Terrific Thursday, Aug. 20th Agenda: Warm-Up The Great Awakening – Video Clip Critical Reading HO / Working with primary sources. Wrap-Up Home Fun: Finish Reading marking and annotating the docs. Warm-Up Which person did you suspend? why? 3-5 sentences
The Great Awakening 1730s-1740s
Today’s Essential Question’s What was the Great Awakening? Why was George Whitefield so popular?
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
Leaders of the Great Awakening Jonathan Edwards George Whitefield
Video Questions: Who was George Whitefield? What were the colonies like before Whitefield? What were 2 ideas/changes promoted by the Great Awakening?