Second Great Awakening: Causes & Effects

Second Great Awakening Lesson: Video, Notes, Skill-Building Activity

In this lesson, students learn about the causes and effects of the Second Great Awakening. In the video and notes, students will learn the context and how Enlightenment ideas and changes during the Antebellum Era led to the increase in revivals. They will compare it to the First Great Awakening to understand the revolutionary message that man can secure their own salvation paired with the democratizing forces in America at the time. It covers Charles Grandison Finney, the Burned Over District, the Mormons, and the reform movements that emerged as a result of the revivals!

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THIS VIDEO-LESSON INCLUDES:

1) Interactive, Follow-Along Notesheet
2) Quick Quiz
3) Extension Activity: What were the effects of the Second Great Awakening?

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