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Dorothea Dix and Reforms in Prisons and Asylums
Evaluate Dorothea Dix's investigation of treatment facilities and her successful legislative campaigns for humane mental healthcare.
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Antebellum Social Reform Movements
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Explore how the Second Great Awakening inspired grassroots reform crusades for temperance, institutional care, public education, and women's rights.
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8.SP1.4Arizona Social Studies Standards · All agesUse questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are historically significant.
8.C4.1Arizona Social Studies Standards · All agesCompare historical and contemporary means of changing societies to promote the common good.
8.C4.3Arizona Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze the purpose, process, implementation, and consequences of decision making and public policies in multiple settings and at different levels including the national, state, local (county, city, school board), and tribal.