Introductory Lesson #2 Life as a Puritan . & Who was Jonathan Edwards? Sixth Grade ELA / Mr. Kelley / Northeast Middle School

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Puritans & Their Beliefs

The Puritans In the mid-16oo’s, the Puritans were English Protestants who wanted to “purify” the Church of England and rid it of all Roman Catholic practices. Left for the new world in 1620 to escape religious persecution and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Puritan Beliefs Religious Beliefs Religious Practices Believed all humans are born with sin. Predestination: God has already chosen who is going to heaven. Christ died only for the people God elected to go to heaven. Did not regard leading a Godly life as the CAUSE of a person's salvation, but rather as an encouraging sign of the EFFECT of being chosen by God to reside in heaven. Uncertainty of one's eternal fate, made believers redouble their efforts to purify their own lives and society as a whole. The church’s officials were the government’s officials. Emphasized a strict adherence to Biblical principles a rejection of the "worldliness" of society hard work was an honor to God Everyone should pursue both moral purity down to the smallest detail The devil was behind every evil deed.

The Puritan Way of Life The Puritans put God and hard work first in their lives. They believed in strict conformity and a very strict version of God. They wore very simple clothes and did not allow dancing. They believed that witches and witchcraft were real. They worked together as a community to build their towns, but this often led to a fear of outsiders and nonconformity. The Puritans believed in a "fire and brimstone" method of preaching, and led lives in fear of an angry God.

Puritan Style Home Puritan Woman

Puritan Children In 1692, children were expected to behave under the same strict code as the adults. Children completed chores Attended church services Showed no emotion (excitement, fear, or anger) Disobedience was severely punished. Rarely played, as toys and games were scarce.

Puritan Life at a Glance

The Most Well-Known of Puritan Ministers Jonathan Edwards The Most Well-Known of Puritan Ministers

Biography Son & grandson of Puritan ministers Ordained a minister at the age of 23 Believed deeply in predestination Known for his “preaching of terror” His sermon “Sinners In the Hands of an Angry God” was preached in 1741 and became the most famous sermon in America to this day.

Sinners In the Hands of An Angry God Let’s Listen… Sinners In the Hands of An Angry God Rev. Jonathan Edwards

TCAP Preparation Analyze what a text says and make logical inferences; cite textual evidence to support conclusions. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary. Describe how the plot of a story or unfolds, and how the characters change as the plot moves forward.

TCAP Preparation Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall text and helps with the theme, setting, plot, or idea. Explain how an author shows the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. Compare and contrast the written version of a story to an audio or video version. Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (styles) based on how they approach similar topics.

Understand context clues. TCAP Preparation Distinguish claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text. Understand figurative and connotative meanings. Analyze how specific word choices affect meaning and tone. Understand allusions to other texts. Understand context clues. Understand figurative language, word relationships, connotation, and denotation.

TCAP Preparation Make and support a claim. Write an essay. Write a narrative. Understand pronouns, including pronoun case and pronoun-antecedent agreement. Understand simple, compound, and complex sentences.

TCAP Preparation Understand capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. Especially understand commas, parentheses, and dashes.

We will cover all of these things over the next two weeks. TCAP Preparation DO NOT WORRY!!! We will cover all of these things over the next two weeks. You…Can…Do…This!!

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