Period 3, Day 7: Remember the Ladies & the Republican Motherhood

Instructions

Content Objective: I will be able to analyze Abigail Adams’ letter to her husband, John Adams, within the historical context of the role of American women in the 17th century.

Standard Objective: I will be able to determine how the selection of specific words and phrases or the use of patterns of words and phrases shapes meaning and tone.

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Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

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Warm Up: Describe a woman in your life who you love and respect. What is this woman’s relationship to you? What is she like?

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Warm Up: One interesting historical fact I learned from the pre-work is…

Building Knowledge Together: Let's make sure we're all on the same page with the historical facts!

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Women's role in society was _______ [changed] by the American Revolution. Women who ran households in the absence of men became more _______. Pre-Revolutionary ministers, particularly in Puritan Massachusetts, preached the moral superiority of men. Enlightenment thinkers rejected this notion and knew that a _______  - or representative democracy - could only succeed if its citizens were virtuous and _______ .

Hence, the _______ _______ was developed as the idea that women should serve as educators of young men in order to _______  them to become productive American _______  and embrace the Enlightenment ideas to support the new nation following the end of the American Revolution.

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Sourcing: The historical context surrounding the year [1776] and author [Abigail Adams] was that

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Applying Knowledge: What was Abigail Adams’ point of view?

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Exit Ticket: What was the purpose, or the reason why Abigail Adams took the time to write this all out?

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Period 3, Day 7: Remember the Ladies & the Republican Motherhood

Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

Warm Up: Describe a woman in your life who you love and respect. What is this woman’s relationship to you? What is she like?

Warm Up: One interesting historical fact I learned from the pre-work is…

Building Knowledge Together: Let's make sure we're all on the same page with the historical facts!

Sourcing: The historical context surrounding the year [1776] and author [Abigail Adams] was that

Applying Knowledge: What was Abigail Adams’ point of view?

Exit Ticket: What was the purpose, or the reason why Abigail Adams took the time to write this all out?

Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4:

Warm Up: Please rate how well you understood last night's pre-work on a scale from 1 to 4. If you have any questions, drop them in the "Show Your Work" area.

Warm Up: Describe a woman in your life who you love and respect. What is this woman’s relationship to you? What is she like?

Warm Up: One interesting historical fact I learned from the pre-work is…

Building Knowledge Together: Let's make sure we're all on the same page with the historical facts!

Sourcing: The historical context surrounding the year [1776] and author [Abigail Adams] was that

Applying Knowledge: Who was the intended audience that Adams was writing to?

Applying Knowledge: What was Abigail Adams’ point of view?

Exit Ticket: What was the purpose, or the reason why Abigail Adams took the time to write this all out?

Exit Ticket: Please evaluate how well you understood today’s lesson on a scale from 1 to 4:

Applying Knowledge: Who was the intended audience that Adams was writing to?