Bell Ringer: Review J59 / A: Farmers and artisans sought refuge and security during the seven-year economic downturn known as the Panic of 1837. Americans who were displaced as a result of the Industrial Revolution also wanted to create communes as symbols of social protest and experimentation during a time of fluid social change in the United States. (5 min)
Agenda:
1. Information about Utopian communities: http://brbl-archive.library.yale.edu/exhibitions/utopia/utoplit.html - Examine the summaries of the communities from different periods. What continuities and what changes do you see among the various communities? (15 min)
2. Complex marriage: “…all members of the community were married to one another. He rejected monogamy partly to free women from their status as the property of their husbands, as they were by custom and by common law.”
3. Review Chapter 11 IDs while listening to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn9jhi8RmAk (15 min)
4. Journal 60 - In what ways were Mormons similar to, and different from, other communal movements of the era? (10 min)
5. Mormonism was similar to the other communal movements in a number of ways, including its Christian base, the importance of a charismatic leader, a shared struggle to redefine marriage and gender relationships, and the urge to step away from the chaos of the nineteenth century. It was different from the other movements because it did not have a wider socialist vision for society, the religion called for a return to patriarchy, and its adherents practiced polygamy. Mormonism grew and prospered.
6. As you read the section on urban growth, keep in mind that post-Civil War urbanization (chapter 19) provided even greater social challenges and led to a much broader response by first municipal and later the national government.
Home Learning:
1. Continue working on Thinking Like a Historian 11 / due: Wednesday, December 6, 2017
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