Mrs. Pagotto's Website
Chapter 14: A New Spirit of Change (1830-1860)
Section 1: The Hopes of Immigrants
Objectives/ Students should be able to:
Identify the various immigrant groups in the mid-1800s and explain why these people chose to come to America
Explain the challenges that immigrants faced in America
Mrs. Pagotto's Video Lecture: 14.1 The Hopes of Immigrants.mp4
PowerPoint: 14.1 The Hopes of Immigrants.ppt
Worksheets:
The Nationalities of our Ancestors Chart.doc
Molly Maguires:
Section 2: Reforming American Society
Objectives/ Students should be able to:
Identify reform movements that attempted to improve society in America
Explain the efforts of the labor movement to improve working conditions
Identify specific areas of daily life that some reformers focused on improving
Mrs. Pagotto's Video Lecture: 14.2 Reforming American Society.mp4
PowerPoint: 14.2 Reforming American Society.ppt
Worksheets:
Ch 14.2 & 14.3 Reading Guide (1).pdf
Websites:
General:
Feldmeth, Greg D. "U.S. History Resources"
Classzone- Chapter Links
Classzone- Biography Links
Women’s Rights
Scholastic
Abolition
From Slavery to Freedom: African-American Pamphlet Collection
Library of Congress- Pre-Civil War African-American Slavery
Temperance
Library of Congress- Ardent Spirits
Prison and Asylum Reform
The Pennsylvania Prison Society
Education
Lehighton Outreach
Section 3: Abolition and Women's Rights
Objectives/ Students should be able to:
Describe the efforts of abolitionists in the 1800s to end slavery
Explain how the abolition movement led to the fight for women's rights, and identify key people and events in the women's rights movement
Summarize the social and cultural changes that transformed America in the mid-1800s
Mrs. Pagotto's Video Lecture: 14.3 Abolition and Women's Rights.mp4
PowerPoint: 14.3 Abolition and Women's Rights.pptx
Worksheets:
Ch 14.2 & 14.3 Reading Guide (1).pdf
Play: Women's Rights Conventions.pdf
Websites:
William Alcott's Guides
Young Man's Guide (PDF Version: The Young Man's Guide.pdf )
Young Woman's Guide (PDF Version: youngwomansguide00alco.pdf )
Young Woman's Guide: Table of Contents Only
Young Man's Guide: Table of Contents Only
Underground Railroad Websites:
National Geographic- Underground Railroad Game
The Underground Railroad- Interactive Website
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Amistad Case: The Amistad Court Case
Website on Women's History, Children's Literature, Popular Music, Fashion, Advice Books:
http://www1.assumption.edu/WHW/ see "Electronic Classrooms"
Important Women Throughout History
American Ride Video:
Ch 14 Reading Guide Packet: Ch 14 Reading Guide Packet.pdf
Ch 14 Study Guide: Ch 14_Study Guide.pdf
