Reform Movements

Explain the origins the American Education system.

American Education timeline

Educational Reforms

Benjamin Franklin -

Benjamin Rush - History.com,

Noah Webster - video on Noah Webster's contribution to American education

Horace Mann -

Describe the formation and development of the abolitionist movement by considering the role of key abolitionist leaders and the response of southerners and northerners to the abolitionist movement.

Abolition, Women's Rights, and the Temperance Movement

Abolitionists and the American Ideal (need to scroll to find)

Anti-slavery Resistance movements

Analyze the antebellum women's rights (and suffrage) movement by discussing the goals of its leaders and comparing primary source documents from this era to the Declaration of Independence.

Abolition, Women's Rights, and the Temperance Movement

Women's Rights (need to scroll to find)

Analyze the goals and effects of the antebellum temperance movement.

Temperance Movement from Britannica.com

Abolition, Women's Rights, and the Temperance Movement

Temperance Movement (need to scroll to find)

Investigate the role of religion in shaping antebellum reform movements.

American Abolitionism and Religion

Command terms for this unit

• Explain - Give a detailed account including reasons or causes.
• Describe - Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern, or process.
• Analyze - Break down in order to bring out the essential elements or structure. (To identify parts and relationships, and interpret information to reach conclusions.)
• Investigate - Observe, study, or make a detailed and systematic examination, in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.