Sunday schools movement

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The Sunday schools movement was a widespread religious and educational initiative that emerged in Britain to provide basic literacy and moral instruction to working-class children, particularly on Sundays when they were free from labor.

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Label Occurrences
Sunday school movement 3
Sunday schools movement canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf religious education movement ⓘ
hasActivity singing hymns ⓘ
teaching Bible lessons ⓘ
teaching catechism ⓘ
teaching reading ⓘ
teaching writing ⓘ
hasCharacteristic operated primarily on Sundays ⓘ
hasCurriculumElement basic arithmetic ⓘ
memorization of scripture ⓘ
reading from the Bible ⓘ
hasKeyPerson Robert Raikes ⓘ
hasLongTermEffect institutionalization of Sunday school as a church program ⓘ
integration of religious education into many Christian denominations ⓘ
hasMainPurpose provide basic literacy ⓘ
provide moral instruction ⓘ
hasMotive moral improvement of the poor ⓘ
religious instruction ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
hasOrganizationalForm church-based classes ⓘ
voluntary associations ⓘ
hasPlaceOfOrigin Britain ⓘ
linked to: Great Britain

England ⓘ
hasReasonForSundayFocus children free from factory work on Sundays ⓘ
hasReligiousContext Evangelical Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Evangelicalism

Protestantism ⓘ
hasSocialImpact contributed to literacy among the working class ⓘ
expanded access to basic education ⓘ
supported child welfare reform ideas ⓘ
hasStartTime circa 1780s ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
hasTargetPopulation child laborers ⓘ
poor children ⓘ
working-class children ⓘ
hasTemporalFocus Sunday ⓘ
influenced development of public elementary education in Britain ⓘ
influencedBy Evangelical Revival ⓘ
Industrial Revolution social conditions ⓘ
spreadTo Australia ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
continental Europe ⓘ
supportedBy clergy ⓘ
middle-class reformers ⓘ
philanthropists ⓘ
usesLanguage English ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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Regency era → hasCharacteristic → Sunday schools movement ⓘ
Chautauqua movement → influencedBy → Sunday school movement ⓘ
linked to: Sunday schools movement
Henry Clay Trumbull → fieldOfWork → Sunday school movement ⓘ
linked to: Sunday schools movement
Robert Raikes statue → subjectKnownFor → Sunday school movement ⓘ
linked to: Sunday schools movement