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EQ: How does the literature of Early America reflect the culture and beliefs of the people?

EQ: How does the literature of Early America reflect the culture and beliefs of the people?. Unit 1 – Junior Tech. Important Terms . Analogy : comparison of two like things Apostrophe: turning from the audience or group and addressing a single person or thing

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EQ: How does the literature of Early America reflect the culture and beliefs of the people?

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  1. EQ: How does the literature of Early America reflect the culture and beliefs of the people? Unit 1 – Junior Tech

  2. Important Terms • Analogy: comparison of two like things • Apostrophe: turning from the audience or group and addressing a single person or thing • Allegory: each element in a piece represents/symbolizes something else • Allusion: a reference (in a story or poem) to a character, event, or object from history or literature • Bias: judgment made without considering the facts/personal perspective • Hyperbole: an extreme exaggeration • Paradox: contradictory statement/idea/event “All men are created equal”  Did this include the slaves?

  3. Important Terms continued…. • Primary source – written by actual observer of event (Journals/Diaries/Autobiographies) • Secondary source – written by an individual studying a topic – individual did not observe event (history textbook, biography, reference books) • Metaphor – comparison between two things • Sermon – religious speech – meant to teach a moral or lesson • Simile – comparison using “like” or “as” • Symbol – item which represents itself or something else • Theme – main idea in a piece of literature (love, hate, rejection) • Theocracy – a community which bases its laws off of religious beliefs – a higher being is the ruler – Puritans  God

  4. Early Explorers – Bias? Stereotypes? http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2007/08/columbus_taking_possession.jpg

  5. Historical Inaccuracies - Savages? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKP7OKh-36g&feature=related • As you watch the clip, jot down a few ways Native Americans were stereotyped. • How has Disney (in)accurately portrayed Native Americans?

  6. Rebels or Revolutionaries? • Puritans: “purify” the Church of England • Catholic influences • Absolutist - monarchy has complete control over all • Separatists : • William Bradford/Mayflower • Plymouth Colony; Massachusetts Bay Colony

  7. Puritan Beliefs/Calvinism • Original Sin: • Predestination: • Elect: • Bible: • Unregenerates/Natural Man:

  8. Puritan Living • Puritan Ethic: • New England Primer: • Puritan Plain Style

  9. Revival and Intolerance • Great Awakening • Jonathan Edwards • Cotton Mather • Salem Witch Trials http://frank.mtsu.edu/~jhwillia/salemcourt.jpg

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