Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
As a response to increasing social ills, the nineteenth century generated reform movements: temperance, abolition, school and prison reform, as well as others. This unit traces the emergence of reform movements instigated by the Second Great Awakening and the impact these movements had on American culture.
The first half of the 1800s brought rapid social, economic, and technological changes, which laid the groundwork for reform. More
The Second Great Awakening, a religious revival of the early 1800s, contributed to the reform impulse by emphasizing individual responsibility and perfection. More
The evangelical revival spawned a number of reforms, aimed at curbing a broad range of social ills. More