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EQ: How can literature portray the culture and beliefs of Early America?

EQ: How can literature portray the culture and beliefs of Early America?. Unit – Junior Tech The Crucible. What is a Puritan?. Rebels or Revolutionaries? Puritans: “purify” the Church of England Catholic influences Absolutist – monarchy has complete control over all Separtists :

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EQ: How can literature portray the culture and beliefs of Early America?

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  1. EQ: How can literature portray the culture and beliefs of Early America? Unit – Junior Tech The Crucible

  2. What is a Puritan? Rebels or Revolutionaries? • Puritans: “purify” the Church of England • Catholic influences • Absolutist – monarchy has complete control over all • Separtists: • William Bradford/Mayflower • Plymouth Colony; Massachusetts Bay Colony

  3. Puritan Beliefs/Calvinism • Original Sin: • Predestination: • Elect/Limited Atonement: • Bible: • Unregenerate/Natural Man:

  4. Puritan Beliefs continued…. • Theocracy: • Covenant: • Puritan Ethic: • New England Primer: mainlesson.com

  5. Taboo for Puritans • Dancing (depending on type) • Reading Fiction • Drinking permissible/Being drunk was not • Laziness

  6. Revival and Intolerance • Great Awakening • Jonathan Edwards • Cotton Mather • Salem Witch Trials • Clip on Salem with trials Record 3 new facts learned after watching clip 1) 2) 3) http://frank.mtsu.edu/~jhwillia/salemcourt.jpg

  7. The Crucible – By Arthur Miller • Senator McCarthy: • crucible: • Propaganda: • ***Movie Clip – Answer the following • 1) How is Senator Joseph McCarthy historically significant? • 2) How does The Crucible reflect what was going on in America in the 1950s? law.umkc.edu

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