Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 9, Lesson 3: Seeking a Better Way (pp. 267-273)
I. Reform Takes Many Shapes
B. Reformers tried to establish public schools for children and to improve educational opportunities for women.
C. Labor reforms began when skilled craftsmen formed "trade societies" and called for better wages and working conditions.
D. Because they were excluded from trade unions, women formed their own unions to improve their working conditions.
B. The Shakers, a religious utopian society, believed that all people should share equally in the benefits and responsibilities of life.
C. Brook Farm was a utopian community where families lived and worked together, and intellectual curiosity and personal responsibility were emphasized.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. The temperance movement worked to end alcoholism by encouraging people to give up all drinking of alcohol.
II. Utopian Societies
A. Instead of reforming parts of the existing society. some groups established utopian societies, which were new communities that they believed could be perfect.
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