Social Movements

Good or Bad?

Objective
Students will analyze, debate & support

opposing viewpoints about social movements.

CCR Anchor Standard #2 Write

informative/explanatory texts to examine and

convey complex ideas and information clearly
and accurately through the effective selection,
organization, and analysis of content.

Homework
Essay, if not finished in class

Agenda
Objective
Homework
Modern Social Movements
Suffrage & Temperance Social Movements

Death Penalty
Should it exist?
Should their be limits?
How does this affect peoples lives?

Mandatory Vaccinations
Should they be mandatory?
Should their be exceptions?
How does this affect peoples lives?

Suffrage
Should Women Vote?
Pros

Government should represent ALL people

Equal suffrage means more educated voters

There would be an increase in good laws

being passed

Women suffer from bad government just like

men

Cons

Women do not care about politics

Womens place is in the home
Women do not fight, so should not

vote
Women are inferior to men, both

physically and intellectually

Temperance
Should Alcohol Be Legal?
No

Yes

Freedom of Choice

Addiction

Health

Religion

Crime

Drunk Driving

Cost

Victimless Crime
Underground or Black Markets
Safety
Economy
Organized Crime
Society

Are Social Movements a Positive or

a Negative for Society?
Essay. AT LEAST 3 paragraphs
Answer the essay question using the suffrage

and temperance movements as examples.

Include both pros and cons for both

movements.