Sunday schools movement

E795905

religious education movement

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sunday school movement	1
Sunday schools movement canonical	1

Statements (46)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ England NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReasonForSundayFocus	children free from factory work on Sundays ⓘ
hasReligiousContext	Evangelical Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ Protestantism NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Industrial Revolution social conditions ⓘ
spreadTo	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ continental Europe ⓘ
supportedBy	clergy ⓘ middle-class reformers ⓘ philanthropists ⓘ
usesLanguage	English NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Regency era → hasCharacteristic → Sunday schools movement ⓘ

Chautauqua movement → influencedBy → Sunday schools movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunday school movement