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Assignment for October 31st

·       October 31—The birth of the American reform and the Second Great Awakening: religious and secular roots, religious revival; public schools and Horace Mann, Walt Whitman, Abolition and resistance (Nat Turner’s Rebellion, Sojourner Truth, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe) Underground Railroad; emergence of women’s rights movement and connections to abolitionist movement (Susan B. Anthony, Grimke sisters, Elizabeth Cady Stanton)

Assignment: Please choose one of the above topics for further research and prepare 2 academic paragraphs on one of the following questions. You must include textual evidence from your research and a citation. 

Consider:
1.     What was it about the message of the Second Great Awakening that inspired so many social reform movements?

2.     How does religion continue to shape American society in the 21st century?

3.     How did abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass manage to convince a growing number of Northerners that slavery was incompatible with American ideals of liberty and equality? What was their most effective tactic?
4. How are the roles of women changing? Why do you suppose the women's rights movement and the abolitionist movements occurred about the same time? 
5. What readings this week reflect these changing times? How? Does the literary movement reflect the changing culture or do you think it inspires it? This is the age-old question "Does life imitate art? Or does art imitate life?"


Literature: Realism Emily Dickinson “Success is counted sweetest” OBAP p. 163: “’Faith’ is a fine invention” p. 163-164, “I’m Nobody! Who Are you?” p. 167, Walt Whitman “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” OBAP p. 145, “Reconciliation” p. 145, “A Noiseless Patient Spider” p. 151; Frederick Douglass “I am your fellow man, but not your slave”


Since our class falls on Halloween, I am fine if you want to dress up or bring in some candy or treats to share. :)

Also, please remember to bring in your essay on the Supreme Court. 

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