Exploring the Puritans: History and Legacy
Delve into the history, beliefs, and impact of the Puritans through timelines, readings, films, and explanatory paragraphs. Uncover evidence of Puritanism in American society today and gain insights into this influential religious group's journey to the New World.
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The Puritans Unit 1
Timeline Create a timeline on page 9 of your notebook. 2014 Label it with 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, 1914, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s Now, label as many historical events as you can. You don t need to know the exact year but you should aim for the correct century/decade.
What do you know about the Puritans? Try answering the question using who, what, when, where, why, how.
PPT Background You will be presented with background knowledge on how the puritans developed into a religious group and what caused them to leave Europe for the new world . Take careful notes. You will need this later for the final assignment.
Pages 6-14 On your bubble chart, write The Puritans in the center, leaving room for a definition. Next label each outer bubble with each section below Read the following sections Pg. 4 Clash of Cultures Pg. 4 Puritan Dominance Pg 11 The Puritan Legacy Pg. 12 Puritan Beliefs: Sinners All? pg. 12 Puritan Politics: Government by contract Pg 14 The Bible in America As you read, write two important details about the section on the bubble chart 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
America The Story of Us Watch the film and answer the questions as you go.
Explanatory Paragraph You will now write a well informational/explanatory paragraph informational/explanatory paragraph using the information we ve covered in the text, film, and ppt notes session. Writing Prompt: Consider what you ve learned in your reading about the dominant philosophical and religious beliefs in early America. Explain in a well-developed paragraph where you still find evidence of Puritanism in American Society today. Consider one or more of the following: social rules and behavior, politics and political beliefs, and religion. Use page 15 as a prewriting and drafting space write a well- -developed, well developed, well- -organized organized
Final Draft MLA format o Left-aligned Heading: Name, Period, Teacher, Date o Give it a title o If typing double spaced, if hand-written, in pen and skip lines. Handwritten copies Due Wednesday no later than 2:40pm If using google drive: due by 4pm
