Unit 6-Sectionalism and Reform

Today's Agenda:

• Finish: Unit 6 (Prison Reform and Public Education)
• Reminder: Research Papers are due tomorrow(please pass in a hard copy)

Unit 6-Sectionalism and Reform

Today's Agenda:


The rest of the Reform Movements:

• The History of Alcohol use in America
• Temperance (Neal Dow) 

• Rum and Rights in Portland Maine
• What are some common problems associated with alcohol/substance abuse today?
• Prison Reform (Dorothea Dix)
• Prisons in the US
• What are some common problems/issues associated with the criminal justice system today?
• Education (Horace Mann)
• Mass. State Board of Education
• What are some common problems associated with the educational system today?

Unit 6-Sectionalism and Reform

Today's Agenda:

• Analyze: Seneca Falls Convention
• View: The Seneca Falls Convention by PBS
• View: Great Women in American history
• Women's Suffrage Movement
• Women's Suffrage: Primary Documents

Womens rights issues in the U.S.

Women's Rights issues around the world

Unit 6-Sectionalism and Reform

Today's Agenda:

Independent Writing Week 4 (assignment is on Google Classroom)

• Review: Feedback on Outlines
• Research Paper Resources
• Begin: the 1st draft of the paper (paper copy is due by Friday)

Unit 6-Sectionalism and Reform

Today's Agenda:

• Analyze: Seneca Falls Convention
• View: Great Women in American history
• Women's Suffrage Movement

Womens rights issues in the U.S.

Women's Rights issues around the world

Unit 6-Sectionalism and Reform

Today's Agenda:

The Abolition Movement

• Read: the article on Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Complete: the Packet Comparing Frederick Douglass and Stowe
• View: Slavery and the Abolition Movement

Regular: Take a look at this checklist for the Independent Writing Assignment.

Unit 6-Sectionalism and Reform

Today's Agenda:

• Discuss/Analyze: Jonathan Edward's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
• Discuss: the role of religion (then and now)
• Examine: the Reform Movements of the 19th century

New Unit-Sectionalism and Reform

Today's Agenda:

• Brainstorm/Discuss: Social Problems today
• Read: article on the Biggest World Issues in 2018
• Discuss: The Role of Religion (then and now)
• Discuss: Jonathan Edward's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

Unit 5 Summative Assessment

Today's Agenda:

• Complete: the Unit 5 Summative Assessment
• Time Permitting: Independent Writing on Monday (The Outline)
• Next Unit: Sectionalism and Reform

Unit 5-Nationalism and Economic Growth

Today's Agenda:

Review: Unit 5 (Summative assessment is tomorrow)

Unit 5-Nationalism and Economic Growth

Today's Agenda:

• Immigration Data
• View: Famine to Freedom
• Analyze: Immigration today
• 5 facts about illegal immigration today

Tomorrow(Friday) is the Unit 5 Summative Assessment

Unit 5-Nationalism and Economic Growth

Today's Agenda:

Finish and Discuss: Life at the Lowell Mills

The 3 Great Inventions of the Early Industrial Revolution

1. The Cotton Gin
2. The Spinning Jenny
3. The Steam Engine

Unit 5-Nationalism and Economic Growth

Today's Agenda:

• Review: Pageant Chapter 14 "Forging the National Economy"
• Industrial Revolution
• View: Crash Course on the Industrial Revolution
• Lowell Mill Girls
• Life at Lowell Mills Union Activity

Unit 5-Nationalism and Economic Growth

Today's Agenda:

• Complete: Answer the Questions for Pageant Chapter 14
• Read this Washington Post article "40 Charts That Explain the World."
• Choose one of the charts that you find interesting and explain why in the comment section below.