Essential Question(s): Have American efforts to improve itself through technology and social reform always been successful?How did slavery become a wedge dividing the United States in the 1800s?
Standard(s) Addressed:
Explain the importance of the transportation revolution of the 19th century (the building of canals, roads, bridges, turnpikes, steamboats, and railroads), including the stimulus it provided to the growth of a market economy. (USI.27)
Explain the emergence and impact of the textile industry in New England and industrial growth generally throughout antebellum America. (USI.28)
the technological improvements and inventions that contributed to industrial growth
the rise of the business class of merchants and manufacturers
the roles of women in New England textile factories
Describe the rapid growth of slavery in the south after 1800 and analyze slave life and resistance on plantations and farms across the South, as well as the impact of the cotton gin on the economics of slavery and Southern agriculture. (USI.29)
Summarize the growth of the American education system and Horace Mann’s campaign for free compulsory education. (USI.30)
Describe the formation of the abolitionist movement, the roles of various abolitionists, and the response of southerners and northerners to abolitionism. (USI.31)
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Theodore Weld
Describe the important religious trends that shaped antebellum America. (USI.32)
the increase in Protestant denominations
the Second Great Awakening
Analyze the goals and effect of the antebellum women’s suffrage movement. (USI.33)
the 1848 Seneca Falls convention
Susan B. Anthony
Margaret Fuller
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Analyze the emergence of the Transcendentalist movement through the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. (USI.34)
Unit Mastery Objectives: Students will be able to…
- Analyze and interpret the impact 1800s technology had on the economy, politics, and social fabric of America during this era. - Describe and evaluate the impact various social movements had upon improving the lives of Americans.
Lesson Plans & Materials Posted Day-By-Day Below:
Friday, April 12th - A2
Lesson Objective(s):
TSWBAT - Describe, in writing, the effects, positive and negative, of industrialization on society.
TSWBAT - Explain, in writing, how the Second Great Awakening sparked a host of reform movements.
Topic: Industrialization & Reform Movements -
Key Questions:
#1 – What was one positive and one negative effect of industrialization on society?
#2 – How did the Second Great Awakening spark a host of reform movements?
TSWBAT - Explain, in writing, how the Second Great Awakening sparked a host of reform movements.
TSWBAT - Work with a partner to collaboratively create an informative magazine cover about one of the researched 19th century movements.
Topic: Industrialization & Reform Movements -
Key Questions:
#1 – What was one positive and one negative effect of industrialization on society?
#2 – How did the Second Great Awakening spark a host of reform movements?
Lesson Sequence: 1) Do Now - Reform in America 2) Presentation - Revivalism and Reform in Antebellum America (w/ Guided Notes) 2) Partner Activity - Reform Movements Magazine Project (Start) 3) Ticket OTD - Keys
Homework / Announcements:
Term 3 Midterm Grades - Finalized on Friday.
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Due - Industrialization & Reform Movements Multimedia Quest
#1 – What movement relates to the Seneca Falls Convention?
#2 – Who was Frederick Douglass?
Lesson Sequence: 1) Do Now - Seneca Falls Convention / Frederick Douglass 2) Presentation - Revivalism and Reform in Antebellum America (w/ Guided Notes)