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The 19th Century Reformers
~A research project designed to involve students in the recognition of how leadership develops when obstacles are encountered and challenges overcome~
Team 8A Doherty Middle School
Mrs. Palardy
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Sampling a List of Reformers
Who are they ?• Dorothea Dix• William Lloyd Garrison• Susan B. Anthony• Horace Mann• The Grimke Sisters• Daniel Walker• Sojourner Truth
What are the issues?
• Social conditions• Women’s rights• Abolition
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William Lloyd Garrison• When did he live?• What was his issue?• What position did he
take on the issue?• What were his
challenges?• Why was he
challenged?• How did he overcome
obstacles?
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Frederick Douglass• When did he live?• What was his issue?• What position did he
take on the issue?• What were his
challenges?• Why was he
challenged?• How did he overcome
obstacles?
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Susan B. Anthony• When did she live?• What was her issue?• What position did she
take on the issue?• What were her
challenges?• Why was she
challenged?• How did she
overcome obstacles?
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Sojourner Truth• When did she live?• What was her issue?• What position did she
take on the issue?• What were her
challenges?• Why was she
challenged?• How did she
overcome obstacles?
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Dorothea Dix• When did she live?• What was her issue?• What position did she
take on the issue?• What were her
challenges?• Why was she
challenged?• How did she
overcome obstacles?
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Horace Mann• When did he live?• What was his issue?• What position did he
take on the issue?• What were his
challenges?• Why was he
challenged?• How did he overcome
obstacles?
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The Grimke Sisters• When did they live?• What was their issue?• What position did they
take on the issue?• What were their
challenges?• Why were they
challenged?• How did they
overcome obstacles?
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton• When did she live?• What was her issue?• What position did she
take on the issue?• What were her
challenges?• Why was she
challenged?• How did she
overcome obstacles?
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Elizabeth Blackwell• When did she live?• What was her issue?• What position did she
take on the issue?• What were her
challenges?• Why was she
challenged?• How did she
overcome obstacles?
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Clara Barton• When did she live?• What was her issue?• What position did she
take on the issue?• What were her
challenges?• Why was she
challenged?• How did she
overcome obstacles?
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David Walker
“See your Declaration Americans! ! ! Do you understand your own language? Hear your language, proclaimed to the world, July 4th, 1776 -- "We hold these truths to be self evident -- that ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL!”~from David Walker’s Appeal
• When did he live?• What was his issue?• What position did he
take on the issue?• What were his
challenges?• Why was he
challenged?• How did he overcome
obstacles?
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American Authors• Washington Irving, • James Fennimore
Cooper, • Nathaniel Hawthorne, • Herman Melville, • Edgar Allen Poe• Harriet Beecher
Stowe• Henry David Thoreau
• When did this author live?• What was his or her
issue?• What position did he or
she take on the issue?• What were the
challenges he or she faced?
• Why was he or she challenged?
• How did this author overcome obstacles?
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Task #1: Researching a Reformer
1. Preview a selection of American Reformers of the 19th century
2. Select one group or individual
3. Gather preliminary information from reputable sources
4. Develop a list of researchable questions
5. Select two or three interesting questions
6. Create an arguable thesis statement reflecting your position based on researched-based answers to those questions
7. Develop an essay to defend the thesis position
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Research Tips
• As you browse books and sites, capture general information in brief notes, one index card for each found note. Indicate briefly the source on the back of each card.
• Record complete and accurate source citation for your work cited page
• Practice responsible research ethics • Use only responsible internet sites
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Suggested Resources
1. Classroom Text: Prentice Hall, American Nation, Chapter 15
2. Alternate Text: Scott Foresman, America: The People and the Dream Chapter 13
3. McGrail Media Center (DMS Library)4. Memorial Hall Library5. Credible Internet Sites (with prior approval)
6. Local Historical Societies and Sites7. Personal Interviews
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Task #2: Extension ProjectsIn addition to your formal researched essay,you will complete one of the following, independently or
within a small group:
• A dramatic script and presentation, or• An instructive Power Point, or• An original, creative, detailed art form, such as a poem,
quilt, painting, collage, musical performance, or another project of equal value, with prior teacher approval
• These extension projects will be displayed during Doherty Middle School’s Spring Open House
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Dramatic Script and Presentation
• Write a script for a skit of no more than 5 minutes in length, with no more than three speaking characters.
• Suggest appropriate props, scenery, and costumes.
• Identify the issue, and focus the story line on the reformer’s ability to meet and overcome obstacles in their quest to reform
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An Instructive Power Point
• Create a Power Point that is no longer than five minutes in duration
• Focus the content on a reformer, his or her issue, and the challenges faced.
• Include at least two relevant images.• Develop a brief narrative that will be used
during the presentation. You may narrate personally or through an audio file.
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Original, Creative, Detailed Art Form
Focus on a reformer, the issue faced, and the challenges that resulted in leadership toward addressing the issue. Choose one of the following artistic expressions.
• poem, • quilt or fabric story cloth • painting, • collage, • musical performance, • or another artistic project of equal value, with
prior teacher approval