1.  Thinking back to history classes and Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” what characteristics influence Puritan life? › List a few facets and give a brief description.

3.  Any Jr. girl who is interested in attending Girls State this summer please see Mr. Everson. This is a Leadership Learning experience and is an exceptional opportunity.

4.  American Literary Time Periods  What is The Puritan Movement?  Ann Bradstreet › “To My Dear and Loving Husband”

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6.  Forms of writing: › Histories › Diaries › Chronicles › Poetry › Sermons  Explanation of biblical quotation  Interpretation  Application to the life of the Puritans

7.  Poetry: Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672) Michael Wigglesworth (1631 – 1705) Edward Taylor (1645 – 1729)  Diaries/Chronicles/Histories: William Bradford (1590 – 1657) John Winthrop (1588 – 1649) Cotton Mather (1663 – 1728) Edward Johnson (1598 – 1672) Mary Rowlandson (c.1636 – c.1678)  Sermons: Jonathan Edwards (1703 – 1758)

8.  1620 - Mayflower, Puritans found Plymouth Plantation  1630 - arrival of Arbella  Massachusetts Bay Colony founded  1636 - Harvard University founded near Boston  1650 - Bradstreet, Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up In America  1662 - Wigglesworth, The Day of Doom  1704 - first newspaper ~> in Boston  1741 - Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”  1741-61 – The Great Awakening

9.  Puritan influence on American Values: › Urge to succeed and exceed › Belief that hard work necessary for happiness › Conviction that Americans are the chosen people › God’s heavy influence on everyday life

10.  Biography  “To My Dear and Loving Husband” (1678) › Page 96  Online Textbook!!! Online Textbook!!!  Reactions? Responses? Thoughts? › The Puritan Movement involves simple, easy to understand language to communicate ideas effectively.

11.  1.) What is your image of Anne Bradstreet after reading this poem? Does she fit your concept of a Puritan? Explain.  2.) Note where Bradstreet uses repetition in the first stanza. How does her use of repetition suggest a growing emotional intensity? › Apply the use of repetition for the NYS Regents.

12.  3.) What is the apparent contradiction in the last two lines? What does the last stanza reveal about Puritan beliefs in the afterlife?  4.) Do you think personal devotion is as much esteemed today as it was in Bradstreet’s day? Support your answer.

13.  Tomorrow we will being reading “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” (1741) › A sermon by Jonathan Edwards