your journal Title: Characteristics of the Reform Movement • Abolition • Women’s Movement • Education • Care of the disabled and mentally ill • Prisons • Temperance – drinking little or no alcohol

12. Reformer Booklet Rubric • There are 11 individuals in this booklet. You are responsible for the following information. • Name of reformer = 1 point • Year Born = 1 point • Year Died = 1 point • Explain the movement the person was part of = 4 points • Explain the contribution of the individual = 4points • Neatness = 8 points • Total = 140 points

13. Warm Up for Friday • Copy this definition in your comp book. • Orator – A person who is a public speaker. • Example: Martin Luther King, Jr. with his “I Have a Dream” speech Start working on your Reformers of the 19th Century Book!!!!

14. Warm-up: • Explain the reform movement in 5 sentences.

15. Important People of the Reform Movement Frederick Douglass - abolitionist

16. Frederick Douglas - • Movement – abolitionist • Goal – ending slavery • Famous for – • African American abolitionist • Editor of The North Star • Famous speeches (orator)

17. Important People of the Reform Movement Susan B. Anthony – women’s suffrage

18. Susan B. Anthony - • Movement – women’s rights & temperance • Goal – equal pay for women, college for girls and co-education (boys & girls going to school together)

19. Important People of the Reform Movement Elizabeth Cady Stanton – “Declaration of Sentiments” at Seneca Falls Convention

20. Elizabeth Cady Stanton - • Movement – women’s rights • Goal – equality for women • Famous for – organizing the Seneca Falls Convention, Declaration of Sentiments • “We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL MEN AND WOMEN are created equal.”

21. Important People of the Reform Movement Harriet Beecher Stowe – abolitionist that wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

22. Harriet Beecher Stowe - • Movement – abolitionist • Goal- ending slavery • Famous for – writing “Uncle Tom’s Cabin – book explaining how bad slavery was.

23. Important People of the Reform Movement Lyman Beecher – preacher during temperance movement

24. Lyman Beecher - • Movement – temperance • Goal – to get rid of alcohol • Famous for – lectures, pamphlets, and fiery speeches on why alcohol is bad

25. Important People of the Reform Movement Sojourner Truth – abolitionist & women’s rights

26. Sojourner Truth – • Movement: women’s rights • Goal: equality for women & freedom of slaves • Famous for: • Being an escaped slave • “ Ain’t I a woman?” speech

27. Important People of the Reform Movement Dorothea Dix – prison & asylum reform movement

28. Dorothea Dix- • Movement: Asylum & Prison reform • Goal: fight to make the conditions in prisons and asylums better

29. Important People of the Reform Movement Horace Mann – Education Reform

30. Horace Mann - • Movement:Education • Goal: to make education equal for everyone

31. Warm-up: • What was the Seneca Falls Convention? • Use your index to locate it in your text book.

32. Friday • I can identify the political, social and economic contributions of women to American society.

33. Discuss • http://youtu.be/CtDPZudU0ek • In 2013,what changes do you think women would like to see in society?

34. Read: The Seneca Falls Convention – pg. 426 -427 • What was The Seneca Falls Convention? • Where was it held? • Who were the organizers? • What was the most controversial topic of the convention?

35. Contributions of women on American society • Political Contribution - began the fight for suffrage (ex. Seneca Fall Convention) • Social Contribution – Allowed women to be successful in jobs outside the home • Economic Contribution – Fought for workers rights (ex. 10 hour work day)

36. Discussion • Think about society in 2013. What types of reform do you think that we need in our country? • Choose one topic discussed in class and write 1 page explaining why you think that type of reform is needed.

37. Warm-up: answer the following in your journalTitle: Abolitionist Movement • What is an abolitionist? (pg. 418) • Describe Frederick Douglass (pg.421) • At least 5 sentences • Who was Sojourner Truth? (pg.421-422) • At least 5 sentences

38. Tuesday’s Warm-up: Which reformer might have said this? • “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.”

39. Warm-up: Which reformer might have said this? • “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.” Frederick Douglass

40. Second Great Awakening • What was it? • The Second Great Awakening brought more denominations that intensified the lines between classes and regions. It spawned many of the humanitarian reform movements, eg., prison, women’s rights, temperance, and abolition of slavery.

41. Tuesday • I can describe the historical development of the abolitionist movement.

42. Hum… • What do you think the first step to ending slavery in the U.S. was?

43. 1807 –Congress banned the importation of African slaves into the United States and then demand for slavery to end began.

44. Hum again… • What or who had to grow in numbers in order for slavery to end in the U.S.?

45. 1820-1840 : Abolitionists grew in numbers. • 1840-1850: Abolitionists leaders Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth began to speak out across the nation. The Underground Railroad began.

46. Underground Railroad – • Conductor: Harriet Tubman • Purpose: to help slaves escape from the south • http://youtu.be/T2VzlC-hOBA • Answer questions for a daily grade

47. http://pathways.thinkport.org/following/ • http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/index.htm • http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/interactive/the-underground-railroad/?ar_a=1