1. Bell Ringer What do you think it means to be socially mobile?
Who were 3 “Founding Fathers”?
Who was Benjamin Franklin? Why do you recognize his name?

2. US-U1-L5
SSUSH

3. SSUSH2 c & d
c. Identify Benjamin Franklin as a symbol of social mobility and individualism.
d. Explain the significance of the Great Awakening.

4. Causes of the Great Awakening
The Glorious Revolution in England led to the Church of England as the only approved church in England, leading to the suppression of Catholicism, Judaism, and Puritanism.
Because people could not choose their religion they became complacent about religion instead of having strong convictions, therefore a spiritual revival came about called the Great Awakening.

5. Great Awakening
This movement occurred between 1730 and 1760, and focused on people returning to their strong beliefs in God.
The Great Awakening was primarily in England and the New England colonies.
George Whitefield brought the movement from England to Boston. Whitefield found that ministers did not have the knowledge of Christ.
Preachers like Jonathan Edwards preached “fire and brimstone” sermons that got parishioners more vocal in church than their Puritan neighbors and calling for revival.

6. Effects of the Great Awakening
Many different protestant denominations sprouted up
The Founding Fathers of America did not subscribe to one denomination therefore they kept church and state separate.
It brought about the idea of revolution.

7. Enlightenment
The Enlightenment focuses on science and philosophy, as well as logic and reasoning also known as rationalism.
John Locke was one of the most influential Enlightenment writers. One of his most famous lines is that people have the right to “life, liberty, and property”.
Enlightenment thinkers and writers used reason to find natural laws that applied to politics and society.

8. Enlightenment Thinkers
John Locke believed something opposite of the church teachings, he believed that people were born blank slates and society and education shape people to be good. The church taught that people were born sinful. This became a core belief of American society, that people had rights and that society could be improved.

9. Enlightenment Thinkers
Jean Jacques Rousseau: believed that government should be formed by the consent of the people, who would make their own laws.
Baron Montesquieu: brought the idea of separation of powers through three branches of government the executive, legislative and judicial branches. He believed that the branches would have a system of checks and balances to prevent the government from abusing authority

10. Social Mobility
The ability to move from one social class to another easily through marriage or changing jobs.
A person can move up or down the ladder. For instance, if you marry a millionaire you have moved up the social ladder. If you marry someone of lower social class than you then either you will move up, or they will move down. If you get laid off or get fired you will likely move down the social ladder. If you gain a college degree you are likely to move up the social ladder.

11. Social Mobility Cartoons

12. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin is a great example of social mobility because he came from a family of 17 children, not totally unusual at the time, but his family was quite poor. Franklin came to be a printer, writer, politician, political cartoonist, scientist, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
He brought the first subscription library to America- people subscribed to the library and the library then bought books from England.
He brought about fire insurance for homeowners.

13. Individualism
Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, or social outlook that stresses "the moral worth of the individual". Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires and so [they] value independence and self-reliance while opposing most external interference upon one's own interests, whether by society, family or any other group or institution.
How did Ben Franklin demonstrate the characteristics of an individualist?

14. Benjamin Franklin video
watch this first to make sure you can show this in your classroom 18 min. You will for sure need to preface this information
You must click this video to watch

15. Closer
What was the Enlightenment and how does it relate to the Great Awakening?