Samuel Gridley Howe by https://padlet.com/ejackson191/ifr5bsc1ykfm project en-us 2017-11-02 01:06:23 UTC 2026-01-27 13:13:34 UTC hello@padlet.com What criticism of American society did the individual have? ejackson191 https://padlet.com/ejackson191/ifr5bsc1ykfm/wish/202753340 ~ Slavery 
~ Lack of education for the blind, deaf, and mentally disabled ]]> 2017-11-02 01:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ejackson191/ifr5bsc1ykfm/wish/202753340 What methods did the person use to improve American life? ejackson191 https://padlet.com/ejackson191/ifr5bsc1ykfm/wish/202753414 ~ He began printing books in Braille
~ Promoted education for the blind, deaf, and mentally disabled
~ He launched the Boston Commonwealth Newspaper to espouse his anti slavery views  
~ Although unsuccessful, he ran for Congress as an anti-slavery candidate, and so attempted to use politics to further his views]]> 2017-11-02 01:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ejackson191/ifr5bsc1ykfm/wish/202753414 What success did the individual have in promoting reform? ejackson191 https://padlet.com/ejackson191/ifr5bsc1ykfm/wish/202753492 ~ Howe is best remembered as an innovator in education for the blind and deaf
~ He created schools for classes of individuals that up to that time had no institutions of learning
~ During the Civil War and Reconstruction periods, he served on national organizations concerned with aid for freed slaves]]> 2017-11-02 01:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ejackson191/ifr5bsc1ykfm/wish/202753492 What detail(s) of the person's work made him or her an interesting historicalfigure? ejackson191 https://padlet.com/ejackson191/ifr5bsc1ykfm/wish/202753538 ~ He was a staunch abolitionist who supported John Brown's anti slavery movement 
~ His Boston home was possibly a stop on the Underground Railroad
~ Even though he was anti slavery he still believed that a women should not work outside the home
~ His wife wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic

]]> 2017-11-02 01:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ejackson191/ifr5bsc1ykfm/wish/202753538 What lasting impact, if any, did the person's reforms have on American society? ejackson191 https://padlet.com/ejackson191/ifr5bsc1ykfm/wish/202753640 ~ He founded the first school for the blind known as the Perkins Institution
~ He went on to establish similar institutions throughout the country 
~ He co-founded the Massachusetts School for Idiot and Feeble-Minded Youth, a school serving the mentally disabled 
~ He is considered the father of the modern Disability Rights Movement]]> 2017-11-02 01:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ejackson191/ifr5bsc1ykfm/wish/202753640 Who is a modern day equivalent reformer? Why is this person similar? ejackson191 https://padlet.com/ejackson191/ifr5bsc1ykfm/wish/202753694 ~ Bernie Sanders works for both social and economic reform. Samuel Howe worked for social reform (anti slavery, schooling for the blind, schooling for the deaf, schooling for the mentally disabled) and was an early adopter of a progressive tax system. He believed a just society is built by diminishing the gap between rich and poor.]]> 2017-11-02 01:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ejackson191/ifr5bsc1ykfm/wish/202753694 ejackson191 https://padlet.com/ejackson191/ifr5bsc1ykfm/wish/202869162 2017-11-02 12:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ejackson191/ifr5bsc1ykfm/wish/202869162