An Era of Reform

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An Era of Reform

• History Alive Activity 18
• Presented by
• Anna Trimble and Mishelle Hall
• November 12, 2005

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Preview Option 1

• Play the CD Track Let Us All Speak Our Minds,
  and have the students follow along with the
  lyrics.
• Afterward, have them complete the Preview
  Assignment. Ask several students to share the
  answers.

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Preview Option 2

• Use MindSparks A Complete Emancipation to
  create visual discovery opportunities.
• Each transparency can be used as the focal point
  for class discussions.

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What aspects of the image make it a scene of
contentment? Some would say that both
illustrations present an idealized view of women
as pure and noble. What do you think they mean?
Do you agree with this view? Why or why not?
Liberty
Contentment
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The idea of a cult of domesticity suggested
that a woman should be at home raising the family
while her husband worked. Yet, many women worked
outside the home. What view of a teachers work
life does this illustration suggest? Some see
this drawing as combining a sense of pity and
ridicule in its view of women at work outside the
home. What is you opinion?
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Both women demonstrate the connection between
education reform and the Abolitionist movement.
Can you identify the woman on the RIGHT? The
woman on the left was Prudence Crandall. She set
up a school in Connecticut to educate young
African American girls. What do you think
happened to her? Why were citizens of a
northern states so angry over the education of
these girls?
Prudence Crandall
Sojourner Truth
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Can you name the three women in this
statue? What important historical event did 2
of these women organize in 1848? What was
accomplished at this Convention? One demand of
the Convention failed. What was that demand? Why
did it fail?
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucretia Mott
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Reading Notes Graphic Organizer

• Introduce Section 18.1 in the History Alive book.
  
• Possibilities
• Read as a class
• Have the students do a quick stop and jot in
  their notebook
• Pass out the graphic organizer.
• Ask the following questions
• What do you see?
• Why are they carrying signs?
• What do you think they are protesting?

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Response Group Activity

• Place students into groups of 3-4.
• Give each group the Critical Thinking Prompts
  for Womens Issues.
• Give each group a copy of Fact Sheet on Women in
  the U.S. Today. They will use this facts to an
  the activity prompts.
• Each group will discuss 4 excepts from the
  Declaration of Sentiments. Review the 3 steps
  with your students.
• Rephrase the statement.
• Discuss how this complaint is redressed in
  society today.
• Complete the spectrum.
• List facts to support decisions/ideas.
• Have the groups present their opinions and ideas.

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Debrief the Activity

• In what areas have women made progress since the
  Seneca Falls Convention?
• In what areas have women made the least amount of
  progress since the Convention?
• What actions are being taken today to insure
  rights for all Americans?

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Processing Activity

• Have your students write a letter to Elizabeth
  Cady Stanton that updates her on the progress
  women have made in America today.
• Letter specifications are listed in the
  directions.

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Additional Activity

• Have you students create a 2 sided protest sign
  for one of the reform movements.
• Must have a slogan.
• Must have a minimum of 2 illustrations.
• Must give 3 reasons/beliefs indicating why the
  reform is needed.
• They may not use any of the ideas from the
  graphic organizer.