1. Colonial Period Jigsaw Activity
Split the topics on the paper amongst you and your group members evenly (4 per person)
Read about your topics on pages 4-19
While reading, summarize each topic in 2-3 sentences.
YOUR NOTES SHOULD BE OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE COLONIAL PERIOD – DO NOT JUST WRITE DOWN THE FIRST THING YOU READ
These notes will be on your unit test
When finished, collaborate with your group to share the notes on your topic to the other members.
DO NOT SIMPLY PASS AROUND YOUR SHEET OF PAPER AND COPY ANSWERS.
In order to receive a participation grade, I have to see you DISCUSSING and SHARING your answers VERBALLY
By the time this activity is finished, ALL boxes should be filled with notes

2. SIXTH PERIOD
Group 1 – Nick M, Aidan, Caleb Group 2 – Natalie, Landry, Nicki Group 3 – Eric, Jack, Hayden Group 4 – Cody, Landon, Kaleb Group 5 – Lauren, Owen, Logan D. Group 6 – Scottie, Gage, Logan S. Group 7 – Hannah, Ryan, Lesley Group 8 – Blake, Madison, Michael Group 9 – Sydney, Emily, Maddie Group 10 – James, Haley, Kayla Group 11 – Luke and Paul (plus Mrs. Bost)

3. The Colonial Period – Puritan Characteristics
Puritan is a term referring to a number of Protestant groups that sought to “purify” the Church of England.
English Puritans wished to return to the simpler forms of worship and church organization described in Christian scriptures.
English Puritans did not believe that the clergy or the government should or could act as an intermediary between the individual and God
Religion for them was a personal, inner experience
Many were persecuted from England and fled to Holland
A group left Holland in 1620 for the “New World.” They hoped to build a society patterned after God’s word.

4. Colonial Period – Puritan Beliefs
Humans are sinful by nature because of Adam and Eve’s fall from grace – sin of disobedience Salvation belongs to the elect (saved) who can be identified by their virtue People should live in a thrifty, self-reliant, and simple way
Most of humanity would be damned for all eternity. God sent His son, Jesus, to save “particular” people
Hard work and worldly success are signs of God’s grace

5. Colonial Period – Puritan Politics
Puritans believed a covenant, or contract, existed between God and humanity. They demanded strict conformity
They believed that their covenant with God enjoined them to create a society governed by the Bible, in which everyone worked together for the common good.
Conformity = compliance to the rules and doctrines of the Puritan beliefs
Dissenters (protestors or those who did not comply) were often flogged, banished, or occassionally put to death.
They believed that worshipping other gods, witchcraft, blaspheming God, murder, murder through deceit/trickery, homosexuality, and adultery were all crimes to be carried out through capitol punishment.

6. Colonial Period – Puritans
TYPOLOGY – belief that God’s wrath/reward are present in natural phenomenon (flooding = bountiful harvest) MANIFEST DESTINY– the idea that the US was a chosen land that had been allotted by God BACKSLIDING – “saved” believers could fall into temptation
TYPOLOGY
Puritans believed in repetitive history; they used types (Moses’ journey out of Egypt is played out in the Pilgrims’ crossing of the Atlantic)
MANIFEST DESTINY –
19th century term that was rooted in the Puritan idea of a nation under God as seen through John Winthrop’s sermon in 1630…
“…for we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us;…”—he exhorts his listeners to carry on God’s mission and to set a shining example for the rest of the world.
BACKSLIDING –
Those saved were considered to be a part of the “elect” of the “chosen” ones
To prevent this, believers were expected not to become smug, do constant soul-searching, be introspective, and pray constantly
Satan was particularly interested in snaring such believers

7. Colonial Period – Basic Puritan Belief
T – Total Depravity (concept of original sin) U – Unconditional Election (concept of predestination) L – Limited Atonement (Jesus died for the chosen one) I – Irresistible Grace (God’s grace is freely given) P – Perseverance of the “saints” (Being in the will of God)
T = everyone is born sinful through Adam and Eve’s fall; Depravity = total corruption
U = God “saves” those he wishes; only a few are selected for salvation; predestination – the foreordaining by God of all that will happen and how it can’t be changed because God decided it.
L = idea that Jesus did not die for everyone, only those he chose; atonement = the reconciliation of God and humankind through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ
I = God’s grace (getting what you don’t deserve) cannot be earned or denied. Grace is the saving and transfiguring power of God.
P = those elected by God have full power to interpret the will of God, and to live uprightly. If anyone rejects grace after feeling its power in his life, he will be going against the will of God.

8. Colonial Period – The Function of Puritan Writers
To transform a mysterious God To make him more relevant to the universe To glorify God
Mysterious because he is separate from the world