Era of Reform Speed Dating
1.
Selection – Reformers will be chosen at random by drawing
from the choices. Highlight the Reformer you chose (after
drawing) in the lists below.
2nd Great Awakening
Rev. Charles G. Finney
Joseph Smith
Peter Cartwright
Transcendentalists
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Margaret Fuller
George Ripley
Communal Experiments
John Humphrey Noyes (Oneida)
Robert Owen (New Harmony)
Charles Fourier
Abolition
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
David Walker
Women’s Rights
Grimke sisters (Sarah & Angelina)
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Lucretia Mott
Asylum Reform
Dorothea Dix
Thomas Gallaudet
Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe
Public Education
Horace Mann
William Homes McGuffey
Arts & Literature
Thomas Cole
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Temperance
Lyman Beecher
2.
Research – Research about your reformer. Get to know this
person, as you will be adopting their persona.
 Who is this person?
 Why did they get involved in this movement?
 What were they hoping to accomplish?
3.
Speed Dating Profile (Headstone) – Based on your research,
create a tombstone instead of a typical name tag for your speed
dating event. Please be as creative as you want to be. Use the
templates, construction paper, and markers at the front of the
room.
Front
Guidelines for Headstones
Back
Name
Dates of Birth – Death
Religious Affiliation
Reform Movement/Issue
Political Beliefs
Quote
Illustration/Image of
Reformer
Name
Short Bio
(5-8 Sentences)
Proposal to reform your
issue
Accomplishments
4.
Speed Dating – On Tuesday, we will “speed date” through the
reformers, meeting people who may or may not think like your
reformer. You will fill out a chart as you “date,” which will be
turned in for a separate grade. Your goal is to find a “match,”
someone you can relate to/allies who have the same political,
social, and economic interests or ideals. Each date will last 3-4
minutes, meaning that each person has approximately 2
minutes to share their information.
5.
Bonus Points – Bonus points will be given for students who go
above and beyond the expectations set for this activity.
Appropriate clothing, props, etc. will earn extra points.
Yes, this is a MAJOR grade!!!
Research – Monday, November 30th
Speed Dating – Tuesday, December 1st
Name
Date
Period
Era of Reformers Speed Dating Rubric
Reformer:
Research
Tombstone
Speed Dating
Effort (Bonus)
Time on task
100%
Points Value
10 points
75%
7 points
50%
5 points
25%
2 points
0%
Requirement
Name (Front & Back)
0 points
Points Value
5 points
Dates of Birth – Death
5 points
Religious Affiliation
5 points
Reform Movement
5 points
Political Beliefs
5 points
Quote
5 points
Image of Reformer
5 points
Short Bio
10 points
Proposal to reform
10 points
Accomplishments
Requirement
In character all period
5 points
Points Value
10 points
Participation
10 points
Mingling
Description
10 points
Points Earned
Points Earned
Points Earned
Points Earned
Total Points Earned