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Religious Communities: 19th Century Harmonists
Extensions

#1 Using the criteria established for the comparisons in the lesson have students compare the Harmonists with the Mormon movement of the 19th century. #2 Either online or physically, visit the sites at Ephrata and Old Economy Village and compare the life styles, the architecture, and the layout of the two communal experiments. #3 Compare the Harmonists with a present day communal experiment. #4 The Harmonists were respected for their experiment and tolerated by their society. Speculate on the degree of toleration or acceptance such a group would have today in the United States.

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