Quote of the Day: “Pampered cows produce spoiled milk…”
Public School Reforms Most Responsible for changes: Horace Mann Improvements suggested and implemented: Use taxes to pay for better schools Pay teachers higher salaries Better, specialized training for teachers
NBE #3 – Vocab Ch. 18 Second Great Awakening – A religious movement in the 1820’s-1830’s in which millions of Americans were converted to a new form of Christianity Public Schools – Schools that are paid for by taxes, managed by local governments, and benefit all children (not just the rich) Abolitionists – People who wanted to end slavery Declaration of Sentiments – A document, written by women at the Seneca Falls Convention, which listed the many ways women were being mistreated in American society
Learning Targets Success Criteria Understand what problems existed within the prison system and with the treatment of the mentally ill I can explain to a classmate why reforms were needed in the treatment of prisoners and the mentally ill
Conditions in Prisons and Asylums (1800’s in America)