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Daily S.S. What is a primary source? (LOOK IT UP!). Great Awakening. 1730s - 1740s. Great Awakening. 1730s - 1740s. What was the Great Awakening?. Religious revival movement. Evangelicalism-- “new birth” is the ultimate religious experience.
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Daily S.S. What is a primary source? (LOOK IT UP!)
Great Awakening 1730s - 1740s
Great Awakening 1730s - 1740s
What was the Great Awakening? • Religious revival movement. • Evangelicalism-- “new birth” is the ultimate religious experience. • Followers accept that they are sinners and ask for salvation.
Before the Great Awakening • Before 1730s, most colonies had established religions: • Congregationalists in New England (basically Puritans) • Anglicans in New York and Southern Colonies (same as Church of England)
“Old Lights” vs. “New Lights” • Churches that grew as a result of the Great Awakening: Presbyterianism, Methodism, Baptism (“New Lights”) • Great Awakening challenged authority and hierarchy of established churches (“Old Lights:” Congregationalists and Anglicans). • Great Awakening said anyone could be converted or “born again”; you didn’t need traditional church leadership to decide whether or not you belong.
Leaders of the Great Awakening George Whitefield Jonathan Edwards
Daily S.S. Give 3 examples of a primary source.
Today’s Question: Why was George Whitefield so popular?
Sourcing • Before reading a document ask yourself: • Who wrote this? • What is the author’s point of view? • Why was it written? • When was it written? • Is this source believable? Why or why not?
Contextualizing: Imagining the Setting • What else was going on at the time this was written? • What was it like to be alive at this time? • What things were different back then? What things were the same? • What would it look like to see this even through the eyes of someone who lived back then?
Discussion Question: Why was George Whitefield so popular?
Discussion Question: Do you think he was dangerous, like Henchman claimed?
Discussion Question: Franklin calls Whitefield ‘benevolent’ and Henchman calls him ‘dangerous.’ Who do you trust more, Franklin or Henchman? Why?
Discussion Question: Do you think something like the Great Awakening could happen today? Why or why not?
This painting, titled The First Thanksgiving 1621, was created in 1932 by J. L. G. Ferris.