Thursday, December 7, 2017

Lesson on Thursday, December 7, 2017

Bell Ringer: Journal 62 - Which groups of Americans opposed the abolitionists, and why did they do so? (10 min)

Agenda:

1. Groups that opposed abolition included proslavery southerners, wealthy landowners, conservative clergymen, northern wage earners, and textile manufacturers. 

Slave owners - did not want to lose their labor force
Landowners - feared that it was an attack on the right of private property ownership
Conservative clergymen - disagreed with the public roles played by women in the movement
Textile manufacturers - made money off the institution of slavery. 

2. Brainpop: Slavery (5 min)

3. To visualize the petition campaign by the American Anti-Slavery Society, analyze a sample petition such as the one displayed at http://teachushistory.org/second-great-awakening-age-reform/resources/anti-slavery-petition calling on Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. (5-7 min)


5. Women’s Rights Movement: “separate sphere” (origins)(Abigail Adams), Improving prisons, creating asylums, expanding education (Dorothea Dix, Horace Mann), 


6. Exam Alert: The 2006 AP U.S. History DBQ asked students to trace changing ideals of American womanhood between the American Revolution and the Civil War, including the factors that led to the emergence of “republican motherhood” and the “cult of domesticity.” 

7. Abolitionist Women: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sarah Grimke, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Map 11.4, 
 
8. Exam Alert: The 2002 AP U.S. History DBQ asked students to assess the validity of the following statement for the years 1825-1850: “Reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals.” Introduce this question by asking students to discuss potential tension between reform movements and democracy and to identify points discussed in this chapter that illustrated that tension. (5 min) Discuss

9. Chapter 11 Vocab. Quiz (rest of class) 

Home Learning: 

1. Journal 63 - What was the relationship between the abolitionist and women’s rights movements? 

2. DEBATE OVER SLAVERY & REFORM

FRONT: DEBATE OVER SLAVERY - Assignment: Understanding Slavery - Illinois State Historical Library / Choose a section of the website to examine and write a paragraph that explains the ways in which events in Illinois were part of the growing national tension over slavery in this period. Cite your source. 

BACK: REFORM - Write a short speech or pamphlet from the perspective of a middle-class social reformer on one of the key social problems of the period (slavery, alcohol, prison and asylum conditions, education reform, etc.), using the language and tone of the time period. Share work with classmates. 

3. Chapter 12 IDs, due Monday, December 11, 2017

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