Today’s Essential Question’s 1.What was the Great Awakening? 2.Why was George Whitefield so popular?

The Great Awakening 1730s-1740s

4 What was the Great Awakening? Religious revival movement Evangelicism – “new birth” considered the ultimate religious experience Followers accepted that they were sinners and asked for salvation George Whitefield preaching

5 Leaders of the Great Awakening George Whitefield Jonathan Edwards

6 Video Questions: Who was George Whitefield? What were the colonies like before Whitefield? What were 2 ideas/changes promoted by the Great Awakening?

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Today’s Essential Question’s 1.What was the Great Awakening? – answered 2.Why was George Whitefield so popular?

Step Up To Writing - Paragraph Green – topic sentence Yellow – Reason, Detail or Fact (RDF) Red – explanation and/or examples – I also call this analysis Green – Concluding Sentence – reiterates/restates your topic sentence. Requirements – 8 sentences minimum – 3 RDF’s – Must use a quote from each of the three documents to support your RDF’s

12 Why was George Whitefield so popular? George Whitefield was so popular because…(here you need to briefly summarize why he was popular). The first significant reason for his popularity was… (give a specific reason he was popular). This can be seen in the document written by… when he said “add a quote that supports your reason, detail or fact”. Another reason George Whitefield was so popular was … This is suggested in …(give a different authors name) when he/she states… lastly Whitefield was so popular because... Benjamin Franklin’s supports this reason in his autobiography when he said… In conclusion, George Whitefiled was popular because… (restate your main ideas using different wording.

13 Before the Great Awakening Before the 1730s, most colonies had two established religions. Congregationalism was the largest religion in New England (Puritans and other dissidents who broke away from the Church of England). Anglicanism was the largest religion in New York and the Southern colonies (same as the Church of England).

14 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 that anybody could be converted and born again. You didn’t need traditional church leadership to decide whether or not you belonged.