Reform and Activism

Discussion  What are some of the social problems we have in society today?  How do we help solve these social problems?

Victorian Age  Named after Queen Victoria  Came to power in 1837 at 18 years old  Queen for almost 64 years  Reached height of wealth and power during her reign

Reforms  Suffrage  By 1890 most countries had universal male suffrage  What does that mean?  Between women’s suffrage gains momentum  Through peaceful protests  Organizations (WSPU)  Didn’t get right to vote until after WWI

Australia/New Zealand  Claimed by James Cook in 1769/1770  Maori people = New Zealand  Aborigines = Australia (longest ongoing culture in the world)  Australia ruled as a Penal Colony  Place where they send convicts  Why do you think they would do this?  Didn’t want to overcrowd prisons  After release prisoners could buy land and settle

U.S. Prison Facts  United States represents about 4.4 percent of the world's population, it houses around 22 percent of the world's prisoners  Imprisonment of America's 2.3 million prisoners, costing $24,000 per inmate per year, and $5.1 billion in new prison construction, consumes $60.3 billion in budget expenditures.

U.S. Prison Facts  In the twenty-five years since the passage of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, the United States penal population rose from around 300,000 to more than two million.

Discussion  What should we do to make sure we don’t over populate our prisons?  Should we implement the death penalty more often and in all 50 states?  Should we make penalties less severe for drug abuse? What could be the downside to that?

Australia  Free Settlers Arrive in Australia  Bring sheep  Wool becomes biggest export  British government offered land in Australia to encourage settlement  1851= Gold rush= Increase population

New Zealand  Settlement grew more slowly  Christians from Australia go to N.Z  Created conflict  Treaty in 1840 signed  Maori accepted British rule but got to keep land  Natives excluded from Gov.  Disease killed natives  Wars killed both Maori and Aborigines

Irish Independence  Occupied by British since 1100’s  The Great Famine  1840’s fungus ruined potatoes  1 million people died from starvation and disease  1.5 million left to the U.S. and other countries  Lost land/debt  Not until 1949 did it gain full independence

Assignment  Choose 2 of 19 th century innovations  Create a poster  Include 4-5 pictures  Needs to be colored  Include 4 facts about each innovation. (8 total)  Starts on pg  *Take your time and make it nice. You are graded on your effort not how well you draw.