1. Begin Puritans Anne Bradstreet - “To My Dear and Loving Husband”
Class #8
Begin Puritans
Anne Bradstreet - “To My Dear and Loving Husband”

2. In your Notebooks, create a chart that looks like this:
K (What I know)
W (What I want to know)
L (What I learned today)
List at least 5 things you already know about Puritans/Pilgrims
List 3 things you would like to learn about Puritans/Pilgrims
You will fill this in later

4. Who were the Puritans? English Protestants, 16th and 17th centuries
Disapproved of Church of England; wanted to purify it - thought it was extravagant and sinful
Wanted religious freedom from persecution
went to the Netherlands
eventually settled in America
Massachusetts Bay
Plymouth (Pilgrims)

5. What did they believe in?
Belief in modesty, hard work, and religious devotion
Puritan Ethic - good works are accomplished through hard work, self-reliance, and self-discipline
influenced American culture of industriousness and efficiency

6. What is Puritan literature?
Puritan Plain Style - characterized by short words, direct statements, and references to everyday objects and experiences
Remember the 3 S’s:
Simple
Straightforward
Spiritual
Purpose of literature: spiritual insight and instruction
Types of literature:
Narrative accounts: biographies, autobiographies, histories
Poetry, journals, diaries for self-examination
Sermons, religious doctrine/essays
NO drama or fiction = sinful

7. What we will read:
Poem: “My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet
Sermon: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards

8. Anne Bradstreet
Anne and Simon Bradstreet - arrived in Mass. Bay Colony 1630
Anne was 18 at the time
Had 8 children
writing was considered an “unladylike” profession
The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America By a Gentlewoman of Those Parts published
considered first collection of original poetry from colonial America
examined rights of women to learn and express themselves
later poems such as “My Dear and Loving Husband” are more personal
express feelings about joys and difficulties of everyday Puritan life
her work reflects Puritans’ knowledge of stories/language of Bible as well as concern for relationship between earthly and heavenly life

9. “To My Dear and Loving Husband”
Pg 76-77
Illustration on Page 77
How does this depict Anne as both poet and
Puritan housewife?
Term to know:
thee = you
thy = your
Page 77 - Complete questions #1-3 in your notebook using COMPLETE SENTENCES
Complete the L (What I learned today) section of your KWL Chart
List at least 3 things you learned