Lesson 5: An Age of Reform Primary Source Lesson
Duration of Days: 1
Lesson Objective
Students will read two primary source documents to evaluate the role women played in the abolitionist movement.
What consequences does Grimke believe follow from the idea of rights being founded in the individual's "moral being"?
How does Beecher believe women should exert power within American society?
How do the two definitions of women's freedom differ from one another?
HS.SS.2C - 2C. Assess options for individual and collective action to address local, regional, and global problems by engaging in self-reflection, strategy identification, and reasoning.
Students will read an excerpt from "Angelina Grimke, Letter in The Liberator (August 2, 1837" and "Catharine Beecher, An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism" and analyze the influence women had on the abolitionist movement.
Students will be guided through this excercise by the teacher.
Readings in Foner.