1. Bell Ringer 12/10/07 1.Read the piece from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman on pg. 289 2.Explain what you believe Whitman is trying to say? 3.Do you think Whitman would support romantic writing?

2. Ch. 8, Sn. 1 – Religious Revival Second Great Awakening – religious movement that spread through the U.S. beginning in the early 1800s Revivals – public gatherings at which ministers preach to a large number of people Preachers traveled from town to town urging sinners to seek salvation

3. Women & Religion Women converters outnumbered men Women led prayer groups and established Sunday schools Jarena Lee, an African-American women traveled hundreds of miles to preach sermons to both black and white worshippers

4. Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church Founded in 1794 in Philadelphia, PA by Richard Allen One of the first African American churches in North America

5. African Methodist Episcopal (AME) The AME church soon expanded and developed into its own denomination (religious group) of Protestantism In the South, some slaveholders taught slaves Christianity But some states passed laws making it illegal to teach slaves to read so that they could not understand the Bible

6. Homework Read pages 286-290 Answer questions 1, 2, & 4c on page 290 Class pictures tomorrow Homework due Wednesday