Trees of Temperance Lesson

Student Pre-Reading Packet

Note to teacher: This packet is comprised of pages from the

digital copy of McDougal & Littell’s “Creating America; A History of the United States” textbook. Page 418 has been modified to remove references to the Temperance movement. Use of this packet assumes your school has and uses this textbook. If not you may wish to create an alternate packet using material from your own textbook or the internet.

Possible Sources for information On Reform Movements: 2nd Great Awakening: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Great_Awakening Labor movements : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_history_of_the_United_States Education Reform: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_education

Utopian Societies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Harmony,_Indiana

Purpose: Students are to pre-read the following pages to gain insight as to the

nature of various reform movements in the 1800’s. This will help students develop the

necessary context in which to better understand the Temperance movements.

Directions: To print the student pre-reading packet select “print” and choose pages

2-6 for printing.