Prison Reform
Directions: Below, you will see a total of four videos (two from Hilton and two from Locricchio). Choose one video to watch from your class, either A or B. After watching the video, answer the questions that are directly below. Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences on your Reform Movements packet, under the appropriate section.
Hilton Group A
1. When did Dorothea Dix realize that women were being treated bad?
2. What was Dorothea Dix's best legacy? 3. When did Dorothea Dix change the way mentally ill were being treated? 4. Why did Dorothea Dix travel to the United Kingdom? 5. Why did Dorothea Dix get removed from the position of overseeing the hospital? |
Hilton Group B
1.Where and when did she get a series case of tuberculosis so she had to stop teaching?
2.Where did Dorothea Dix got here first prison job? 3.What president vetoed her play for better conditions in prison? 4.What army did she serve under? 5.At what age did she get malaria? |
Locricchio Group A
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1. What are two places the mentally ill were kept? 2. What did Dorothea Dix find when she investigated the care of the mentally ill? 3. Who did Dorothea Dix write the memorial to? 4. What did the legislator do when he got Dix's letter? 5. What did Dorothea Dix do after her success in Massachusetts? |
Locricchio Group B
1.If the society was ideal for everyone, did they not consider the mentally ill part of their society?
2.How long did it take for the bill of the mentally ill to be treated better, to take effect ? 3. How long did it take for people to understand the mentally ill? 4. Was "horseman" the first person to come up with an insane asylum? 5. Why was the mentally ill treated like prisoners? |