US History · Week 5 · Founding Ideals, Faith, and Reconstruction
Faith and Reform
Students study how religious revivals energized abolition and other reform movements and identify the sense of purpose that keeps them working toward a goal.
- Students will
- Students describe how religious groups and revivals energized abolition and other reform movements and identify the sense of purpose that sustains people working toward a goal.
- SEL skill
- Name what keeps you going when a goal gets hard
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-motivation by naming what keeps them going when a goal is hard.
- Content focus
- Faith and reform
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management means handling your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors so you can reach your goals. More self-management activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- 11.3.1: CA History Social Science Content Standard, Grade 11: United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century (standard 11.3, item 1)
- 11.3.2: CA History Social Science Content Standard, Grade 11: United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century (standard 11.3, item 2)
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: HI1 Show the connections between particular historical events and larger social, economic, and political trends. (Historical Interpretation)
- C3 Framework (national): D2.His.3.9-12 Use questions about individuals and groups to assess how the significance of their actions changes over time and is shaped by context.
- Literacy in history: RH.11-12.2 Determine the central ideas of a primary or secondary source and summarize them accurately.
Fits these textbook chapters
- History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 4: The Colonial Roots of America's Founding Ideals
- History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals, Chapter 8: Changes in a Young Nation
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More self-management activities for US History
- The Home Front in the Great War Self-managementStudents examine wartime propaganda, limits on speech, and the Great Migration and practice managing stress when pressure to conform runs high.
- Winning the Vote Self-managementStudents trace the long campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment and set a personal goal that will require steady effort over time.
- Radio, Movies, and Mass Culture Self-managementStudents compare the arrival of radio and movies with today's media and build a plan for managing how media shapes their mood.
- The Crash and the Human Toll Self-managementStudents examine the causes of the Great Depression and how families coped and identify healthy ways to handle stress about money and the future.
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