American Lit--Wednesday, Sept 16

Objective: Who were the Puritans? How did they live their lives?

Skill of the Day--Read for 15 minutes

1- Puritan Inference Game. Students looked at pictures of Puritans and made inferences about who they were and how they lived their lives. Broke into groups and had a relay--who can write down the most efficient list as a group.

2- Students watched a short video clip about the difference between Puritans and Pilgrims

3- Students read Jonathan Edwards sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

• How do they view life and God?
• What motivates them?
• What is important to them?

Students made connections to the text by walking across the Pit of Hell/ Students also annotated and made connections to the text.

 3- Discuss the Puritan Value and beliefs-- Answer the following three questions:

• How is God portrayed in this sermon? How to the Puritans view God and their relationship with him?
• What tactics does Jonathan Edward--the preacher--use to motivate the Puritans? FEAR!!!
• What do the Puritans value? Their relationship with God and others' relationship with God. They tend to judge others for their choices because they all live under the fear of the wrath of God. It makes them feel better that God hates them if they know God hates their neighbor because he didn't go to Church last Sunday.

Homework: Click on the assignment below. This is due at the beginning of class on Friday.

Puritan Research Assignment

Use the following websites to look up your answers:

History.com/topics/Puritanism

Pbs.org/godinamerica/people/puritans

wikipedia